ONE Archives

We can’t believe it’s been a month since we hosted the first Los Angeles Q***r Zine Fest with TRANS•FORM ! The day was filled with so much joy, juicy dogs, so many talented makers, engaging workshops, and outstanding entertainment. An extra special thank you to the LAQZF workers and volunteers who made it all possible. We can’t wait to do it all over again next year!

Tag yourself in the comments below!

Cheers,
Au, Lexi, and Q

⛓️ONE Archives is excited to welcome multidisciplinary artist Panteha Abareshi for a presentation on her practice and research materials. Abareshi will guide the audience through a lecture around the sick/Crip body’s representation as a s*x object. Her lecture will be followed up by a conversation with NEED ME curator Quetzal Arévalo before audience Q & A.

DATE: June 11, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
WHERE: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries 909 W Adams Blvd.

🩸Panteha Abareshi’s (b. 1999) artistic practice is rooted in their existence as a chronically ill/disabled body contending with multiple medical illnesses, at the foundation of which is sickle cell zero beta thalassemia- a genetic blood disorder that causes debilitating pain and bodily deterioration, both of which increase with age.Their work explores the complexities of living within a body that is highly monitored, constantly examined, and made to feel like a specimen, critically interrogating the sick/disabled body’s place within medical institutions.

Currently, Abareshi is focusing on the disabled body as fe**sh object, and conducting research into disabled s*xuality, and its representations within po*******hy and fe**sh materials.

💉This program is offered in association with the exhibition NEED ME, open through June 27.

Announcing our 2026 ***rZineFest vendors & performers! We're very excited to have an all-q***r/trans lineup of artists, creatives, zinemakers, and collectives at LAQZF for our inaugural event.

The LA Q***r Zine Fest, presented by and , is a one-day event celebrating q***r and trans zinemakers, small publishers, writers, and artists. The event features 50+ vendors, live performances by q***r musicians and drag artists, a workshop hosted by ONE Institute, and a s*xy q***r grill!

RSVP at the link in bio!

🗓 Sunday, May 17 ⏰ 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
📍 ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
909 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007

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***rZines

Join us for L.A. Q***r Zine Fest, presented by and .

***rZineFest celebrates q***r and trans zinemakers, artists, performers, writers, and community through vendor tabling, live performances, hands-on activities, food, and opportunities to engage with q***r history and creative practice.

What to expect:
✨ 50+ q***r and trans vendors
✨ zines, prints, small-press publications, art, and handmade goods
✨ drag by , , and Pestilence
✨ live music by and
✨ poetry open mic
✨ zine-making workshop led by
✨ food, drinks, and community

🗓 Sunday, May 17
⏰ 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
📍 ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007

🎟 RSVP via Eventbrite at the link in bio.

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T*TS OUT FOT EFRAIN JOHN GONZALEZ!!!
Pics so hot 🥵 you’ll have to see the real deal this Saturday

Saturday, May 2 at 4 pm: don’t miss the chance to meet photographer Efrain John Gonzalez at the archive! He will be sharing his decades-long practice of documenting the body piercing community and other escapades from the SM scene in New York City and Beyond. A lecture by Gonzalez will be followed by a generous Q & A.

RSVP

Efrain John Gonzalez (b. 1952) is a photographic artist who has documented the unusual, the erotic, the unique, the wild and slightly crazy. Based in Park-Slope, Brooklyn, he is an internationally published photographer who has been traveling down dark and mysterious paths for the past 40 years. Through his mostly film-based practice of black and white and Kodachrome photography, he has created a rare historical archive of original work, candid photographs of underground clubs, transness, tattoo and body modification events, q***r history, nightlife, political gatherings, and leather and fe**sh cultures.

Photographs featured:

My First Piercing on 16th and 8th Ave, 1980
Folsom St E 13th St, c. 1990
Folsom St E 13th St. (man in sunglasses), c. 1990
Gay Pride March, 1995
Living in Leather, 1989
Fakir Musafar at Living in Leather, 1989
Veronica Vera at a Marc Steven Party, 1982