ONE Archives at the USC Libraries

I’m so excited for the upcoming after-hours tour of #NEEDME happening NEXT THURSDAY May 14, 7 pm in association with the Bob Flanagan Memorial and Marathon Reading. 🩸 We’ll be bringing out extra materials from Bob and Sheree’s collection here at the archive. 💉Curator - Led Tour of NEED ME (masks required): Thursday, May 14, 7 - 8 pm @ ONE Archives, 909 W Adams Blvd. 🌹Bob Flanagan Memorial and Marathon Reading: Saturday, May 16, 12 - 7 pm @ Human Resources, 410 Cottage Home St Huge thank you to Mae Howard and Sheree Rose for organizing the Bob Flanagan Memorial and Marathon Reading, which I will be participating in on Saturday with my favorite poem from Bob. Cheers, and see you there! @swamp_witch__ @humanresourcesla

Join us for L.A. Queer Zine Fest, presented by @onearchivesusc and @transdotform . #LAQueerZineFest celebrates queer and trans zinemakers, artists, performers, writers, and community through vendor tabling, live performances, hands-on activities, food, and opportunities to engage with queer history and creative practice. What to expect: ✨ 50+ queer and trans vendors ✨ zines, prints, small-press publications, art, and handmade goods ✨ drag by @trantulavulnicura , @miranda_fights , and Pestilence ✨ live music by @denseboy and @chloeantofficial ✨ poetry open mic ✨ zine-making workshop led by @oneinstitutela ✨ 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. #QueerZines #ZineFest #LosAngelesEvents #ONEArchives

Our #LAQueerZineFest is THIS SUNDAY on May 17th! The LA Queer Zine Fest, presented by @onearchivesusc and @transdotform , is a one-day event celebrating queer and trans zinemakers, small publishers, writers, and artists. The event features 50+ vendors, live performances by queer musicians and drag artists, a workshop hosted by ONE Institute, and a sexy queer 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 #QueerEvents #ZineFest #LosAngelesEvents #LAevents

follow the wind to the #LAQueerZineFest on May 17th! The LA Queer Zine Fest, presented by @onearchivesusc and @transdotform , is a one-day event celebrating queer and trans zinemakers, small publishers, writers, and artists. The event features 50+ vendors, live performances by queer musicians and drag artists, a workshop hosted by ONE Institute, and a sexy queer 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 #QueerEvents #ZineFest #LosAngelesEvents #LAevents

road raging? find your inner peace AND a top at our #LAQueerZineFest on May 17th! The LA Queer Zine Fest, presented by @onearchivesusc and @transdotform , is a one-day event celebrating queer and trans zinemakers, small publishers, writers, and artists. The event features 50+ vendors, live performances by queer musicians and drag artists, a workshop hosted by ONE Institute, and a sexy queer 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 #QueerEvents #ZineFest #LosAngelesEvents #LAevents

Did you know modern body piercing actually started in Los Angeles? ⛓️ NEED ME, or, (de)mystifying the myth of the modern primitive is the first ever public exhibition to present the Western history of body piercing and its roots in queer history. A culmination of years of archival research, NEED ME traces the networks of queer individuals throughout the sexual underground who were essential to modern piercing history through magazines, correspondence, ephemera, and artwork. Open through June 27 at ONE Archives, open 10 am - 5 pm Tues - Sat. PLUS: this Saturday (05/02), Efrain John Gonzalez joins @onearchivesusc for an artist about his work documenting piercing and the sexual underground since the 1970s! More info at the link in bio. Come for the history, stay for the hole story! 🩸 #bodypiercing #queerhistory #losangeleshistory #onearchives #needme

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 #linkinbio 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, queer history, nightlife, political gatherings, and leather and fetish 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

🚨DON’T MISS @bousanbear FIRST TIME IN LOS ANGELES!!! 🚨 ✨Saturday, May 2 at 4 pm 🩸Link in bio to RSVP ONE is delighted to host Efrain John Gonzalez!!! 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. This is the first, and perhaps only, time that Gonzalez will be lecturing in Los Angeles. Efrain John Gonzalez (b. 1952) is a photographer who documents the unusual, the erotic, the unique, the wild and slightly crazy, from the world of body modifications to the underground universe of radical S&M. Based in Park-Slope, Brooklyn, he is an internationally published photographer. Through his mostly film-based practice of black and white and Kodachrome photography, he has amassed an archive of thousands of images of underground clubs, transness, tattoo and body modification events, queer history, nightlife, political gatherings, and leather and fetish cultures.

CALL FOR LA-BASED QUEER/TRANS ARTISTS & PRINTMAKERS ✨🏳️‍⚧️ Are you a queer and trans-identifying zine maker, small-print publisher, artist, or printmaker? Have you ever wanted the chance to share/sell your zines? @onearchivesusc is teaming up with @transdotform to present the L.A. Queer Zine Fest! Save the date for May 17, 11 am - 5 pm. Hosted at the world's largest LGBTQ+ archive, the #LAQueerZineFest is a one-day event celebrating queer and trans creatives. The event combines tabling, live performances, interactive stations and community partnerships to platform queer voices and encourage community participation in queer history preservation. Applications are open now until May 1st and vendors will be notified on a rolling basis. Looking forward to seeing you there! 📩 Apply via Google Form in bio 🗓 Deadline: May 1, 2026 ⭐️ Event date: May 17, 11 am - 5 pm #QueerZineFest #ZineFest #OpenCall #LAZineFest

Live from our intern’s desk: a collectable card from the 1998 Dyke March in Los Angeles. Who here has the full set? #archives #archival #queerarchives

🚨NEXT THURSDAY 🚨 APRIL 23 at 4pm PT/ 7 pm ET join ONE Archives artist-in-residence Noorann Matties on a virtual studio tour from her home-studio in Philadelphia. Matties will discuss her research and process working on her new body of work featured in NEED ME, or, (de)mystifying the myth of the modern primitive, and share her current projects. There will be ample time for audience participation discussing interdisciplinary practice involving memory, craft, abstraction, and self-imagery. This will be our only virtual offering for #needme and a fantastic way to hear from the artist-in-residence and curator if you can’t travel for the show. RSVP LINK W/ ZOOM IN BIO Noorann Matties (b. 1994) is an artist based in Philadelphia, PA. Her work aims to translate the wall of sound inside via the systematic cataloging and organization of imagery surrounding wish-fulfillment, fantasy, memory, and personal mythology. Harnessing the meditative processes of beadwork and analog photography she channels a deeper truth through the medium of flow state.