Queer and Transgender Identity in Kansas Zines

This qualitative study engages in a visual and rhetorical analysis of zines made by queer and transgender Kansans from 2020-2024. With the recent proliferation of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and erasure of LGBTQ+ history in government materials, zines can be an alternative space for transgender and queer folks to explore and reinforce their identities. Analyzing 44 zines using rhetorical and visual analysis, this study illuminates how this understudied community resists hegemonic identity expectations through zine production. Prominent themes include expressions of identity in relation to others, Kansas symbols interpolated with LGBTQ+ symbols, and references to figures in queer pop culture.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Kansas

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Yoder-Mulkey, Corrinne

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Reinardy, Scott

• Communication
• Gender studies
• Journalism
• identity
• Kansas
• queer
• queer communication theory
• transgender
• zine

Statement dc:rights

• This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

https://www.proquest.com/LegacyDocView/DISSNUM/32039318

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:kuscholarworks.ku.edu:1808/36374