[1] QZAP has been noted by University of Milwaukee professor Joyce Latham as a powerful "response of the queer community to the history, and practice, of marginalization and disregard.

It has since maintained a physical collection in Milwaukee and a free online archive of digitized zines.

In curating such a unique aspect of culture, we value a collectivist approach that respects the diversity of experiences that fall under the heading "queer."

The primary function of QZAP is to provide a free on-line searchable database of the collection with links allowing users to view or download electronic copies of zines.

By providing access to the historical canon of queer zines we hope to make them more accessible to diverse communities and reach wider audiences.QZAP began when its founders digitized their personal collection of roughly 350 queer-punk zines and put them in an online database.