zines
Jonathan makes zines under his own name, with Gay 4 Pay Press and Fagdemic, and most of all, in collaboration with community partners.
Some are here, some are not. Some are for sale, some are sold out. Some have digital versions, some are analog only. Poke around! And shoot an email to jonathan@valelly.com to purchase copies of any of these.
consen(t)sus?
A collection of essays, reflections and creative pieces about queer men's consent cultures. Co-edited with Eric Levitt as Gay 4 Pay Press.
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Letters to Meth
Letters to Meth is a zine that was produced in 2019 in collaboration with more than 100 queer and trans meth users who live, work, or play in Toronto's queer Village neighbourhood.
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Demon Seed
A 20th anniversary reprint of Alex McClelland's Demon Seed, a scathing send up of legal and cultural serophobia and HIV criminalization.
My Queer Family on Queer Family
In this zine, I interview people I consider my queer family: my biological brother, my gay brother, my gay father, my queer power sister and my daughter. We talk a bit of ballroom, queer kinship in defiance of rigidity, violence as a family bond, colonial ways of relating and the sweaters of dead mentors.
clone tide
A perzine exploring my ultimate sexual fantasy and paradox: a desire to have sex with doppelgangers of myself. Through erotic fiction and confession, this 2015 zine takes up body dysmorphia, auto-eroticism, sexual assault, disordered eating, self-love and transformation.
Verbal Cigarettes
A zine made in collaboration with residents of Edmond Place, a supportive housing project in Parkdale. These zines, rolled up like cigarettes, are all about smoking. Some are love letters, others political monologues, others quiet reflections.