QueerAF is a platform for queer creatives like you to build your career
Our mission is to support, mentor, and build the resilience of queer creatives to get their first commissions and kickstart their media career.
We believe the UK media industry thrives when itβs bursting with queer talent. That's crucial because only a media industry that represents, hires, and understands us β can help shift the narrative on being queer in the UK.
Weβre excited to have you involved in our platform and canβt wait to see what you come up with. Find out how to get started below.
We're open for pitches
These are the formats we're currently accepting pitches for:
Trans History Week π
We're investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to create official content for Trans+ History Week by writing, producing audio and creating illustrations. There are paid commissions available for:
- 7 Writers and journalists
- 7 Illustrators and artists
- 6 Audio and podcast producers
All of these opportunities are to create content - but it's not just about capturing history. Successful pitches will detail what lessons we can learn from history.
History is a tool for liberation - this content will help our community understand what the stories teach about us about our future.
A Trans+ team of community commissioners will judge all pitches, based on feedback from our already popular community survey.
We're particularly interested in hearing from marginalised and emerging Trans+ creatives:
Queer Gaze
We're commissioning emerging and underrepresented queer creatives to write a section of our weekly newsletter called the 'Queer Gaze'.
The Queer Gaze is a space in our newsletter to commission emerging and underrepresented queer creatives so you can get published, receive mentorship, and kickstart your career. Each commission comes with a unique sub-editing session designed to put you in control of your article.
It's great for writers with little or no experience who want to get into writing and journalism. It's also great for those looking to build their portfolio and hone their craft.
We're mostly focused on the UK - but we welcome pitches from anywhere:
Journalist Like Me
In collaboration with the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network, we've published a content series of articles written by LGBTQIA+ journalists about their experiences in the media.
It shares stories of being queer in the media and models the change we want to see. Many stories offer alternatives and solutions to the issues LGBTQIA+ creatives face in the industry.
This scheme is now re-open. Pitch here:
PSST
We're a newsletter first and foremost, so it's good form to have signed up and read it before pitching!