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/

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

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/

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/

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).

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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/...