THE YOUTH POLITIC
A MAGAZINE FOR LEARNING AND GROWING COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIKE YOU!
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the youth politic is always free for youth under 25, in print and online. If you’re a grown-up reader who would like to help us keep our publication free and in print for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, you are encouraged to make a donation! All amounts are welcome - around $15 covers print costs for one young person.
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The Body Politic was a crucial channel of communication between queer and trans community members, and was incredibly dedicated to the practice of community archiving; so much so that the small team behind the monthly magazine founded what is now the Arquives (Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ Archives).
SUBMISSIONS
SUBMISSIONS
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: #002: GENDER ISSUE
Submissions are open for youth (under 25) short-form writing and art, all about the theme of gender.
What does your experience of gender feel like? What makes you feel gender euphoria? Do you have a story of gender exploration to share? Do you have a question about gender you’d like answered by trans adults?
Submit your art or writing in the form below! We will be featuring a selection of submissions in our spring 2026 Gender issue. Anonymity welcome!
Submissions Due: Feb 27 2026!
ISSUE #002 GUIDELINES
Short form writing: short poems, essays, letters, lists, questions, and other pieces under 500 words-ish.
Visual art: drawings, collages, comics, paintings, and other pieces that can fit on a single or half page (our pages are 8.5x11”].
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: #003: POETRY ISSUE
Submissions are open for poems from 2SLGBTQIA+ writers of all ages! All types of poems welcome, of all themes and genres including visual poetry, and poetry comics.
We will be featuring submissions in future poetry-themed editions of the Youth Politic.
Please keep in mind we have an all-age audience centred around 2SLGBTQIA+ young people under 25!
Submissions Due May 29 2026.
ISSUE #003 GUIDELINES
For written poems, we have space for one page per submission, which can be split into two columns.
For visual poems, we have space for a half to full page per submission.