Thao Ho presented her research on the intersection of archival work and decolonial activism at the workshop titled “Lively Metaphors in Preservation Practices: Sex and Death,” organised by Perverse Collections: Building Europe’s queer and trans archives (PERCOL) in Amsterdam. Taking place on 2 & 3 November 2023, the closed workshop was held in collaboration with the EYE Film Museum in Amsterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision. The two-day event, generously hosted by the two institutions, aims to facilitate an exchange between museum professionals, scholars, and practitioners working with trans and queer archives. Participants are asked to actively contribute in the form of a short input on the different potentialities and difficulties connected to dealing with trans and queer collections.