Queer + Trans BIPOC + Palestinian Protest-Inspired Open-SourceType Anthology: GenderFail Anthology of Queer Typography Vol.3
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Queer + Trans BIPOC + Palestinian Protest-Inspired Open-Source Anthology:
GenderFail Anthology of Queer Typography Vol.3
Edited and designed by Be Oakley
504 font by Emily Sara
184 pages
1st Edition of 500
Risograph printed (Medium Blue, Flat Gold, Black, Raspberry, cornflower, teal, and bubblegum) on French Paper Co.
Published by GenderFail August 2025
Queer + Trans BIPOC + Palestinian Protest-Inspired Open-Source Type Anthology: GenderFail Anthology of Queer Typography Vol . 3 is the 3rd in an ongoing series of publications, workshops, and programs exploring queer and trans exploration and experiments in typography. The anthology features the 11 GenderFail protest-inspired open-source fonts that are sourced from powerful moments in the history of dissent in the United States. At its heart, this anthology is about the 38 open-source graphics of an unknown number of examples that exist. Many publications on typography display fonts in their cleanest, idealized, theoretical form, but often fail to show the impact of the font in the lived world. The fonts are begging to be used, shared, and to make as significant an effect as possible. Seeing these typesets used by fellow artists and activists to make their work, communicate their ideas, and express themselves is one of the greatest honors as an artist interested in political activism. The book is available with either a blue or raspberry-colored risograph-printed cover.
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From the new essay, Disregarding the Master's Tools and Creating Imperfect Ones:
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"This entire project began out of frustration at a lack of tools (specifically fonts) created by and for queer and trans people. When trying to create work aimed at liberation and resistance, we do not need to use the master’s tools; instead, we need to create our own tools that speak to what we’re trying to achieve ethically. It was important to me to find typography that matched the spirit of the type of work I envisioned creating with GenderFail. Instead of waiting or searching tirelessly for the tools that I couldn’t find, I decided to design them myself–however imperfectly."
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