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Intern Reflections
My name is Ghost Mitchell, and I am a nonbinary undergraduate student in my third year of university courses at The University of Toronto. I am a double major in both Drama and Sexual Diversity [...]
Job Posting – Education Consultant
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. Primarily a volunteer-run organization focusing on Canadian content, The ArQuives acquires, preserves, and provides public access to information and [...]
A Toronto Queer History à la Jackie Shane
Kathryn Gamboa shares the legacy of Jackie Shane through items preserved at The ArQuives, where her bold presence helped shape the pulse of Toronto’s early queer scenes. Note on pronouns: I leave in the discrepancies [...]
Raiding The Body Politic: The Legal Attack on Toronto’s Queer Press
Sophie takes a dive into the raiding of The Body Politic, the community response, and privacy and censorship. Raiding the Office On December 30, 1977 at 5 pm, four Metropolitan Toronto Police officers and one [...]