In the Stacks: Queer Archives

Join us for an exploration of queer and trans identities across history through historic postcards that offer powerful evidence of queer presence in the past. Though small in scale, these objects carry rich stories about how queer people expressed identity, resistance, desire, humor, and liberation across time.

In dialogue with these archival materials, flutist Willie Santiago, pianist Ben Shaver, and drag artists Lula Lioness, Divoid, Syren 7, Bratz LaVey, and Oberon the Demon will bring the past into conversation with the present through performance, storytelling, and fashion.

Together, the archive and the stage remind us that queer history is not marginal or newly discovered—it has always been here. This evening of fabulous and fierce archival discovery and performance will highlight the vibrant intersection of history and Baltimore’s local drag scene.

While this performance is geared toward adults, all are welcome.

Registration opens at 10 a.m. on April 30.