Anthony Friedkin, Jim and Mundo, Montebello, East Los Angeles, 1972. From The Gay Essay, 1969–73. Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Gift of Anthony Friedkin. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries. Courtesy of Anthony Friedkin

Judith F. Baca, Documentation of Vanity Table, a performance for the exhibition Las Chicanas: Venas de la Mujer at the Woman’s Building, September 1976. Woman’s Building Records. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Courtesy of Judith F. Baca

Jerri Allyn, Documentation of Laughing Souls/Espíritus Sonrientes, a performance at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), October 31–November 2, 1979. Courtesy of Jerri Allyn

Tosh Carrillo, Arthur, c. 1970s. Archival pigment print from black-and-white 35mm negative, 9 x 14 in. Charles Boultenhouse and Tyler Parker Papers. Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden

Installation view of Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., 2017 at MOCA Pacific Design Center. Photo by Zak Kelley. Courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries

Installation view of Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., 2017 at MOCA Pacific Design Center. Photo by Zak Kelley. Courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries

Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., installation view, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, UNLV, Las Vegas, 2019. Photo by Josh Hawkins/UNLV Creative Services. Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick and ICI.

Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., installation view, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, UNLV, Las Vegas, 2019. Photo by Josh Hawkins/UNLV Creative Services. Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick and ICI.

Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., installation view, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, 2019. Photo by Jim Gipe / Pivot Media. Courtesy of Williams College and ICI.

Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., installation view, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, 2019. Photo by Jim Gipe / Pivot Media. Courtesy of Williams College and ICI.