Queer East Bay
LGBTQ+ Student Works Exhibition
In this collaborative exhibition with the University Library, the Library Student Ambassador Team, and the student organization Queers United, we are showcasing LGBTQ+ student life at Cal State East Bay through students' artwork and written works.
by Z Rios Arias
by Blair Brickner
Queers United is a student organization founded in the fall of 2022 by Rin Anderson and Dej Summerville. Queers United's mission is to foster inclusivity, create space for those of the diaspora to deconstruct gender and sexuality, and unite the campus community around understanding and respecting one another.
Who is Queers United?
About the Exhibition
This exhibition features work for students who are not only members of Queers United but a part of the LGBTQIA+ community on our campus. The works range from poetry, photography, collages, digital artwork, zines, and more. Click on the links to view the works in a digital format on Google Drive.
How to print and put together a multi-page zine (Zines@Douglas)
How to print and put together a single-page zine (Experiment With Nature)
Expectations by Lex Peck
Lex Peck is a communication media studies major with a minor in biological sciences. She is passionate about creating and invoking emotion in others.
Description: "This is a revised version of a poem that I wrote while in high school after receiving no support from my parents when I shared my feelings for a girl. I think it's important to highlight that although I wasn't supported by them, I have since found people in my life who love and encourage me unconditionally. It felt like I was alone in my experience, but there was a community of people who understood me. All I had to do was look."
It's 10:31 by Blair Brickner
Blair is a second year student at East Bay majoring in fine arts with a concentration on video and animation. They love to draw, play video games, and watch silly videos.
Description: "Not all genderfluid people experience rapid changes, but I do, and it's another thing to try to name and describe them to others and myself."
In My Way by Blair Brickner
Description: "everyone is looking. if i bind them it's not enough. breathing is hard and the binds don't work enough to make it worthwhile. why won't it work. why won't it work."
Add in tidbit about Blair and who they are.
Ace-rexual by Erlinda Longhcamp
Description: "After a lot of introspection, I figured out I am aromantic and asexual. There isn't really a deep meaning here; I just wanted to draw an ace T. rex after this realization. That being said, both dinosaurs and asexuals weren't discovered for a long time, and there's a lot of misinformation surrounding them, so it fits."
Add in tidbit about Blair and who they are.
Queer by Anngie Maradiaga
Description: "I want to show some of the drawings that have meaning to me. It shows being welcomed into the community."
You're On Your Own Kid... And That's Okay by Trix Welch
Description: "I consider this to be a short, little goodbye to my undergrad years. I've found belonging and purpose in being apart of the LGBTQ+ community here at East Bay, and some of my closest friends and family. This is a short zine that talks about family, friends, school, and finding belonging in a really big big world."
The Fuck-It List by Thomas Lance
Description: "Unhinged zine of photos of men with the word 'fuck'over them."
Add in tidbit about Blair and who they are.
Moving Out! by Dej Summerville
Description: "Friendship, the ties that bind us. To Rinnie-pooh, my BFFL."
