Since 1973, The ArQuives has worked hard to Keep Our Stories Alive!
We strive to make LGBTQ2+ history accessible and tell the stories of our communities.
Tangible Traces: Searching for the Pussy Palace Polaroids
April 14, 2021
By Alisha Stranges and Elio Colavito Did you know that the 2000 Pussy Palace had an instant photo room?How to record oral histories during a pandemic - Pussy Palace Oral History Project
April 2, 2021
By Elio Colavito and Alisha Stranges The Pussy Palace Oral History Project is fully underway, and with that, The ArQuives’ and LGBTQ History Digital Collaboratory’s oral historians encountered unique challenges due to the pandemic which has required us to conduct all interviews remotely.All the Right Questions: Demography, Sense Memory, and the Many Narrators of the Pussy Palace Raid
March 26, 2021
By Elio Colavito and Alisha Stranges The Pussy Palace Oral History Project, a collaboration between The ArQuives and the LGBTQ+ Oral History Digital Collaboratory, has finally reached the interviewing stage.Deadline extended - Job Posting for Interim Executive Director
March 25, 2021
The ArQuives seeks an Executive Director to fill a temporary (10-month contract; possible 3-month extension) maternity leave contract commencing mid to late May 2021.Queering Wikipedia - New pages created
March 24, 2021
The ArQuives strives to try to make the LGBTQ2+ history of Canada more accessible to the public.Gender Review - New Online Exhibition
March 24, 2021
Check out one of our newest Digital Exhibitions researched and written by one of our volunteers Beck Schaefer.2020 AGM Announcement
March 8, 2021
The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives invites you to the 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) Monday, May 10, 2021, at 6:00 pm EST via Zoom Any member of the public is invited to attend.Job Posting: Executive Director (Maternity Leave Contract)
March 1, 2021
The ArQuives seeks an Executive Director to fill a temporary (10-month contract; possible 3-month extension) maternity leave contract commencing mid to late May 2021.Call for Participants: Pussy Palace Oral History Project
February 26, 2021
The University of Toronto’s LGBTQ+ Oral History Digital Collaboratory and The ArQuives are working together on an oral history project about the 2000 Pussy Palace raid, Canada’s last major bathhouse police raid.Call for Board Members of The ArQuives
February 17, 2021
Located in downtown Toronto, The ArQuives one of the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archives in the world.Collection Review and Community Consultations - Request for Proposals
February 12, 2021
The ArQuives seeks proposals from qualified, experienced consultants for the research and writing of a Collection Review and Report.QueerAsian Launch February 25, 2021
February 11, 2021
The Historic Joy Kogawa House (Vancouver) and The ArQuives (Toronto) invite you for an evening of writing and other creative works!Help us create an exhibit on LGBTQ Muslim history and organizing in Canada
February 2, 2021
Salaam Canada and The ArQuives are working together to curate an exhibit around LGBTQ Muslim history and organizing in Canada.COVID-19 Update - January 2021
January 30, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions continue to limit our reopening to volunteers and the public.Who's New at The ArQuives
January 30, 2021
While our physical doors have been closed, there has been plenty of work still to do around The ArQuives.We Demand - New online exhibition
January 21, 2021
Thanks to our 2020 summer YCW student Subhanya Sivajothy, we now have a Digital Exhibit for We Demand!The ArQuives' Trans Collections Guide Launch
November 13, 2020
The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory and The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archive invite you to celebrate the launch of The ArQuives' Trans Collections Guide on December 3rd, 2020 - 4-6 pm EST A roundtable discussion on the trans holdings of The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archive, and the histories and futures of trans archival practices.Historical Inequities Community Consultation November 25, 2020
November 9, 2020
Since the release of our 2018–2022 Strategic Plan, The ArQuives has been working to address our six priorities, including several priorities that focus on Diversity and Inclusion at The ArQuives.
