The ArQuives
@arquives.ca
Canada’s largest independent LGBTQ2+ archives
Telling your stories to help preserve history 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
www.arquives.ca
https://linktr.ee/ArQuives
Telling your stories to help preserve history 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
www.arquives.ca
https://linktr.ee/ArQuives
Since 1973, The ArQuives have been the keepers of the stories we must never forget. This holiday season we need your gift, so we can help protect and document what matters most - your presents. 🎁
To donate to The ArQuives, visit arquives.ca/donate
To donate to The ArQuives, visit arquives.ca/donate
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Since 1973, The ArQuives have been the keepers of the stories we must never forget. This holiday season we need your gift, so we can help protect and document what matters most - your presents. 🎁
To donate to The ArQuives, visit arquives.ca/donate
To donate to The ArQuives, visit arquives.ca/donate
This #TDOR, we remember those lost to anti-trans violence and stand with our trans communities in the face of ongoing injustice. The ArQuives is dedicated to preserving and sharing trans stories for generations to come.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This #TDOR, we remember those lost to anti-trans violence and stand with our trans communities in the face of ongoing injustice. The ArQuives is dedicated to preserving and sharing trans stories for generations to come.
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https://ow.ly/8VTz50Xt5vo
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We’re proud to support the transformation of Rainbow Wing at Toronto’s Rekai Centre into a vibrant living archive. Celebrating resilience, joy, and memory. 🌈📚✨
Read insights from artist Walter Segers and reference archivist Daniel Payne: https://ow.ly/Xx2s50Xt4VG
Read insights from artist Walter Segers and reference archivist Daniel Payne: https://ow.ly/Xx2s50Xt4VG
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We’re proud to support the transformation of Rainbow Wing at Toronto’s Rekai Centre into a vibrant living archive. Celebrating resilience, joy, and memory. 🌈📚✨
Read insights from artist Walter Segers and reference archivist Daniel Payne: https://ow.ly/Xx2s50Xt4VG
Read insights from artist Walter Segers and reference archivist Daniel Payne: https://ow.ly/Xx2s50Xt4VG
Celebrate Trans Awareness Week with The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions. Free all year around 💻 💡
Genderqueer in Canada: https://ow.ly/ANaC50XoVs9
Gender Review: https://ow.ly/Njzl50XoVsb
Gendertrash: https://ow.ly/H4gi50XoVs8
Rupert Raj and Trans Activism: https://ow.ly/WIWY50XoVsa
Genderqueer in Canada: https://ow.ly/ANaC50XoVs9
Gender Review: https://ow.ly/Njzl50XoVsb
Gendertrash: https://ow.ly/H4gi50XoVs8
Rupert Raj and Trans Activism: https://ow.ly/WIWY50XoVsa
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Celebrate Trans Awareness Week with The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions. Free all year around 💻 💡
Genderqueer in Canada: https://ow.ly/ANaC50XoVs9
Gender Review: https://ow.ly/Njzl50XoVsb
Gendertrash: https://ow.ly/H4gi50XoVs8
Rupert Raj and Trans Activism: https://ow.ly/WIWY50XoVsa
Genderqueer in Canada: https://ow.ly/ANaC50XoVs9
Gender Review: https://ow.ly/Njzl50XoVsb
Gendertrash: https://ow.ly/H4gi50XoVs8
Rupert Raj and Trans Activism: https://ow.ly/WIWY50XoVsa
We're hiring a Digital Archivist. You'll be responsible for leading our CLIR digitization project, including creating digital surrogates from select fonds, and arranging and describing digitization and born-digital collections.
More info/apply: https://arquives.ca/job-posting-clir-digital-archivist
More info/apply: https://arquives.ca/job-posting-clir-digital-archivist
Job Posting: CLIR Project Digital Archivist – The ArQuives
Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the [...]
arquives.ca
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We're hiring a Digital Archivist. You'll be responsible for leading our CLIR digitization project, including creating digital surrogates from select fonds, and arranging and describing digitization and born-digital collections.
More info/apply: https://arquives.ca/job-posting-clir-digital-archivist
More info/apply: https://arquives.ca/job-posting-clir-digital-archivist
Queer Britain | November 24 | The ArQuives
Join Emily Garside, queer author and tutor at London’s Bishopsgate Institute, for a journey through the vibrant cultural history of LGBTQ+ life in the UK.
