NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Through this zine, Queer Courage, the United Asian American Organizations (UAAO) wants to uplift queer Asian American voices. Mainstream LGBTQ+ spaces often have not provided room for people of color. As an organization focused on supporting the Asian American community and furthering equity in the world, we seek to offer queer Asian Americans the opportunity to engage in a space that we have historically lacked. But at the same time, we also hope to pay homage to queer Asian American activists of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s — a generally underrepresented history. Calls for submissions to queer anthologies exist across items from UAAO’s digital collection at U-M Library. By sharing the work of queer Asian Americans in print today, we echo our past.

Like all other editions of UAAO’s zine, this zine has been made with so much time, love, and care from everyone who worked on it — the zine team, con- tributors, and members of UAAO’s 2022-2023 Executive Board. As you read Queer Courage, I ask you to think about history and the role zines have played in our world. Think about how they have brought people together across states and across oceans. How pages full of writing and art create community, bound together by staples or glue or the creases of folds.

With love, Chelsea Padilla Editor-in-Chief