COVID-19 UPDATE: To ensure the health, safety, and well-being of our employees, interns, volunteers, their families, and the greater community, Lambda Archives is temporarily closed.

DONATIONS (materials): Although Lambda Archives is presently closed, please feel free to contact us with your donation inquiries. If we are able to accept your donation of materials, we will work with you so that we can bring them in once the Archives is re-opened.

RESEARCH REQUESTS: Without a full team of staff members, interns and volunteers, our present ability to fill research requests is severely limited and delayed. Requests for commercial projects are subject to research fees and will be accepted only if one of our independent researchers are available. We do not do rush requests.

VOLUNTEERS: We are currently developing a program in which volunteers could work remotely. Stay tuned….

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​Pride + Gratitude: a Brief Reflection

Joyce Gabiola, Head Archivist June 7, 2021 *** Images from Lambda Archives of San Diego. Pride Photo Collection (L2013.63): San Diego LGBTQ Pride Festival, 1999 (left); San…

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200 Years of Freedom for Whom?

200 Years of Freedom for Whom? Red Scare and the Depoliticization of San Diego Gay Pride 1976 by Gabrielle GarciaPublished May 17, 2021 While scanning…

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Reflections on Working in a Community Archives During a Pandemic

by Gabrielle Garcia Published April 16, 2021** There’s something particularly chilling about handling memorial objects for local loved ones who had passed from HIV/AIDS while…

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A Reflection on Native American Intellectual Property Issues

by Gabrielle Garcia Published April 14, 2021 *** After watching the “Native American Intellectual Property Issues” webinar, the fourth in a five-part series regarding the…

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Whitewashing Stonewall: Reflections on Racism in the LGBTQ Community​

by Gabrielle Garcia, Project Assistant Published April 12, 2021 [ Trigger warning for discussions of antisemitism, racism, ableism, and Nazism ] *** While inventorying materials…

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Photos: Gary Gulley Carousel: May Company Protest, Gay Pride Day and the Center, 1974-1978​