Other Lesbian / Queer Women's Archives

NORTH AMERICA
Bay Area Lesbian Archives - Oakland, California
Founded: 2014
Contact: 415-789-8537
balezarchives@gmail.com

Black Lesbian Archives - Online
Founded: 2017
Contact: 469-430-8568
blacklesbianarchives@gmail.com

Gerber/Hart Library and Archives - Chicago, Illinois
Founded: 1981
Contact: 773-381-8030
info@gerberhart.org
Address: 6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626

June L. Mazer Archives - Los Angeles, California
Founded: 1987
Contact: 310-659-2478
contact@mazerlesbianarchives.org
Address: 626 North Robertson Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069

Lesbian Herstory Archives - Brooklyn, New York
Founded: 1974
Contact: 718-768-3953
lesbianherstoryarchives@gmail.com
Address: 484 14th St. Brooklyn, New York 11215

Ohio Lesbian Archives - Cincinnati, Ohio
Founded: 1989
Contact: 513-256-7695
olarchives@gmail.com
Address: Clifton United Methodist Church.
3416 Clifton Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45200

SOUTH AMERICA
Potencia Tortillera (Tortilla Power) - Argentina
Contact: memorialesbica2@gmail.com

CANADA
Archives lesbiennes du Quebec (Lesbian Archives of Quebec) - Quebec

EUROPE
Archives Lesbiennes (Lesbian Archives) - Paris, France
Founded: 1983
Contact: archives.lesbiennes@gmail.com
Address: 163, rue de Charenton 75 012 Paris

Lesbenarchiv Frankfurt (Lesbian Archives of Frankfurt - Frankfurt, Germany
Contact: Lesbenarchiv.frankfurt@t-online.de
Address: Klingerstr 6 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Spinnboden Lesbenarchiv & Bibliothek (Lesbian Archive and Library) - Berlin, Germany
Founded: 1983
Contact: spinnboden@spinnboden.de
Address: Anklamer Str. 38, 10115 Berlin, Germany

ASIA
Queer Indonesia Archive - Online

AUSTRALIA
Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives - Victoria, Australia
Founded: 1978
Contact: mail@alga.org.au

ARCHIVES IN UNIVERSITIES & LIBRARIES
Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History
Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture

Relevant articles
LGBTQ Archives at the Schlesinger and the Sophia Smith by Claire Potter

This list is in no way complete. If you know of an archive that is not listed - contact us and we will add the archive!

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