• by Ray Schultz , July 8, 2025

A new queer lifestyle magazine is debuting later this month. 

The new product, The Wallflower, bills itself as "a magazine for those in the margins, from those in the margins." It is both self- and crowd-funded.

There will be a monthly digital issue, and four print editions per year. The digital debut occurs on June 28, and the first print issue will appear on December 5.

"I'm new to magazine publishing, but when I look at my options as a queer person, I see a lot of literary options, but not a lot of lifestyle magazines," said Milo Sanders, founder, publisher and editor in chief of The Wallflower. "I'm a decade into my queer journey, but I feel I have so much to learn from queer voices that aren't necessarily getting more mainstream attention."

Among the regular sections are Media in the Margins, Profiles from the Margins, Blossoms (on the intersection between queerness and the environment), Big Talk from the Margins, Photos from the Margins, and Words from the Margins, including fiction and non-fiction. 

Sanders is asking the audience for two forms of support. 

"We're going to make the best damn queer lifestyle magazine we can, and we hope you'll join us on the journey as both a content and monetary contributor," Sanders says. "The Wallflower is happening, but it's obviously easier with great submissions and generous donations."