HOMOCATS

HOMOCATS were created in 2010 during an art residency at the Anderson Ranch, CO with a zine entitled “Fight the Power”. The Bush presidency had ended and Obama had recently been elected. It was before gay marriage was legalized in the US and before the Affordable Care Act passed; there was a lot of activism to fight for gay and equal rights during the new change in administration. Being an avid cat lover and a political artist, the idea was to combine the humor of the feline with social commentary through a physical publication.

Before Instagram, I was inspired by early cat memes such as “I Can Has Cheezburger” and “LOLCats”, but I wanted to insert queer activism into my images. The first page of the zine I made was the drawing “We Are Tired of Homophobia,” followed by “Equal Rights” and “Trans-Positive,” which unfortunately are still relevant years later.