FOR EVERY QUEER

FUTURE

Everyone has a story. We have all been influenced by those who came before us and helped shape who we are today. Let’s ensure the future is queer for all of our communities by preserving 2SLGBTQIA+ history today.

Keep Our Stories Alive

The ArQuives aspires to be a significant resource and catalyst for those who strive for a future world where 2SLGBTQIA+ people are accepted, valued, and celebrated. Our goal is to make 2SLGBTQIA+ history accessible to communities through access to the collection and through dynamic programming. We strive for a world where our collective memory in Canada recognises the importance and impact of 2SLGBTQIA+ history and celebrates it.

What Will You Fund?

  • $20 buys a specially designed archival box to keep records safe
  • $25 digitizes and preserves 14 photographs
  • $75 trains up to 5 dedicated volunteers
  • $100 funds the cost of a presentation for a high school or GSA
  • $300 processes and preserves 120 artifacts
  • $450 covers the cost of a workshop for 20 participants
  • $2,400 brings our collection to life through a Digital Exhibition
  • $3,000 hires a curator to develop an exhibition in our space
  • $40,000 keeps the Reading Room accessible three days a week
  • $60,000 contributes to the development of our Online Collection Database, making our collection accessible to a global audience
For Every Queer Future : Be A Guardian Of The ArQuive

The ArQuives is committed to making 2SLGBTQIA+ history accessible to everyone; educating, informing, and inspiring future generations.

National Portrait Collection

A mini exhibit exploring significant contributors to Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ history. This exhibit can be printed and used a resource for sparking important conversations in schools, libraries, and community spaces.

2SLGBTQIA+ School Advocacy

2SLGBTQIA+ School Advocacy was developed as a companion resource to Become 2SLGBTQIA+ Literate after The ArQuives received feedback from educators wanting additional information on 2SLGBTQIA+ policy development.

Student & Youth LGBTQ2+ Activism

A mini exhibit exploring students & youth involved in 2SLGBTQIA+ activism. At The ArQuives, we believe that 2SLGBTQIA+ history belongs in every classroom.

Your donation to The ArQuives today – no matter what amount – will help us continue the important work of preserving our queer and trans past.

Pride and Remembrance Run

1996

The Pride and Remembrance Run was founded in 1996 as an annual fundraising event dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, with a specific focus on the historical and ongoing impact of HIV/AIDS in the community. This exhibition contains archival photographs, videos, textual records, news articles, t-shirts, posters, and oral histories documenting the history of the Pride and Remembrance Run.

Queering Family Photography

1970 – 2018

This exhibit explores the critical work that queer, trans, and two-spirited family photos do in documenting and creating queer modes of belonging, and how our emotional attachments to queer family photographs have also sustained 2SLGBTQIA+ lives. Photo credit: Teo kissing her son, Matthew, Unknown photographer, Circa 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Gift of Teo Owang, Courtesy of the Family Camera Network and The ArQuives

Gendertrash: Transsexual Zine

1993 – 1995

gendertrash is a zine/periodical “devoted to the issues & concerns of transsexuals.” Its four issues were published by Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay in Toronto from 1993-1995. Created in collaboration with the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory. The Collaboratory is directed by Dr. Elspeth Brown and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Coming Up Aces: Asexual Voices in the Archives

1896 – 2017

This exhibition investigates The ArQuives’ materials on asexuality and asexual spectrum experiences. Reaching back as far as the Progressive Era (1896-1920) feminist movement and concluding with digitized issues of asexual spectrum zines from our collection, we examine queerplatonic relationships and asexual discourse throughout history.

25 Years of Youthline

1993 – 2018

LGBT YouthLine is a Toronto-based peer-support phone line that started in 1993 and reaches across Ontario. This exhibit outlines and celebrates YouthLine’s 25th year history, and the significant impact the organization has had on 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in Ontario.

Jim Egan: Canada’s First Public LGBTQ Activist

1921 – 2000

James Egan was one of the earliest LGBTQ2+ rights activists in Canada. He is best known for his landmark Supreme Court Case, Egan v. Canada. Although he was defeated in this case, his fight for spousal benefits spurred the Supreme Court to add sexual orientation as prohibited grounds of discrimination to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Fundraising Toolkit

Interested in Peer-to-Peer fundraising on behalf of The ArQuives? We have created a toolkit to help you out! Download The ArQuives Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Toolkit for a step to step guide for creating your own fundraiser, including sample messages and images to help you along.

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