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Keeping Our Stories Alive

The ArQuives was established to aid in the recovery and preservation of our histories. Its mandate is to: Acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBTQ2+ people, primarily produced in or concerning Canada; and Maintain a research library, international research files, and an international collection of queer and trans periodicals.

The ArQuives is the largest independent LGBTQ2+ Archives in the world and since 1973 the only LGBTQ2+ archives in Canada with a national scope, read further about our history and mission.

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Education Resources

Our Education Resources were developed and crafted to support educators in incorporating queer and trans perspectives into Grade 9-12 English and History curricula.

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ArQuives Collection

Our Collection can be searched online. Search by keyword, collection, organization, person, media, artifact type, among other options.

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Our Exhibits

Our current and past Exhibitions are listed on our programming page here. Check out our online Digital Exhibitions anytime.

What’s New

101 Dewson St: More than a House

Former ArQuives intern, Dede, shares two important organizations that began a thirty minute walk from their Toronto home It begins at 101 Dewson Street, between Dovercourt Road and the east end of Dufferin Grove Park. [...]

Call for Spring Kinship Exhibit Participants

Kinship isn’t just about blood—it’s about the ties that sustain us, especially when the world feels unwelcoming. Call for participants! Do you identify as Canadian, trans*, and part of the Asian diaspora? Share your stories [...]

Liberation on the Dance Floor: Interview with Craig Jennex

Mailey interviews Craig Jennex about the newest exhibit at The ArQuives: Liberation on the Dance Floor. Mailey: Hi Craig, I am really excited for our digital exchange on Liberation on the Dance Floor: Reflective Nostalgia, [...]

Gendertrash from Hell: Queer Connection and Exposure

In the early 1990s Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay formed a publishing company called genderpress. Between 1993 and 1995 they produced four zines entitled Gendertrash from hell. The first issue of Gendertrash includes a [...]

Programming

The ArQuives House Tour – February 23, 2025

February 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Queer Trivia Night – Sex Work History

February 27 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Our Partners

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