A friend of mine has started an incredible new project called “Fully Functional (Formerly known as “Fucking Trans Women”). Read below to find out about this AMAZING project and how you can become a part of it.
“Fully Functional: A Zine About Fucking Trans Women”
…is a collaborative DIY (Doin’ It Yourself) zine about the sex lives of trans women. It is designed to help trans women and our lovers share information about how we have good sex and what we do when we have sex that works.
The project of Fully Functional is to create an open-ended community resource for trans women and our lovers interested in sharing information about sex and our sex lives. Published as a digital zine and, beginning with issue #1, a print zine, “Fully Functional” is designed to be an accessible medium for communicating and sharing information with each other. It is the first and only sex zine dedicated exclusively to the sex lives of trans women and our lovers, and most basically begins with the question “How?”, as in, “how do I have amazing, fulfilling, passionate, hot, toe-curling sex?” Contributors are invited to discuss the ins and outs of their own sex lives, with no one answer privileged over another. There are as many answers to the question “how do I have good sex?” as there are contributors, and with that in mind “Fully Functional” has been designed as a sort of community cookbook . Our zine is a community resource for sharing our knowledge, discoveries, and practices with one another and our lovers.
Can You Help Make "Fully Functional" A reality?
As we are preparing to publish issue #1 of “Fully Functional” we have reached a dilemma: we are desperately in need of a fully functional computer of our own with which to write, design, create, and publish this issue and issues to come. The goal of this fundraising campaign is to gather funds to purchase a MacBook that will be the primary computer for “Fully Functional.”
The Impact
“Fully Functional” (formerly “Fucking Trans Women”) was originally written and designed using a broken Dell laptop with a cracked LCD screen, quasi-legitimate software, sharpies, glue sticks, and a copy machine. Thanks to your donations and purchases of issue #0 of “Fucking Trans Women,” we were able to make some repairs to the Dell and keep it functioning for over six months. However, this machine is rapidly approaching its deathbed, and now we are asking for your help to purchase the computer that will serve “Fully Functional” for years to come. Our goal is to purchase a new MacBook, a computer that should serve our writing and publishing needs for the next 3-5 years.
The impact of this purchase will be tremendous: with a working, reliable machine of our own we will be able to write, design, and publish the zine for the next several years, to expand our current projects, publish more issues, and in general make “Fully Functional” a real zine. It will allow us to direct sales and donations toward creating print runs of Issue #1 and future issues, thereby also making “Fully Functional” more accessible to readers who may have limited access or no access to computers of their own. Our new MacBook will also give us the ability to create a stronger online presence, design even more gorgeous and readable articles, and bring you the content and contributions that you’ve enjoyed and continue to ask for.
What We Need & What You Get
What we are asking for is the most tangible and specific of goals: monetary donations to purchase a MacBook laptop computer to help us write, design, and publish “Fully Functional.” Your donations go directly toward that goal and that laptop, which will be dedicated to creating future issues of our zine.
The model we have in mind is a standard MacBook with an aluminum case and a few options to maximize its usable lifespan. Ideally we’d like to purchase some upgrades, like a larger hard drive, bigger screen, faster processor, and some software to make designing and creating the zine as easy and effective as possible for all of our contributors and editors. We’re purchasing this laptop with the goal of buying a machine that will last at least three years (ideally 5 or more) to ensure that Fully Functional always has a means of producing future issues. Computers are the most basic and essential tool for publishing today, and we need your help to purchase one of our own.
We need this computer to make “Fully Functional” a stable, ongoing project that will continue to produce new articles and art for your education and reading pleasure. Your contribution will help make “Fully Functional” a dependable source of valuable information for trans women, our lovers, and our community.
Can you match Mommy Fiercest’s donation of $5? Donate by clicking this link: Donate to “Fully Functional”
Other Ways You Can Help
You can help out “Fully Functional” in other ways, too!
Publicity
“Fucking Trans Women” #0 has sold almost 400 copies online and in limited print editions, all publicized via word of mouth and social networking. Help us spread the word about “Fully Functional” Issue #1 and about our fundraising project!
Donate Materials and Tools
“Fully Functional” is always in need of certain basic supplies: pens, sharpies, paper, glue sticks, rulers, and print cartridges. We are also desperately in need of a new printer/scanner. These go for about $50 and are equally (if not moreso) necessary to making issues of our zine happen. Do you have an extra, functional printer/scanner? Consider donating it!
Your Art, Writing, Creative Contributions
Finally, “Fully Functional” is always in search of art and writing for publication. We also need help with things like design, copy, publicity, and web design! Contact us to learn more about how you can help out!
