Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv (Toronto, Ontar, Canada)

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• CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV (CLGA)
• CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV
• CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV
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CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV (CLGA)

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. 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.

CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV

Hist/B NoteThe Canadian Gay Archiv grew out of the fil of The Body Polic, a natnal gay liberatn journal found Toronto 1971. The newspaper was the recipient of a wi variety of material relatg to gay men and lbians Canada and beyond s borrs. The Canadian Gay Liberatn Movement Archiv was announced October 6, 1973 and two years later, a llective of six people, separated om The Body Polic Collective.

The name Canadian Gay Archiv was chosen, renamed Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv 1993. CLGA published the Gay Archivist (renamed Lbian and Gay Archivist 1995). LotnThe Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv are loted Toronto.

CANADIAN LBIAN AND GAY ARCHIV

The ArQuiv (formerly the Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv) is the largt pennt LGBTQ2+ archiv the world. Missn Statement: The ArQuiv aspir to be a signifint rource and talyst for those who strive for a future world where lbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people are accepted, valued, and celebrated.

Jennex has been volunteerg at The ArQuiv (formerly the Canadian Lbian and Gay Archiv) Toronto for about a and is still awe of the materials there — so much so that he wanted to share the llectn wh people across the untry who aren’t able to vis the archiv person. Jennex’s next project is also studyg the history of the gay and lbian liberatn movement, this time through the lens of the role of popular mic.

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When you’re at one of the shops, he also remends you check out Rebec Rose’s new book Before the Para: A History of Halifax’s Gay, Lbian, and Bisexual Communi, 1972-1984, which tak a eper dive to lol Halifax histori.