With Us (ARE YOU?), issue 3 of Under My Skin Magazine, follows up Shadows and Euphoria. While the first two issues explore different parts of the self, issue 3 grasps collective feelings of the gender diverse community, calling out into the void asking who is truly With Us. We ask you, the artist, to explore what being With Us truly looks like, how it feels when those who say they love us vote for our demise, how politics have caused us to feel isolated or, on the opposite side, how we have found people who are With Us and will stand up for us. 

With Us (ARE YOU?), issue 3 of Under My Skin Magazine, follows up Shadows and Euphoria.

While the first two issues explore different parts of the self, issue 3 grasps collective feelings of the gender diverse community, calling out into the void, asking who is truly With Us.

We ask you, the artist, to explore what being With Us truly looks like, how it feels when those who say they love us vote for our demise, how politics have caused us to feel isolated or, on the opposite side, how we have found people who are With Us and will stand up for us.

We're looking for poems, essays, articles, all forms of visual art, etc.

We would love to also promote music and film, even if we can't physically put that media into paper.

We especially encourage submissions from artists who are multiply marginalised, chronically ill, disabled, trans, intersex, undocumented, incarcerated or formerly incarcerated, low-income, and otherwise systemically excluded. You are welcome to use a pseudonym if you like.

Benefits:

Artists will receive a digital copy of the published work Credit lines and description of the artwork will accompany images in the issue.

We will provide promotion via our growing social media (1000~ across all channels) and our website.

+Other opportunities as they arise. Issue 1 was featured in Queer Zest Zine Fest this year!

WHO ARE WE?

The California Aggregation for Gender Diversity exists to build community, provide resources, and educate the public on Transgender, Genderqueer, Intersex, and Nonbinary (TGIN+) topics through history and art programming.

In the "+" we recognize Hijra, Two-Spirit, Fa’afafine, Māhū, Fakaleiti, Muxe, Wíŋkte, Nádleeh, Ininiikaazo, Bakla, Ashtime, Mashoga, Quariwarmi, Tida Wena, Whakawahine, Travesti, Xanith, X-Jenda, Calabai/Calalai/Bissu, Kathoey, Mak Nyah, Burrnesha, Femminiello, Alyha/Hwame, Biza’ah, Lhamana, Nadleeh, Waria, Ninauposkitzipxpe, Mukhannathun, Aravani, Dhurani, Jagakappa, Khawaja Sira, Kothi, Metis, Ombodhu, Rupantarkami, Acaults, Agender, Bigender, Genderfluid, Demigender, Pangender, and all other Third Gender individuals and plurals.

Our small but mighty team imagines a place in which we can proudly celebrate our worldwide community together.

With an ambitious plan to build or purchase a brick and mortar museum space in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area, we want to hit the ground running with interim programming like workshops, hangouts, and our signature event: an annual TGIN+ art exhibition.

Our goal is for the museum to become a staple in the community it serves for events, film screenings, education, speaking programs, research, art, and meetings, and much more.

We want the building itself to signify a dramatic shift in the narrative about TGIN+ people and how we exist in society.

Recently, our focus has shifted from California based to nationwide as attacks on our community have escalated.

We still have a long-term goal of building the museum, but our immediate efforts are focused on the safety and wellbeing of our community.