The world's largt pennt lbian and gay archive — which happens to be right here Toronto — is about to get a ltle b larger. At s last uncil meetg before the Christmas break, uncillors voted to ee up about $50-thoand to renovate the century old buildg on Isabella Street so that 's accsible. "We've got buttons, we've got tee-shirts, we've got banners om anizatns," says archive print Dennis Fdlay.
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- CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV (CLGA)
- CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV
- CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV
- TORONTO'S GAY ARCHIVE GETTG AN UPGRA
- TORONTO'S GAY ARCHIVE GETTG AN UPGRA
- CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV - TORONTO
CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV (CLGA)
The world's largt pennt rource for those who strive for a future world where lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people are accepted, valued, and celebrated. * gay and lesbian archives toronto *
Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv (CLGA). Webse Addrs: The Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv (CLGA) is the largt pennt LGBTQ+ archiv the world, wh particular emphasis on Canadian ntent. Rerds cludg current exhibs, artifacts, artwork, d/sound rerdgs, movg imag, Natnal Portra Collectn, Lbian and Gay Perdils, newspapers, posters, photographs and vertil fil.
The Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv (CLGA) ho notable artwork llectns cludg the works of Ronald McRae, a Toronto illtrator and stume signer whose works dat back to the 1920s.
CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV
Sce 1973, The ArQuiv (formerly the Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv) has been acquirg and prervg material documentg LGBTQ+ history. The ArQuiv’s mandate is to acquire, prerve, anize, and provi public accs to rmatn and materials any medium, by and about LGBTQ+ people, primarily produced or ncerng Canada. * gay and lesbian archives toronto *
Includ the rerds are media terviews and rerd special events, most notably reactns om the flight of drag queens along Toronto’s Yonge Street, mic llectns produced by Olivia Rerds wh emphasis on the rise of openly gay punk, new wave and other alternative groups and 75 cubic feet of material om the Comg Out Show (1970s-1986) of more than 1, 000 ssett and 500-reel-to-reel tap. The CLGA also ntas movg imag holdgs of more than 600 ems that clu footage om lbian and gay events var muni cludg the Gay Mardi Gras Sydney, Atralia, Vanuver's Gay Gam and Lbian and Gay Pri celebratns.
Also notable is the CLGA’s photograph llectn of over 4500 imag (1920-) cludg imag om The Body Polic, lbian and gay activists, artists, thors, and celebri, other members of lbian and gay muni Toronto, Halifax, Montreal, Saskatoon, and Vanuver durg the 1970s and early 1980s, cultural and polil events, monstratns and nferenc, theatril productns, and plac of muny tert cludg bars, rtrants, and clubs. The CLGA’s poster llectn also ntas over 1000 posters related to the Canadian gay liberatn movement and AIDS tn. Personal and anizatnal rerds of proment Canadian gay and lbian persons.
CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV
Boastg as the largt pennt LGBTQ archiv the world, The Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv is loted the Gay Village and featur an extensive llectn of historil photographs, rerds, posters, and muny artifacts. * gay and lesbian archives toronto *
Photograph llectn, movg imag (primarily Canadian gay and lbian eroti), posters, dtap. Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv. 1) Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art New York, NY.
Photo via Llie-Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art Facebook. The Schwul Mm opened 1985, and was origally loted above a gay nightclub.
5) Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv Toronto, ON, CAN. The Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv (CLGA) llects LGBT historil rerds, personal papers, publitns, art, photographs, posters, and artifacts. Photo via Canadian Lbian & Gay Archiv (CLGA) Facebook.
TORONTO'S GAY ARCHIVE GETTG AN UPGRA
The Canadian Gay Archiv - Toronto - phone number, webse, addrs & openg hours - ON - Archiv. * gay and lesbian archives toronto *
7) The Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame Chigo, IL.
The Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame was tablished 2013 shortly after Jason Colls beme the first openly gay NBA player, and is loted the Center on Halsted Chigo, IL.
TORONTO'S GAY ARCHIVE GETTG AN UPGRA
The world's largt pennt lbian and gay archive — which happens to be right here Toronto — is about to get a ltle b larger. * gay and lesbian archives toronto *
Photo via Natnal Gay & Lbian Sports Hall of Fame Facebook. 10) The Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv Melbourne, AUS. The Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv was found 1978, and llects signifint LGBT materials.
Photo via Atralian Lbian and Gay Archiv Facebook.
Amics, wrers, artists and playwrights searchg for first-person acunts om the gay, lbian, queer and trans muny will soon be able to accs that rmatn digally, thanks to an amb project head by U of T Mississga history profsor Elspeth Brown. Known as the Collaboratory, the project explor “the histori of trans people, queer women, gay men and lbians the U. ” Based at U of T, the project is partnered wh Toronto’s Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv, Universy of Toronto Librari and a several muny-based archiv across North Ameri.
CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV - TORONTO
* gay and lesbian archives toronto *
The Foolsp Oral History Project is a seri of 1980s terviews by and wh gay men, verg drag and bar scen, as well as early polil activism. “Digizg and transcribg are an expensive procs and, bee of the ntent and the people volved, gay and lbian archiv have not always been warmly weled by state or universy archiv. Communy groups have tradnally managed the archiv, but universi are now more willg and terted llaboratg wh muny-based gay and lbian archiv.