Balam N11: RADICAL
Published by Revista Balam
“Radical is an edition dedicated to LGBTIQ+ archives. In this issue, Revista Balam celebrates a decade marked by profound transformations and global upheavals: we lived through a pandemic, we are witnessing the unchecked rise of the far right, wars, deforestation, mass protests, a brutal increase in social inequality, and the return of the so-called war of the sexes.
“Driven by the need to reconstruct the trajectories of our communities, we view visuality as both trace and symbol of existence and legacy. This is why we pay tribute to archives as repositories of first-person narratives and sanctuaries of collective subjectivities. This issue features guest editor María Belén Correa, trans activist and founder of the Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina (AMT).
“The concept of RADICAL is tied to the disruptive and transformative power of queer archives. These archives not only challenge heteronormative hegemony, but also question power structures, academic frameworks around how we are studied, and society’s understanding of exclusion, as well as the countless ways our identities have been misappropriated in art. The radical lies in documenting the ignored, in creating kinship through memory, in listening to those who have been systematically silenced, and in recognizing that the streets and the collective building of these projects are our true school. Each archive is both a declaration of existence and a call to resist.
“We aim to amplify and support the work of archives across Latin America and their allies, highlighting their struggles against the ongoing presence of homophobia and transphobia in our societies. These projects—created by and for our communities—confirm the global growth and resurgence of these archives. That is what we celebrate in this edition dedicated to radical archives—marking a milestone as the first photography magazine to fully address this theme.
ARCHIVES – CONTRIBUTORS
Aghi (MZ/IT), Ana Paula Vitorio (BR), Andrés Pérez (VE), Archivo Arkhé (ES), Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina (AR), Archivo Honduras Cuir (HN), Archivo Memoria Disidente Perú (PE), Archivo Q’iwa de Bolivia (BO), Archivos Desviados (US/AR), Ceci Estalles (AR), Charan Singh (IN), Cole Rizki (US), Colombia Trans Cuir (CO), Elisa Medde (NL), Felipe Rivas San Martín (CL), General Idea (CA), La Variante Chola (PE) & Mauricio Holc (AR), Lucas Ondak (US), Manuel Herreros de Lemos (VE), Maricoteca (MX), Martin Crudo Sorrondeguy (UY/US), Miguel López (PE), Mohamad Abdouni, Treat Me Like Your Mother: Trans* Histories From Beirut’s Forgotten Past (LB), Museo de Arte Transfemenino (MX), Nan Goldin (US), Nicolas Cuello (AR), Pablo Balcazar (CL), Pablo Lerma (ES), Pat Pietrafesa (AR), Queer Indonesia Archive (ID), Slava Mogutin (RU), Susana Vargas Cervantes (MX), Tessa Boffin (UK).
Paperback
8.25 x 11 inches
280 pages
Two Alternate Covers
2025
Aghi (MZ/IT), Ana Paula Vitorio (BR), Andrés Pérez (VE), Archivo Arkhé (ES), Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina (AR), Archivo Honduras Cuir (HN), Archivo Memoria Disidente Perú (PE), Archivo Q’iwa de Bolivia (BO), Archivos Desviados (US/AR), Ceci Estalles (AR), Charan Singh (IN), Cole Rizki (US), Colombia Trans Cuir (CO), Elisa Medde (NL), Felipe Rivas San Martín (CL), General Idea (CA), La Variante Chola (PE) & Mauricio Holc (AR), Lucas Ondak (US), Manuel Herreros de Lemos (VE), Maricoteca (MX), Martin Crudo Sorrondeguy (UY/US), Miguel López (PE), Mohamad Abdouni, Treat Me Like Your Mother: Trans* Histories From Beirut’s Forgotten Past (LB), Museo de Arte Transfemenino (MX), Nan Goldin (US), Nicolas Cuello (AR), Pablo Balcazar (CL), Pablo Lerma (ES), Pat Pietrafesa (AR), Queer Indonesia Archive (ID), Slava Mogutin (RU), Susana Vargas Cervantes (MX), Tessa Boffin (UK).
Paperback
8.25 x 11 inches
280 pages
Two Alternate Covers
2025
