Arizona Queer Archives - AQA

08/14/2026

08/14/2026

At AERI 2026 (Archival Education Research Institute) at University of British Columbia, our FOCAS intern alum Nicole Hayes, MLIS, and Jules Baldino, MLIS, presented about their work processing collections and developing programs and exhibits to share our collections to the local public. FOCAS post-doc scholar, Maria Torres, moderated the panel with FOCAS collaborators from UCLA.

06/03/2026

In honor of Pride month here is our most popular display - the history walk!!

06/03/2026

June is Pride Month, and it's also Rainbow Book Month - a nationwide celebration of the authors and writings that reflect the lives of the LGBTQIA+ community.

You can find lists of award-winning LGBTQIA+ books, tools for libraries and library workers from ALA's Rainbow Round Table, and graphics to help celebrate and spread the word on ALA's website: https://bit.ly/4kKOkOg. Is your library hosting a program you're excited for? We'd love to hear about it!

We also know that these stories are under attack. In 2025, ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom found that 39% of books targeted for censorship in U.S. libraries and schools - 1,671 unique titles - represent the lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ people and people of color. As these stories continue to be disproportionately targeted for censorship and library workers across the country are facing threats and harassment for serving these communities, Rainbow Book Month has never been more important.

If your library is experiencing challenges to materials and programs serving LGBTQIA+ patrons, ALA has resources to help. You can report censorship to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom and receive free, confidential support, and the Unite Against Book Bans campaign can help you activate your community to push back against censorship.

Read with pride.

📸 Photo: ALA's Gay and Le***an Task Force (now the Rainbow Round Table) marching in the 1992 San Francisco Pride March, from the ALA Archives.

06/03/2026

June is PRIDE month!

What does that mean to you?

05/20/2026

Join us for our June 1st AQA Annotated 'from behind the scenes' with Cosmo and Eric, our two Mellon-funded FOCAS interns. It's sure to be an exciting hour of storytelling and show-and-tell. Don't miss it!

Register here: https://bit.ly/4wFst1J

05/16/2026

AQA was awarded a 2026 Alliance Fund Grant to support our operational stability in this time of growth and change. We are SOOOO grateful!

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05/16/2026

OPEN HOURS today @ NOON!

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OPEN HOURS kick off tomorrow!

Thursday Saturdays of the month from noon to 3 pm. Join the archivists to learn more about the AQA collections.

04/23/2026

watch for our posts with
good (er, AMAZING!) news today…

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