The ArQuives celebrates our 50th Anniversary all year long!
Throughout the years, The ArQuives has preserved the stories, papers, books, artifacts, and more of the LGBTQ2+ community. Safeguarding the powerful experiences of community members that have impacted the lives of LGBTQ2+ folks across Canada, we are honoured to spend 2023 recognizing our 50th Anniversary. Together, we are Keeping Our Stories Alive.
All year long, we will be hosting events, sharing digital content, and connecting with community. Join us as we take you on a journey through the last 50 years of The ArQuives!
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Get featured in the ArQuives 50th anniversary collection
As we continue to celebrate our 50th Anniversary all year long, The ArQuives is putting together a collection of stories that we want to go down in history for another 50 years. We need your help. By submitting your story, you are supporting the ongoing efforts to keep LGBTQ2+ stories alive.
Get featured in the ArQuives 50th anniversary collection
As we continue to celebrate our 50th Anniversary all year long, The ArQuives is putting together a collection of stories that we want to go down in history for another 50 years. We need your help. By submitting your story, you are supporting the ongoing efforts to keep LGBTQ2+ stories alive.
How to get involved
Events
The ArQuives is hosting the reopening of the solo exhibition of artist and photographer Hamidah Hemani. The show titled pack un pack will feature a series of large and small format photography, which provocatively explores the definitions and constructs of “home, space and subculture” through a queer south Asian lens. pack un pack runs from March 18 to 29th, at 34 [...]
We're back with another evening of virtual queer trivia! Whether you had all the Indigo Girls CDs or love all things retro, join us for trivia on Thursday, March 23rd at 8:00 pm and test your knowledge of the queer '90s – from AIDS activism to out Oscar nominees! Our online trivia events are just for fun – we don’t [...]
Myseum of Toronto and The ArQuives invite you to join us for a roundtable discussion about trans activism in Toronto between the 1960s and 1990s. Speakers Monica Forrester, Mirha-Soleil Ross, and Rupert Raj will reflect on some of their foundational actions that helped create sustainability, kinship, and activist culture for the rights of trans people. This intergenerational roundtable will explore [...]
In this one-of-a-kind exhibition, The ArQuives opens its doors for the public to experience their Trans Collections. Curated by Tobaron Waxman, this exhibition explores a selection of trans histories of resilience in Toronto from the 1950s to the 1990s. Curator Tobaron Waxman offers a unique lens into Toronto’s trans community histories, focusing on the fight for access to trans-aware health [...]