Registration required: https://arquives.ca/event/queer-britain-culture-community-and-creativity/
Join Emily Garside, queer author and tutor at London’s Bishopsgate Institute, for a journey through the vibrant cultural history of LGBTQ+ life in the UK.
Registration required: https://arquives.ca/event/queer-britain-culture-community-and-creativity/
Queer Britain: Culture, Community, and Creativity – The ArQuives
Join Emily Garside, queer author and tutor at London’s Bishopsgate Institute, for a journey through [...]
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Queer Britain | November 24 | The ArQuives
Join Emily Garside, queer author and tutor at London’s Bishopsgate Institute, for a journey through the vibrant cultural history of LGBTQ+ life in the UK.
Registration required: https://arquives.ca/event/queer-britain-culture-community-and-creativity/
Join Emily Garside, queer author and tutor at London’s Bishopsgate Institute, for a journey through the vibrant cultural history of LGBTQ+ life in the UK.
Registration required: https://arquives.ca/event/queer-britain-culture-community-and-creativity/
54 years of The Body Politic! Did you know 135 issues were published and The ArQuives collection holds the complete run of the newspaper?
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
54 years of The Body Politic! Did you know 135 issues were published and The ArQuives collection holds the complete run of the newspaper?
Thrilled to share a new digital exhibition
No Bad Blood: A History of 2SLGBTQIA+ Blood and Plasma Donations in Canada
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/no-bad-blood-a-history-of-lgbt
No Bad Blood: A History of 2SLGBTQIA+ Blood and Plasma Donations in Canada
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/no-bad-blood-a-history-of-lgbt
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thrilled to share a new digital exhibition
No Bad Blood: A History of 2SLGBTQIA+ Blood and Plasma Donations in Canada
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/no-bad-blood-a-history-of-lgbt
No Bad Blood: A History of 2SLGBTQIA+ Blood and Plasma Donations in Canada
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/no-bad-blood-a-history-of-lgbt
We're excited to announce the launch of Community Ties: Our Future Together, a digital exhibition created with support from Women and Gender Equality Canada. https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/community-ties/introduction
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of Community Ties: Our Future Together, a digital exhibition created with support from Women and Gender Equality Canada. https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/community-ties/introduction
Free online workshops for high school educators across Canada! 🎓
Discover how to use rich primary materials from The ArQuives to bring 2SLGBTQIA+ histories into your lessons, discussions, and assignments.
Register: https://arquives.ca/activating-queer-history-in-the-classroom-with-the-arquives/
Discover how to use rich primary materials from The ArQuives to bring 2SLGBTQIA+ histories into your lessons, discussions, and assignments.
Register: https://arquives.ca/activating-queer-history-in-the-classroom-with-the-arquives/
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Free online workshops for high school educators across Canada! 🎓
Discover how to use rich primary materials from The ArQuives to bring 2SLGBTQIA+ histories into your lessons, discussions, and assignments.
Register: https://arquives.ca/activating-queer-history-in-the-classroom-with-the-arquives/
Discover how to use rich primary materials from The ArQuives to bring 2SLGBTQIA+ histories into your lessons, discussions, and assignments.
Register: https://arquives.ca/activating-queer-history-in-the-classroom-with-the-arquives/
In celebration of the recent release of the first print collection of Gendertrash from Hell, this workshop will focus on the history of Mirha-Soleil Ross’ zine. Participants will also learn how to create and reproduce their very own zines!
https://arquives.ca/event/zine-workshop-november-2025/
https://arquives.ca/event/zine-workshop-november-2025/
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In celebration of the recent release of the first print collection of Gendertrash from Hell, this workshop will focus on the history of Mirha-Soleil Ross’ zine. Participants will also learn how to create and reproduce their very own zines!
https://arquives.ca/event/zine-workshop-november-2025/
https://arquives.ca/event/zine-workshop-november-2025/
For Asexual Awareness Week, The ArQuives invites you to browse digitized zines!
https://ow.ly/CeGN50X9lmi
Zines: F-ACE-ing Silence, Issue 3, edited by "Omnes et Nihil" (2015). "Mage," Asexual Feminism (2010). Asexuality: Coming to Terms, edited by Ennis and Kelly, Ace Toronto (2014).
https://ow.ly/CeGN50X9lmi
Zines: F-ACE-ing Silence, Issue 3, edited by "Omnes et Nihil" (2015). "Mage," Asexual Feminism (2010). Asexuality: Coming to Terms, edited by Ennis and Kelly, Ace Toronto (2014).
