איפה נהיה כשהם יבואו?: מסה על ארכיונים קהילתיים, שיטור ופוליטיקה קווירית של נראות. (Hebrew)

Amidst an escalating assault from the populist right, including a prominent settler faction, on the core tenets of Israeli liberalism and the judiciary, a broader agenda emerges. While the primary objective of this attack is to establish Jewish supremacy across the nation, it is evident that a secondary goal involves the imposition of a conservative, right-wing ideology concerning sexuality and gender within the public sphere. In tandem, legislative maneuvers by the government and a surge in daily acts of violence converge to undermine the hard-won gains of feminism and the LGBTQ+ community in Israel. In the past decade, Israel has aligned itself with the global trend of community-driven queer archiving, resulting in the emergence of such archives in cities like Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Be'er Sheva. This essay explores the imperative faced by community queer archives in response to the prevailing political context, operating under the assumption that the onslaught against the LGBTQ+ community will only intensify. To achieve this understanding, the author delves into history, examining the phenomenon of homosexual cruising sites, particularly in Haifa, during the latter half of the 20th century. These sites not only exposed men to the specter of homophobic violence but also to police persecution, exemplified by the creation of "pink lists"—police-maintained databases documenting information about the gay community in the 1990s. This essay interprets the pink lists as instruments of police control. It illustrates how their underlying organizational principles can be adapted to guide the operation of a queer community archive within a hostile, anti-LGBTQ+ regime Ultimately, the essay offers a blueprint outlining the operational framework for queer archives, a structure that could potentially find utility beyond its immediate context. These principles might be extended to other community-driven archives handling sensitive information and standing in opposition to repressive regimes—from women's archives to civil society-operated repositories and archives engaged in antioccupation advocacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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