see me… smile: a queer collab zine

Welcome to the first ever ‘see me…’ zine.

We are See Me Proud , a team of LGBTQ+ Community Champion volunteers (recruited by LGBT Health and Wellbeing and See Me Scotland) based in Glasgow and Edinburgh seeking to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination in the LGBTQ+ community. If you’d like to find out more about us, look us up on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @seemeproud

We wanted to produce a collaborative zine with original content from our LGBTQ+ community. A creative outlet bringing together our experiences, a place to share our stories.

This first issue was pieced together during the coronavirus lockdown which has been difficult for many of us in different ways. Even in these strange times we hoped there was something giving you some form of joy and we asked you for submissions based around the theme ‘smile’.

Download the PDF version of the zine here

We’d like to say a massive THANK YOU to all the contributors who sent in submissions. Thank you so much for sharing your stories.

Submit to our next issue

Our aim is to release a new collaborative zine each quarter. Our next issue ‘see me… be kind’ will be based around the theme of kindness which was also the theme for this years Mental Health Awareness Week.

If you’d like to contribute something, please email your submission to seemeproud@gmail.com by 31st July 2020. Please include ‘zine’ in the subject field of your email.

As we’re just starting out this new zine adventure, we welcome any constructive feedback for future zines regarding accessibility, or any suggestions. Please get in touch using the above email address.