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For Asexual Awareness Week, The ArQuives invites you to browse digitized zines!
https://ow.ly/CeGN50X9lmi
Zines: F-ACE-ing Silence, Issue 3, edited by "Omnes et Nihil" (2015). "Mage," Asexual Feminism (2010). Asexuality: Coming to Terms, edited by Ennis and Kelly, Ace Toronto (2014).
https://ow.ly/CeGN50X9lmi
Zines: F-ACE-ing Silence, Issue 3, edited by "Omnes et Nihil" (2015). "Mage," Asexual Feminism (2010). Asexuality: Coming to Terms, edited by Ennis and Kelly, Ace Toronto (2014).
Our house is open for tours next month! 🏠
Tue, Nov, 2025 | 6:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-11-2025/
Sun, Nov 16, 2025 | 1:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-16-2025/
Registration required. PWYC. The ArQuives is a masked space.
Tue, Nov, 2025 | 6:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-11-2025/
Sun, Nov 16, 2025 | 1:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-16-2025/
Registration required. PWYC. The ArQuives is a masked space.
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our house is open for tours next month! 🏠
Tue, Nov, 2025 | 6:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-11-2025/
Sun, Nov 16, 2025 | 1:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-16-2025/
Registration required. PWYC. The ArQuives is a masked space.
Tue, Nov, 2025 | 6:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-11-2025/
Sun, Nov 16, 2025 | 1:00PM
https://arquives.ca/event/the-arquives-house-tour-november-16-2025/
Registration required. PWYC. The ArQuives is a masked space.
Filmmaker Michelle Mohabeer’s powerful works reclaim space and challenge dominant narratives for queer, feminist, and diasporic voices in Canadian film history. Trace her groundbreaking journey featuring rare gems from our AV collection.
https://ow.ly/71Ih50X6tti
Image: michellemohabeer.com
https://ow.ly/71Ih50X6tti
Image: michellemohabeer.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Filmmaker Michelle Mohabeer’s powerful works reclaim space and challenge dominant narratives for queer, feminist, and diasporic voices in Canadian film history. Trace her groundbreaking journey featuring rare gems from our AV collection.
https://ow.ly/71Ih50X6tti
Image: michellemohabeer.com
https://ow.ly/71Ih50X6tti
Image: michellemohabeer.com
Our new digital exhibit “Maggie's: 4 Decades of Sex Worker Activism in Toronto” discusses the history of Maggie's Toronto Sex Worker Action Project, a local activist group and registered charity with a 40-year presence in Toronto.
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/maggiestoronto
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/maggiestoronto
October 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Our new digital exhibit “Maggie's: 4 Decades of Sex Worker Activism in Toronto” discusses the history of Maggie's Toronto Sex Worker Action Project, a local activist group and registered charity with a 40-year presence in Toronto.
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/maggiestoronto
https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/exhibits/show/maggiestoronto
The ArQuives is conducting a national survey to better understand the diverse lived experiences of queer and trans people across the country!
English: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
French: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
English: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
French: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
July 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The ArQuives is conducting a national survey to better understand the diverse lived experiences of queer and trans people across the country!
English: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
French: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
English: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
French: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
We all have a story. The ArQuives is committed to making 2SLGBTQIA+ history accessible to everyone.
✨ You Can Make an Impact Today, by Becoming a Guardian of The ArQuives! ✨
This summer, we have swag up for grabs to all NEW monthly donors!
www.arquives.ca/foreveryqueerfuture
✨ You Can Make an Impact Today, by Becoming a Guardian of The ArQuives! ✨
This summer, we have swag up for grabs to all NEW monthly donors!
www.arquives.ca/foreveryqueerfuture
June 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We all have a story. The ArQuives is committed to making 2SLGBTQIA+ history accessible to everyone.
