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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The ArQuives to Digitize Key 2SLGBTQIA+ Audiovisual Collections with Major CLIR Grant
November 4, 2025
Toronto, ON – The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives is launching its largest-ever digitization initiative focusing on hidden Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ histories. -
Activating Queer History in the Classroom with The ArQuives
October 23, 2025
Join us for free online workshops highlighting the rich primary source materials held at our archive! -
Displaced Histories, Reclaimed Visions: Michelle Mohabeer and The Art of Representation
October 8, 2025
Communications volunteer Ester Bovard draws from The ArQuives audiovisual collections to trace the groundbreaking work of Guyanese-Canadian filmmaker Michelle Mohabeer, whose films challenge dominant narratives and reclaim space for queer, feminist, and diasporic identities. -
Intern Reflections
September 10, 2025
My name is Ghost Mitchell, and I am a nonbinary undergraduate student in my third year of university courses at The University of Toronto. -
Job Posting - Education Consultant
June 27, 2025
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. -
A Toronto Queer History à la Jackie Shane
June 6, 2025
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. -
Raiding The Body Politic: The Legal Attack on Toronto's Queer Press
May 6, 2025
Sophie takes a dive into the raiding of The Body Politic, the community response, and privacy and censorship. -
Pushing The Boundaries of The Lesbian Imaginary: Aerlyn Weissman and The Vitality of Visibility
April 23, 2025
Communications volunteer Ester Bovard takes a closer look at a generous recent donation from award-winning filmmaker and activist Aerlyn Weissman, and what it means for lesbian history. -
Job Posting - YCW Archives Assistant
April 1, 2025
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. -
Job Posting - Museum Collection Specialist
April 1, 2025
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. -
2024 Annual General Meeting
March 24, 2025
The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives invites you to the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) Monday, May 26, 2025, at 6:00PM EST via Zoom. -
Job Posting - Digital Archivist
March 21, 2025
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest LGBTQ2+ archives in the world. -
Call for Board Members
March 11, 2025
The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives is one of the largest LGBTQ2+ archives in the world and the only archive in Canada with a national mandate. -
Jackie Shane Shines Bright in her own Heritage Moment
February 24, 2025
Directors, Ayo Tsalithaba and Pat Mills, joined The ArQuives intern, Dede, to discuss the challenges and triumphs of bring Jackie Shane’s story to the masses. -
101 Dewson St: More than a House
February 17, 2025
Former ArQuives intern, Dede, shares two important organizations that began a thirty minute walk from their Toronto home It begins at 101 Dewson Street, between Dovercourt Road and the east end of Dufferin Grove Park. -
Call for Spring Kinship Exhibit Participants
February 3, 2025
Kinship isn’t just about blood—it’s about the ties that sustain us, especially when the world feels unwelcoming. -
Liberation on the Dance Floor: Interview with Craig Jennex
November 29, 2024
Mailey interviews Craig Jennex about the newest exhibit at The ArQuives: Liberation on the Dance Floor. -
Gendertrash from Hell: Queer Connection and Exposure
November 12, 2024
In the early 1990s Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay formed a publishing company called genderpress.