EZINE: Smut Peddlers: Lusting In Isolation

NOTE: Gumroad's processing and payout fees are 5% + charge fee (3.5% + 30¢) on every sale, so please keep that in mind if you're donating.

You're bored, you're stuck at home, you're horny. You check Twitter, Instagram, just to take your mind off things. Everyone else is bored, stuck at home, horny. Everyone's posting thirsty pictures. Well, that doesn't help at all.

Smut Peddlers is Glad Day Bookshop's own wildly successful evening of erotica and sexy writing from diverse young queer, trans and non-binary writers at the world's oldest LGBTQ bookstore, started by Tianna Henry and MJ Lyons in 2019.

With cover art and design, and original illustrations by Madeline Planer, contributions from Liza, Seán Carson Kinsella, R.K., M.J. Lyons, Taylah Hm, Ursh and edited by the Smut Peddlers and Sapphic Sundays team, all proceeds (minus Gumroad's processing and payout fees) of the ezine will go to the Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S artists, performers, tip-based workers run by Glad Day Bookshop.

Glad Day Bookshop is the first Canadian and the oldest queer bookstore worldwide. Serving the LGBTQ community since 1970, we specialize in offering the widest possible selection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, and queer literature.

A huge number of queer and trans people rely on revenue that can’t be traced back to an employer, so financial supports for businesses and employers will not help us. Many of us will face a crisis before government help arrives. Artists, performers, sex workers, tip-based workers - these are just some of the people who are are experiencing a swift and brutal loss of income. On top of that, many LGBTQ2S people are not supported by their family of origin and have a weak financial support network.

All proceeds from Smut Peddlers: Lusting In Isolation Zine will go to the Emergency Survival Fund for LGBTQ2S artists, performers, tip-based workers run by Glad Day, the organization’s non-profit arm. For more information, or if you’re able to donate further, please visit: gladdaylit.ca