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.
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Volunteers Needed: Here’s How You Can Help Keep Our Stories Alive
April 17, 2024
This week we celebrate National Volunteer Week! -
Femme Story Archives
April 9, 2024
The Femme Story Archives team is currently conducting a project called “On our own terms: An oral history and archive of queer femme community and culture in Toronto, 1990-2000,” funded by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant and led by Principal Investigator Dr. -
Job Posting: YCW Archives Assistant
April 4, 2024
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest LGBTQ2+ archives in the world. -
Job Posting: Collections Manager
March 26, 2024
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archives in the world. -
Anton Wagner and Edimburgo Cabrera fonds
March 21, 2024
We’re excited to announce that the Anton Wagner and Edimburgo Cabrera fonds is now available for research on-site at The ArQuives! -
2023 Annual General Meeting
March 18, 2024
The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives invites you to the 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 6:00 PM EST via Zoom. -
2024 Call for Board Directors
February 5, 2024
The ArQuives is one of the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archives in the world and the only archive in Canada with a mandate to collect at a national level. -
Queer Cinema for Palestine: Foggy
December 7, 2023
The ArQuives co-presented Queer Cinema for Palestine’s: Foggy screening this week. -
Call for Exhibition Proposals
December 5, 2023
The Curatorial Committee at The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives is seeking exhibition proposals from contemporary artists and curators working with archival themes and materials for an exhibition in the Spring of 2024. -
The story behind processing the Sue Wells fonds
December 2, 2023
My name is Lily Holland, and for 4 weeks this fall, I Interned at The ArQuives, and processed the Sue Wells fonds. -
Roundtable on Trans Histories + Activism in Toronto
November 30, 2023
Myseum of Toronto and The ArQuives held a roundtable discussion about trans activism in Toronto between the 1960s and 1990s in April of 2023. -
International Queer Solidarity with Palestine
November 23, 2023
Full statement and information here: https://voices4london.org.uk/blog/open-letter-queers-solidarity-palestine/ We, as LGBTQIA+ individuals, groups, organisations, and artists around the world, stand in solidarity with the Palestinian liberation movement. -
Job Posting: Project Coordinator
November 22, 2023
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest LGBTQ2+ archives in the world and is celebrating 50 years of Keeping LGBTQ2+ Stories Alive. -
Emma Awe, ArQuives Grant Recipient, Shares How Important Punk Zines are for Queer History
November 7, 2023
The ArQuives created The Brian King Fabulous Researcher Fund in 2016 to honour the memory of former volunteer Brian King, one of the original Flashback Gala creators. -
Operation Soap
October 1, 2023
Operation Soap: Toronto’s Bathhouse Raids According to The Body Politic Operation Soap The front page of The Body Politic’s March 1981 issue reads: “Feb 5, TORONTO: 150 COPS SMASH UP THE BATHS – 286 GAY MEN BUSTED”1. -
Introducing ArQuives Intern, Henry
August 8, 2023
Henry Ding is a student pursuing a B.Arch/BFA in Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). -
Partnership announcement - Defining Moments Canada/Moments Déterminants Canada
June 28, 2023
The ArQuives has embarked on an exciting partnership with Defining Moments Canada/Moments Déterminants Canada to realize the creation of the resource Proud to Be: Queer Canadian Histories of the 1960s-1970s.