Support a Community for Queer Menstruators
Bleeding Thunder is a community project that archives and empowers a queer, chthonic mythos distinguishing menstruation from cis-womanhood. Our intention is to build a space that abundantly recognizes, validates, and celebrates queer + trans menstruators in their authentic experiences...
And we are fundraising to publish our SECOND zine compilation that features queer + trans menstruators from around the world!
When we first embarked on this project in 2019, we didn’t know what to expect and have been continually humbled by the community that has circled and found us.
It is too often that queer people menstruate in secret because not only are we navigating shame and social conditioning around menstruation, we are also navigating the cis-hetero patriarchy and how it equates menstruation to womanhood. This is a project borne out of the desire for healing that can happen when you are mirrored and held in your uniqueness in community.
With the creation of this second issue of the Bleeding Thunder zine, we continue to build a platform for trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and all other non-cis people to tell their stories about menstruation and for these stories to be honored. Our organizers and contributors are artists, poets, & writers spanning seven states across Turtle Island/the U.S., five countries, and three continents.
We are raising $2800 this year to cover our zine production costs and pay organizers and artists.
Join us in feeding a vision of queer, menstrual validation! Join us in building a world where queer + trans menstruators can have access to affirming spaces to process their experiences of their bodies.
***by contributing $15 and above to this campaign, you will pre-order an electronic PDF of the second issue of this zine!!****
check out the first issue of Bleeding Thunder on our website and stay tuned to our social media mentioned below to see sneak peaks of the upcoming zine!
WHERE YOUR MONEY ENERGY WILL GO ::
--> PAY OUR ARTISTS & ORGANIZERS, because we hold they deserve to receive for what they give!
--> Produce a handful of hard copies of the zine to print and ship to contributors
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT ::
--> $10, $20, $50, $100 goes a long way. By contributing $15 and above to this campaign, you will pre-order an electronic PDF of the zine!
--> Share this campaign far and wide with people you think would resonate with it!
There will be a way to purchase hard copies upon the funding of this project.
We are committed to making this work accessible to everyone who wants it, especially those most marginalized by capitalism. If you choose to commit to sharing this campaign with 5 different people in private messages, face-to-face, etc., you can also get access to the electronic PDF! Please reach out to us if that is something you are interested in.
AFTER YOU CONTRIBUTE ::
--> Share your email with us, so we can send you your copy of Bleeding Thunder Issue II in August!
In selecting submissions for the zine, we prioritize queer folks with experiences who are not uplifted by dominator culture, so folks who are also poor or working class, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, disabled, neurodivergent, etc. By contributing towards this campaign, you will be directly supporting the trans & nonbinary artists and writers who are featured in the second issue of the zine. You are funding queer art, brilliance, and resilience!
Thank you so much for witnessing, supporting, and being a part of this healing project.
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ::
