DREAMLIFE is a community-made zine, providing young transgender, gender diverse and non-binary people with positive visions for the future, and access to their own and others' dreams, as well as showcasing the diversity and multiplicity of the trans community.

DREAMLIFE is a physical embodiment of community through a publication made by and for trans young people.

DREAMLIFE is an artifact of the beauty and multiplicity of young trans, gender diverse, and non-binary people. A physical zine steps out of the cluttered digital space and allows us to anthologise our stories, which are diverse and not monolithic, and proliferate trans narratives into the mainstream conversation.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE

THE TEAM

Caitlin Tait (they/she)

Caitlin is a poet, writer, choir-goer and youth programs coordinator living on Kaurna land.

They will be the wellbeing officer on Issue 02 of DREAMLIFE.

Aud Mason-Hyde (they/them)

Aud is a young trans non-binary activist artist living on unceded Kaurna land, with experience as an actor, poet, activist and speaker.

They are the program facilitator and creator of DREAMLIFE.

Alistair Ott (they/them)

Alistair is a proud Wiradjuri fulla, trans queer activist, and creative living on Ngunnawal land. 

Charlotte Stronach (she/her)

Charlotte is a 21 year old transwoman living on the Sunshine Coast, passionately involved with many different social justice causes.

Zephyr Hopping (they/them)

Zephyr lives on Gadigal land and is a copywriter by day, artist by night picking up every single creative hobby under the sun.

Sarah Mitchell (they/them)

Sarah is a genderqueer writer living, dreaming, playing and working on stolen Gadigal and Wangal land. 

We partnered with LUSH cosmetics and WorldPride 2023, to release the zine across LUSH’s NSW stores, and host a launch event alongside the production of Gender Euphoria, with our collaborator Mama Alto.

500 copies were distributed to people in Sydney who had not received copies otherwise through online networks.

ISSUE 01

In 2022, we brought together the first DREAMLIFE committee, who created the format, design, and content of the first issue. The team participated in a two day intensive development led by mentors, who led workshops on publishing, trans history, art and activism.

Coming together in Sydney on Gadigal land, the team learnt about how to make publication art projects, while making one alongside their trans and gender diverse peers.