✨ You Can Make an Impact Today, by Becoming a Guardian of The ArQuives! ✨
This summer, we have swag up for grabs to all NEW monthly donors!
www.arquives.ca/foreveryqueerfuture
✨ You Can Make an Impact Today, by Becoming a Guardian of The ArQuives! ✨
This summer, we have swag up for grabs to all NEW monthly donors!
www.arquives.ca/foreveryqueerfuture
Please join us for the opening reception of Of Kin and Other Impossible Homes
May 29, 2025, 6-8pm, The ArQuives
Open to the public:
Fridays 4pm – 8pm
Saturdays 11am – 3pm
Sundays 11am – 3pm
Exhibitions runs until July 11, 2025
arquives.ca/event/of-kin-and-other-impossible-homes
May 29, 2025, 6-8pm, The ArQuives
Open to the public:
Fridays 4pm – 8pm
Saturdays 11am – 3pm
Sundays 11am – 3pm
Exhibitions runs until July 11, 2025
arquives.ca/event/of-kin-and-other-impossible-homes
May 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Please join us for the opening reception of Of Kin and Other Impossible Homes
May 29, 2025, 6-8pm, The ArQuives
Open to the public:
Fridays 4pm – 8pm
Saturdays 11am – 3pm
Sundays 11am – 3pm
Exhibitions runs until July 11, 2025
arquives.ca/event/of-kin-and-other-impossible-homes
May 29, 2025, 6-8pm, The ArQuives
Open to the public:
Fridays 4pm – 8pm
Saturdays 11am – 3pm
Sundays 11am – 3pm
Exhibitions runs until July 11, 2025
arquives.ca/event/of-kin-and-other-impossible-homes
The ArQuives is conducting a national survey to better understand the diverse lived experiences of queer and trans people across the country!
EN: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
FR: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
EN: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
FR: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
April 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The ArQuives is conducting a national survey to better understand the diverse lived experiences of queer and trans people across the country!
EN: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
FR: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
EN: form.jotform.com/250896546702...
FR: form.jotform.com/250896203847...
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive #2SLGBTQIA #Canada
We're hosting community conversations to learn how we can better meet the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks across Canada.
In February and March 2025, we'll be visiting various cities.
Keep posted to see when we’ll be in your city!
To participate, visit: arquives.ca/community-ties
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive
In February and March 2025, we'll be visiting various cities.
Keep posted to see when we’ll be in your city!
To participate, visit: arquives.ca/community-ties
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive
February 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We're hosting community conversations to learn how we can better meet the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks across Canada.
In February and March 2025, we'll be visiting various cities.
Keep posted to see when we’ll be in your city!
To participate, visit: arquives.ca/community-ties
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive
In February and March 2025, we'll be visiting various cities.
Keep posted to see when we’ll be in your city!
To participate, visit: arquives.ca/community-ties
#KeepingOurStoriesAlive
Do you identify as Canadian, trans*, and part of the Asian diaspora? Be featured in our upcoming exhibition!
Open to trans individuals from East, South, Southeast, Central, West Asia, and diasporic communities with ties to Asia.
arquives.ca/call-for-spring-exhibit-participants/
Open to trans individuals from East, South, Southeast, Central, West Asia, and diasporic communities with ties to Asia.
arquives.ca/call-for-spring-exhibit-participants/
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Do you identify as Canadian, trans*, and part of the Asian diaspora? Be featured in our upcoming exhibition!
Open to trans individuals from East, South, Southeast, Central, West Asia, and diasporic communities with ties to Asia.
arquives.ca/call-for-spring-exhibit-participants/
Open to trans individuals from East, South, Southeast, Central, West Asia, and diasporic communities with ties to Asia.
arquives.ca/call-for-spring-exhibit-participants/
The ArQuives is committed to bringing LGBTQ2+ history into classrooms. We're proud to provide French translations of 2SLGBTQIA+ School Advocacy, 2SLGBTQIA+ Stories, and Become 2SLGBTQIA+ Literate, because education is a tool for justice.
arquives.ca/programming/...
arquives.ca/programming/...
January 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The ArQuives is committed to bringing LGBTQ2+ history into classrooms. We're proud to provide French translations of 2SLGBTQIA+ School Advocacy, 2SLGBTQIA+ Stories, and Become 2SLGBTQIA+ Literate, because education is a tool for justice.
arquives.ca/programming/...
arquives.ca/programming/...