Queer Archive Fever Roundup - Jun 27, 2026

Hi Friends,

Back with our weekly roundup! This week I have some really exciting news to share:

I am excited to share that I was accepted into the Guerrilla Archiving Program in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic this summer! This program is a community-centered initiative dedicated to preserving endangered archives across the Caribbean. We will be volunteering with Biblioteca Renovación, a historic library whose collections document centuries of Caribbean intellectual, political, and cultural life. Alongside a cohort of students, librarians, archivists, and artists, I'll be helping to process, catalog, and digitize rare books, newspapers, maps, photographs, and other primary source materials so they can remain accessible to the communities that created them. The project follows a post-custodial approach, meaning the collections stay in their home community while we help build the infrastructure needed to preserve them for future generations.

Last year’s cohort partnered with the library to repair, scan, and catalog its primary source material, creating a lasting inventory and digital record of the collection. While these materials remain under the stewardship of the library, a selection of digitized items were also contributed to the Black Diaspora Archive at the University of Texas at Austin, increasing access to Caribbean histories for researchers and communities across the diaspora!

I need your support to help me get there! The last year of unemployment has been difficult and this opportunity feels in alignment with the work I want to continue to do. Funds raised will go toward airfare, lodging, and the purchase of an overhead scanner that we will donate to the partnering institution at the end of the program cycle, leaving behind a resource that will support their ongoing archival work for years to come!

Check out the gofundme and donate what you can. This work is so incredibly important, any amount you’re able to contribute will go a long way in helping me attend the program this year! Also, please share with your network to boost it’s reach.

Thank you so much for your support <3

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In Community Always,

Queer Archivist

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1. Junior Harrison and Douglas Stewart marching with Gay Men of African Descent in NYC (1995)

2. Contestants in the Bourbon Street Awards, Mardi Gras (1975) photograph by Joe Crews

3. Flyer for “Genderupture: Beyond the Cocktail Hour Event” (1990)

4. Invitation to the 64th Annual Fat Monday Luncheon (2013)

5. Gloria and Charmaine (1979) by JEB (Joan E. Biren) from Eye Portraits of Lesbians published by Anthology Editions