ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author approach was inspired by feminist and queer theorists who have sought to “queer” the archive. In An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures, Ann Cvetkovich proposed an understanding of trauma among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people through “an archive of feelings” that includes both personal trauma and communal trauma. The chapter focuses on creating a hybrid project—one that includes both a physical book centered on the stories of LGBTQ people, as well as a free, open-access website that provides a communal resource and digital archive for LGBTQ people who have experienced reproductive loss and those who seek to support them. LGBTQ histories have so often been erased or invisible, or “officially” documented in discriminatory ways, queer memory becomes a particularly valuable historical resource and one that can generate creative possibilities for personal and community responses to trauma.
