CONTRE ARCHIVE 01 | Queer & Trans History Zine

What traces of our lives do we keep? Who gets to preserve, name and tell our stories?

CONTRE ARCHIVE is an independent editorial and research series developed by Flèche Lente × Aurevoir Gabriel.

The first issue explores how queer and trans lives have been documented, remembered, classified and sometimes erased.

Through texts, images and archival research, it looks at what remains, what is missing and how stories continue to be passed on.

Rather than offering a definitive history, CONTRE ARCHIVE brings together different lives and traces to question the ways we preserve and transmit our collective memory.

Printed & made in our Paris studio

Every copy is printed, folded, assembled and finished in-house, in small batches.

Because each zine is made by us, slight variations in folding, trimming and binding, as well as subtle traces of the production process, may occur.

These details are part of its handmade character, making each copy slightly different.

Publication details

Format: 9.5 × 28.5 cm (closed)
12 pages, including cover
Saddle-stitched binding
Printed and assembled in Paris, France
Independent publication, 2026
Developed by Flèche Lente × Aurevoir Gabriel
First print run

Language & editions

Available in two separate editions: French or English.

Please select your preferred language before adding to your cart.