TRANSVESTIA
[Bay Area, California]: Stoner Zines, 2019-2023. Sixteen issues, photomechanically reproduced on 8 ½” x 11” paper in various colors and bound with three staples. Each issue is generally 22-28 pages.
In their first issue, Jackson Stoner explains that the title and inspiration for this zine came from a magazine of the same name published from 1960 to 1980, which primarily focused on the cisgender, white male trans community. The first page of every issue states the purpose of the zine: "1. To provide REPRESENTATION for those identified in the trans and nonbinary community. 2. To provide INFORMATION to those who, through ignorance, condemn that which they do not understand. 3. To provide EDUCATION for those who see evil where none exists." The final page of every issue provides a list of resources available to the transgender community.
Stoner describes themselves as a queer, trans/nonbinary, autistic/neurodivergent, Jewish, and disabled artist, zinester, and tattooer. Transvestia is Stoner’s first zine, and features voices of trans/nonbinary people around the world. Stoner has also published zines on disability issues, and autistic experiences and struggles.
Each issue of Transvestia focuses of a different topic; for example, issue number one is about “coming out” and issue three focuses on religion and transgenderism. Issue eight, which focuses on gender euphoria, contains a content warning paper clipped to the front page, as does issue 12, which is themed holidays. Each zine also begins with an introduction written by Stoner. In the last issue of this run, Stoner explains that their disability has prevented them from keeping tighter publishing deadlines.
OCLC records scattered holdings of Transvestia at 11 institutions, including Mills College, Berkeley, Davis, the University of Southern California, Williams and Mary, Princeton, and Michigan State.
The zines are all in near fine to fine condition. Item #80271
Price: $1,250.00