Queer Diary: Zine-Making Evening

• Design the teen mag you wish you’d read
• Collage your fantasy prom-night
• Create a fanzine for your first crush
• Write a letter to your younger self
• Draw a coming-of-age cartoon

Or simply sit and doodle with a friendly queer crowd, to a throwback soundtrack.

Bring your pals, your date, or come alone to meet some new friendly faces.

All crafting materials are provided by us: 

Paper + pritt stick + scissors + felt-tips + gel pens + pencils + stencils  🖍

+ a load of old teen mags to cut up & re-cycle into your own queer-tastic zine ✂️✂️

We also provide instruction (how to fold a basic zine) and zine-spiration in the form of some zines we’ve enjoyed, and some we’ve made before, along with a collaborative playlist, where you can add your own fave throwback tracks from your teenage years.

If you wanna use your own life as inspiration, we invite you to bring something you’ve kept from your past: a favourite object, a picture, a song, or treasured memory* to use as inspiration on turning them into a Queer-tastic Zine (this is not required – just if you want to!)

🎟 All tickets to this event are Pay What You Can – booking is essential and spaces are limited, if you can no longer make it, please let us know in advance so we can free up a place for somebody else.

This event is brought to you by the team behind Queer Diary (the night where LGBTQIA+ adults read their teenage diaries on stage). Find out more about us here: Instagram | TwXtter | Facebook | Linktree | TikTok

If you have any questions, concerns, or access needs you’d like us to know about, please email Beth & Josie at: [email protected] (we often miss messages sent through Outsavvy).

Queer Diary Zine-making sessions at the LGBTQ+ Community Centre are supported by funding from Southwark Council.

*Non-treasured memories also welcome! Teenage troubles, angst & cringe are all part of life.  Please look after yourself & consider others if choosing to explore or share anything difficult or sensitive. 

Location and access:

• The LGBTQ+ Community Centre is in Central London, near the Tate Modern. The nearest stations are Blackfriars, Waterloo, London Bridge, and Southwark tube.
• LGBTQ+ Community Centre has a quiet room with weighted blankets and sensory toys.
• LGBTQ+ Community Centre cafe serves non-alcoholic drinks only, with Pay What You Can options available.
• There is blue badge parking a few metres from the entrance.
• The venue is step-free, and entirely on the ground floor with a wide entrance and a lowered counter in the cafe. However, the toilet is not wheelchair accessible. The Centre has an agreement with several nearby venues (less than 2 min away) that guests can use accessible toilets at Blackfriars Station, Starbucks, and the Founders Arms, and staff can provide an escorting service for anyone using these.
• Dogs are welcome.
• The LGBTQ+ Community Centre is a shared community space. During our session there may be other visitors using the centre, or other activities going on – you’ll find us by the Queer Diary signs & table of craft materials.

Full information about access at the LGBTQ+ Community Centre is on their website, and we recommend contacting the Centre directly if you have any specific questions about physical access to the building.

Covid safety:

Event organisers are fully vaccinated and use lateral flow testing regularly.

We also welcome the wearing of masks.

Do not attend this event if you have either Covid symptoms or a positive test result.

Inclusivity and community safety:

Please note this event is themed around memories of teenage years gone by, and is aimed at adult audiences.

This is an-LGBTQIA+ centred space. As hosts of this workshop, we will not assume your gender or sexuality, or apply gendered pronouns or honourifics (until we learn which ones you use). To make sure everyone feels welcome in this space, we ask attendees to do the same.

Toilet signage will be gender-neutral.

Discriminatory language or behaviour will not be tolerated (including – but not limited to – transphobia, biphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, xenophobia, classism, ableism, fatphobia).

If anyone makes you feel uncomfortable in the space, please tell the event organisers.

We may take a few photos at this event, to publicise future workshops like this – if you’d prefer not to be in photos, or want to be anonymised in any pictures we publish on our social media, etc, please let us know, we want to make sure we respect your privacy.