Queers And Comrades Archive Club

A monthly space for Trans & Queer Comrades to chat about best practices in archiving and facilitate the digitization of physical records.

We know we are the keepers of our own histories & caretakers of our collective dreams. To ensure our descendents can find us in the future, we’re hosting monthly space for Trans & Queer artists, organizers, culture tenders / keepers, families, ethnographers, storytellers, & media makers to chat about best practices in archiving, facilitate the digitization of physical records, & make connections with archives & archivists. Hosted by Jason Wyman / Queerly Complex.

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Queerly Complex (@queerlycomplex) and Queer Art Club (@queer_art_club) are pairing up to gather trans-queer-nonbinary Bay Area comrades in a weekly offering spanning generations, identities, expressions, and communities. Every Thursday starting 15 January 2026, 465 Collective’s Gallery and Lounge will be a site of art making, conversating, and organizing rooted in trans-queer-nonbinary mutual care. Queer Art Club takes over the Gallery from 5:30 to 7:30 and will facilitate a different art project each week while also providing additional art supplies so everyone can make what strikes their fancy. Queerly Complex is partnering with Realest Exposure (@realestexposure) / Tray Smith (@trayareal1), Filthy Studios (@filithystudios_)/ Fivestar (@iamfivestar), and Crystal Mason / Tree of Change to offer weekly themed clubs (see below for more details) in the Lounge from 7 to 9pm rooted in their Tree of Change Praxis of cultivating Power-With. Outside will be a Mutual Aid table distributing food, water, clothes, and other basic necessities to anyone who needs them.

Conveniently located near 16th Street BART in San Francisco, aka Yelamu, 465 Collective is a gallery, rehearsal studio, community gathering spot, and a space rooted in a legacy of presenting Trans, Queer, Nonbinary, Black, Brown, Immigrant, Sex Worker, Poor, and Disabled artists, media makers, and performers. It currently consists of BlackMaria MicroCinema, Queerly Complex, Madison Young, Devon Divine, Lydia Daniller, Lady Monster, and Beth Stephens.