Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives®©,
Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives®©
are a continuing effort of Gay Lesbian Bisexual
Non-Gender Conforming Transgender Queer
Questioning Two Spirit + archiving efforts that began
collecting, preserving, saving, securing, storing, archiving
Arizona's Gay Lesbian Bisexual, Transgender, Queer + History
when often harassment, danger, threats & physical violence
were routinely encountered.

The focus of the Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives and its mission is the collection,
preservation, and digital virtual access of historical related Arizona LGBTQIA+ photographs,
manuscripts, event posters, various Arizona and other LGBTQIA+ related publications,
journals & diaries, documentaries, audio tapes, Super 8 & 35mm Films, Micro Film,
VHS-Beta-CD-DVD recordings of events, audio sound recordings, interviews,
original art works, LGBTQIA+ Events T-Shirts & Memorabilia along with other
 LGBTQIA+ items for inclusion into the permanent
Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives®© for their preservation
and access for current and future generations.

About

The Arizona LGBTQ+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual+ Archives
are Arizona’s original Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual+ (LGBTQIA+)
archives collections effort continues over time ever expanding inclusive groups historical collections.

As a community-state-multi state focused archives
founded as a physical and digital archives
 the Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives embrases the concepts of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Transgender Fluid, Transsexual,
Transgender Queer, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two Spirit +
into the thousands of artifacts, exhibits, items, and records being collected,
preserved, and made digitally available to the world.
 
The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives all-volunteer archivists work closely
with many diverse LGBTQIA+ communities throughout Arizona, the United States,
and around the world developing archives that are for,
 by, and about LGBTQIA+ History it represents.
A comprehensive archives that fully encompases the many people,
organizations, events, and contributions that so many have made.

Mission Statement The Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives aka Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives work
 with many heterogeneous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex [LGBTQIA+],
Gender Non-Conforming, and Two Spirit Communities throughout Arizona, around the United States,
and in other countries of the world identifying, preserving, and protecting the many records,
manuscripts, papers, photographs and ephemera of LGBTQIA+ History that document
the distinct histories of these communities.

The Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives Mission:

Collecting and maintaining the many individual stories, papers, photographs, videos,
oral histories, home movies, artwork, clothing items, 
and other distinct various forms of historical records reflecting many hundreds of years
of combined generations insights and knowledges.
Areas of collecting interest are specified below in a separate Collection Development Policy
to collect and maintain these historical items and records of enduring historical significance
 to current and future organizations, community groups, safe spaces,
including identified organizational efforts supporting LGBTQIA+ lives throughout Arizona.

The Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives recognizes that the LGBTQIA+ communities are diverse
and heterogeneous and hold complicated, contradictory, as well as complementary histories
that can all come together here as valid everyday knowledges and truths.

The Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives works to engage with many communities, organizations,
and individuals to collect, preserve, and share these many histories and memories.

The Arizona LGBTQIA+ Archives Collection Policy

The Arizona Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual LGBTQIA+ Archives
of the now Arizona LGBTQ+ Archives since its original beginning
been aquiring-collecting the many items and exhibits materials that are forever relevant to
LGBTQIA+ individuals, groups, and organizations involved supporting LGBTQIA+ lives.
Items collected include tens of thousands of stories, papers, records, manuscrpits,
publications, ephemera, original photographs, home movies, event posters,
government records, videos, digital and many other materials,
including but not limited to artifacts, such as art, crafts, and apparel.

As one of the worlds major stewards of  LGBTQIA+ histories,
the Arizona LGBTQIA+ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual + Archives
works to preserve the history of the events and people between the 1700s and 2020s
and beyond for current and future generations.