‘see me… be kind’: a queer collab zine

Bienvenue to issue two of our ‘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 second issue ‘see me… be kind’ was inspired by the Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 theme of kindness, and we asked you for submissions based around that. We’d like to say a massive THANK YOU to all contributors for sharing their stories and creations with us.

Download the PDF version of the zine here

Submit to our next issue

Our third issue will be titled ‘ see me… represented’

Do you remember a time when you saw yourself or a part of you represented in media e.g. film, TV, theatre, literature? A time where you thought “They’re just like me!” and felt seen. Who was it? How did it make you feel? If you haven’t yet seen a certain part of you represented, or if it has been done poorly, tell us about that too and
maybe include some ideas on how representation could improve.

Your submission to the zine can be in any form you choose; a list, a drawing, a poem, a story, a sentence, a short paragraph, anything you can think of, as long as it is your own original content.

Get involved by emailing submissions to seemeproud@gmail.com by 15th Nov 2020 with ‘zine’ in the subject