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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

Melissa Levin & Lesbian Helpers at The ArQuives

Volunteer Em Barton visits The ArQuives to look through fonds of the late artist, educator and advocate, Melissa Levin, before our archivists begin to process them. I was greeted by one of our wonderful archivist [...]

Nuit Blanche Interview with Jordan King and Nathan Bruce

One of the more fascinating artistic installations at 2024’s Nuit Blanche will be “Love Across Distance,” which uses interactive light effects to explore the nature of queer, long-distance relationships. It will be happening in front [...]

Shameless: Researching the Life and Work of Gerald Hannon

Gerald Hannon was a fascinating public figure in Toronto’s LGBTQ2+ activism scene. His collection at The ArQuives is a window into the soul of queer life and love, all through the lens of an incredibly [...]

Programming

Queer Trivia Night – Halloween

October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Button Making Workshop – October 29, 2024

October 29 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The ArQuives House Tour – November 6, 2024

November 6 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Our Partners

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