History & Founding

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The Rainbow Phoenix Archives was founded on January 29th, 2025

...in response to the inauguration of a fascist dictator in the USA on January 20th, 2025.

The queer community faces horrendous violence from the right wing onslaught against our communities by The Trump Administration as of January 20th, 2025. Due to their extreme fascist agenda, queer and trans media is in peril and at risk of being censored, criminalized and subsequently destroyed.

The RPA serves the community as a symbol of hope for our collective queer futures and continued legacies.

THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE QUEER.

As archivists, we have come together with our personal goal of archiving 3 to 5 pieces of queer media per week as a group effort to save everything we can before it is too late.

Our work is greatly inspired by these two articles by the ever-brilliant The Transfeminine Review...

• The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
• How To Build Your Trans Micro Library

We will outlive the fascists together, with our history intact carried through the storm.