Our Beginnings Since 2000 a group of women discussed how to preserve the many lesbian cultural objects such as labrys, paintings, ceramics, glass and badge collections. The Wellington based Lesbian and Gay Archives (LAGANZ) were unable to accommodate objects so something new was needed to fill this gap. In 2005, an informal archive group discussed the quandary of a display of over 300 badges and a quilt made of 14 significant tee shirts, each with a lesbian story. An idea for