ALL ABOUT
BIPAN
MAGAZINE
Free. Independent. Volunteer -Run.
MEET THE CREW
The Bipan team is an artist collective that is working towards greater social change and decolonization across so-called Canada. We strive to continue to grow a community that is a safer space for all people.
Working on the Bipan team creates experience in journalism branching off to more specific areas of copywriting, digital design, and social media marketing.
EDUCATION TEAM LEAD
Kirsten Dobler
she/they
DIGITAL DESIGNER
Tyler Nykilchyk
he/they
COPYWRITER & EDITOR
Gregory Ravenda
he/they
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR
Daniela Guerrero-Rodriguez
she/they
COLUMNIST
Givi Tan
he/they
COPYWRITER & EDITOR
Amanda Gómez Sánchez
she/he/they
LEAD DIGITAL DESIGNER
Bee Ste Marie
she/her
COLUMNIST
Talia Maddalena
she/they
FOUNDER & EDITOR IN CHIEF
Natal Rivas Bolaños
he/they
JOIN OUR TEAM
Bipan is looking to expand our team of volunteers.
All roles are remote and are unpaid volunteer positions.
Available Positions:
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Responsibilities: Aid in the creation of themed graphics for social media/website. Work as a Lead Digital Editor to execute designs for digital mag & Buy Me a Coffee merch. Gather inspiration for designs based on issue theme. Experience/skills required: Experience with Adobe apps such as Illustrator and photoshop. Experience with Canva. Understanding of design principles and knowledge of latest design trends. Time management and organizational skills. Amount of hours/week: Around 5 hours per week.
CONTENT CREATOR Responsibilities: Assist in finding local creatives/events to feature. Conduct research on featured guests/topics. Conduct interviews with planned interview questions. Write 800 to 1100 word articles based on research and interviews. Experience/skills required: Effective writing/communication skills. Strong research skills. Ability to match tone while letting your personality shine through. Knowledge of local creatives. Amount of hours/week: Around 5 hours per week.
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR Responsibilities: Conduct email outreach on behalf of Bipan Magazine. Other administrative tasks as required. Experience/ skills required: Professional writing skills and ability to match tone according to brand. Highly organized. Social media management experience is an asset.
WHAT IS
BIPAN MAGAZINE?
Our goal is to stay free and accessible and continue to highlight people of the global majority.
Free Queer Media for those on Turtle Island!
Our team strives to make Bipan a safer place to experience representation and to embrace the queer community.
We are not an ego-based space, we do not claim to know everything on these topics nor shame those who have not been educated within them.
We have created 12 free-of-charge issues filled with queer education, resources, art and more.
WHAT ARE
ZINES?
Zines are independent publications not mediated by mainstream publishers and are a form of counter-cultural production. The medium is also a hands-on method of creating and circulating materials that challenge dominant ideas around gender, racism, and sexuality
Zines are also known as fanzines, underground press, little magazines, small press & alternative publications. Formats include, but are not limited to: Art Zines, DIY Zines, Fanzines, Literary Zines, Personal Zines (also called Perzines), & Political Zines.
Zines provide unique primary source material on contemporary histories and are often utilized as a medium for marginalized voices. Zines provide a cultural snapshot and provide local and historical value to the community.
BIPANS LOGO:
BIPAN’s logo may appear simple, but it contains a number of elements that make up the Bipan brand.
First off, we have the colours: pink, yellow, blue and purple are the colours of the Bisexual and Pansexual flag; the two sexualities that make up the name “bi-pan”. Next is the galaxy element (demonstrated by the wavy lines and star) that has been a visual theme with Bipan since the beginning.
Zooming out a bit, we see that the galaxy circle is also the iris of a cat eye; an homage to the mascot of Bipan, Lucas the black cat. The logo is grounded in a box, which symbolizes that Bipan is a magazine.
Contact: dino.zittlau@gmail.com
BUY ME A
COFFEE
Looking for a way to
help support this volunteer-led organization?
Buy us a coffee!
As we continue to grow, donations will help us expand and enable us to broadcast 2SLGBTQQIAA-BIPOC voices more widely across Turtle Island.
Donate as little as $1!
How your donations support us:
FUNDING
We are volunteer-run and ad-free which means our funding only comes from our readership. To support us in our endeavour to continue sharing great content by and for Canadian 2SQT-BIPOC, we're asking for contributions to help grow our brand and our reach.
INDEPENDENCE
Bipan is independently published. This means we're not mediated by mainstream publishers; we are not bound by the traditional and systemic discrimination in which the media participates. We publish the content that we do, not only to highlight emerging artists and grassroots activism, but to also feature unique primary perspectives from marginalized voices.