CoP3// Zine planning ' I Am Woman '

Title:  ''I'm a woman.  How to draw transgender women. '' 

Number Of Pages: 12 (Including cover)
Price Of Printing: 25 copies, £35 using awesomemerchandise.com
Audience Age: 16+
Aim For Project: To create an educational Zine focusing on transgender women, including information about transitioning, lifestyle, acceptance and feminist equality.
Outline Of Zine: A zine about transgender women. Introduction, Transgender woman history, Modern day transgender transitioning, forms of transgender women, lifestyle, equality movement, feminism and statistics as well a self care. THIS ZIINE IS ABOUT PROMOTING ACCEPTANCE AND AWARENESS.

Basic illustrations of trans women for ZINE

References/ Inspiration:
Kat Blaque, Transgender illustrator/animation blogger on YouTube

Stef Sanjat, Transgender blogger on YouTube

Oh Joy sex toy, collaboration of Sex ED comics/zines

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Comic: Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley
Comic: Queer, A graphic History By Meg-John Barker 

Rough Layout for Zine:
Front Cover
Pg1 Intro
Pg2 Definition
Pg3-4 Transitioning
Pg5-6 History
Pg7-8 Famous Trans women
Pg9-10 Trans life
Back Cover

Here are some rough sketches I did in my sketchbook, to get an idea of how the zine would work together, before I started writing/planning it out;  

Zine planning

Note, these layout pages may change if I decided before printing the layout of the pages seems a little off.


Script:
Page 1 'introduction' and Page 2,
'' Note from artist - I created this zine in order to promote LGBT acceptance.  Identities should never be challenged or questioned and should always be accepted with love.  ''

'' What are trans woman? A Transgender Woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Transgender women =  Male Sex, Female Gender   A Transsexual woman transitions into the gender they identify as physically.  Transsexual women = Female sex, Female Gender     Trans Woman is used as an umbrella term to refer to all forms of woman born with male bodies.

Page 3 and Page 4 'Transitioning',
'' Trans women have the option to transition physically with the help of medication.'' 
-Estrogen 
-Anti-Androgens

'' Transgender women can also chose to have SRS (sex reassignment surgery)''
- Vaginoplasty 

'' Every trans woman is her own woman and defines her gender however she wants to ''
-Image of different bodies of transgender women

Page 5 and Page 6 'History',
(List of events)

• Christine Jorgensen
• Transvestia release (book)
• Reef Erickson Foundation, promotes LGBT equality
• Compton Cafeteria Riot
• Sweden legalizes gender reassignment surgary
• Renee Richards 
• FTM international formed
• First trans day of remembers held
• Transgender law center
• EEOC
• Students given right to use correct toilets

- Information to promote the equal rights movement for trans women

Page 7 and Page 8 'Trans Women',

1. Coccinelle (Jacqueline Charlotte Dufresnoy)
2. Louise Lawrence
3. Marsha P. Johnson
4. Roberta Cowell
5. caitlyn jenner
6. Lana Wachowski

Page 9 and Page 10 'life style',
-Transgender Flag and LGBT pride flag
'' Gay Pride '' and ''Trans March''

''Transgender day of remembrance''
- Rita Hester

-Facts about transgender mental health
-Website for transgender equality