disrupt! decentralize! distribute! DIY Printing in the Queer Underground evidences the prolific independent print history of the queer and trans community. On view on the 2nd floor of Open Book through December 31st, 2023, this exhibit demonstrates the ways that LGBTQ people have continually put their ideas, art, and writing into print from the 1960s to today. The publishing and distribution of queer and trans journals, magazines, newsletters, zines, and newspapers have been a longstanding form of community building. These publications offer queer and trans people ways to find each other and share their identities across space—-and when we encounter them in the archives—-across time.

Exhibition on view during Open Book building hours (9 am to 9 pm Tues-Fri, 9 am to 6 pm Sat-Mon) on the second floor. Free to visit.

Please join us for the exhibit reception on Wednesday, October 25th from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Presented by the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, part of the University of Minnesota Libraries.