QUEERS DESTROY SCIENCE FICTION!

A project in Lompoc, CA by Lightspeed Magazine
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Queers Destroy Science Fiction! is a special issue of the Hugo-winning magazine LIGHTSPEED 100% written—and edited—by queer creators.
Backers: 2250
Average Pledge Per Backer: $24

Funded: $54,523 of $5,000
Dates: Jan 15th -> Feb 16th (33 days)
Project By: Lightspeed Magazine
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Latest News

Personal Essay: "Science Fiction Failed Me" by Cory Skerry

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
<<LAST DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN!>> When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "The First Rule I Learned About Writing Queer Characters in Science Fiction" by Haralambi Markov

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
<<LAST DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN!>> When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "A World of Queer Imagination" by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "The Desperate Task: Making the Invisible Visible" by Christopher Barzak

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "The Books That Read Me" by Everett Maroon

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Here's How It Goes" by Alyssa Wong

February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Acceptance" by Arley Sorg

February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Queers Destroy Fantasy! Stretch Goal - Unlocked!

February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Late last night, we zoomed on past our $40K stretch goal, which means that we unlocked the Queers Destroy Fantasy! special issue. Anyone who pledged at least $5 will also get a copy of this in ebook format, and we've added the trade paperback edition... (Read More)

Pledging just $5 gets you more than $50 of value (spread the word!)

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
As we roll into the last couple days of our Kickstarter campaign, we thought we might take a moment to note the tremendous value that backers can get by pledging now rather than purchasing the special issue later. Because of the stretch goals we’ve... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Creative Destruction" by Lisa Nohealani Morton

February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Shiva and Octavia" by Sam J. Miller

February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Destruction is What Creation Needs" by Sunny Moraine

February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Where Now Must I Go to Make a Home?" by Hal Duncan

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Confessions of a Queer Curator" by Lynne M. Thomas

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Reward Add-Ons now available!

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We’ve had a lot of requests for special reward packages since we didn’t offer every possible combination of items. Well, we hear you, backers! So we decided to go ahead and offer reward “add-ons” to allow you greater flexibility in backing... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Rewriting Our Default Settings" by Elizabeth Leggett

February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Drama Kid" by Cecil Baldwin

February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Go Bisexual Space Rangers, Go!" by Cecilia Tan

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Link for our Reddit AMA Interview

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
In our last update, I mentioned how the QDSF editorial team is doing an "Ask Me Anything" interview on Reddit today. And genius that I am, I neglected to include the LINK to where you can find it on Reddit. Sorry about that! You'll find the AMA... (Read More)

Queers Destroy Reddit! Today our Editorial Team is doing an "Ask Me Anything" interview on Reddit

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Today our Editorial Team (Seanan McGuire, Steve Berman, Mark Oshiro, Sigrid Ellis, and Wendy N. Wagner) is doing an "Ask Me Anything" interview on Reddit. Stop on by and ask us anything!  (Read More)

Personal Essay: "All Your Fic Are Belong to Us" by Rachel Swirsky

February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

$30K Stretch Goal - UNLOCKED! Queers Will Officially Destroy Horror!

January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
We have officially crested that magical threshold of $30K in funding, which means that Queers will not only Destroy Science Fiction, but will ALSO Destroy Horror! Now that we've unlocked that stretch goal, we're also pleased to announce two of the... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "A Gay Boy Gets His Genre On" by Anthony Cardno

January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "When We're Not There, We're Not Here" by Jerome Stueart

January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "All That Glitters" by Jill Seidenstein

January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Halfway in the Pool" by James L. Sutter

January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Science Fiction Has Always Been Queer" by Sigrid Ellis

January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Campaign Update: Stretch Goals 1-4 Unlocked!

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
As I write this on late Sunday morning, Queers Destroy Science Fiction! is just about $27K funding, and continuing to rise at a steady rate. Thanks again so much to everyone for all your continued support!  Stretch Goals ProgressSo far we've... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Spark" by Mark Oshrio

January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "The Political History of The Female Man" by Cheryl Morgan

January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "How Queer Narratives Beat the False-Consensus Effect, Reminded Me that Diversity Existed, Exploited Human Psychology, Inspired Sex Positivity, And Helped Me Stop Worrying (But Not to Love the Bomb)" by An Owomoyela

January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Speak Up, Speak Out" by Sandra Odell

January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "1984 in 1980" by Lee Thomas

January 19th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Crowdfunded Magazine Celebrates Queer Science Fiction

January 17th - via: wired.com
In the latest episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy the panel discusses the Kickstarter campaign to fund Queers Destroy Science Fiction!, a special issue of Lightspeed magazine written by queer creators. (Read More)

Campaign Update: Initial Goal Met, Stretch Goals 1 & 2 Unlocked!

January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, it's been quite a couple of days! We blew past our funding goal in about 7 hours on launch day, and by the end of day one we had already unlocked our first stretch goal! Day two continued on a similar pace and ended at $16,826--unlocking stretch... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "So Say We All" by Emma Osborne

January 15th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

Personal Essay: "Queers Digging and Destroying" by Michael Damian Thomas

January 15th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing queer voices, telling what it really means to be queer reading and... (Read More)

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