Alisha Stranges | LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory

Author: Alisha Stranges

We’re Hiring! Work Study Communications Assistant

July 26, 2022

Are you a @UofT student? Do you have a passion for the LGBTQ2+ past? Are you invested in reaching broader publics with historical research, through an intersectional lens? The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory seeks a Communications Assistant with Graphic Design Skills to amplify our robust collection of oral histories across our social media platforms. Responsibilities Qualifications Position Details This is a remote position and can be completed virtually; students from any campus are welcome […]

Call for Expressions of Interest: Postdoc Fellowship

June 13, 2022

by Alisha Stranges

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 2-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Trans History/Studies and/or Queer/Trans Oral History, Toronto, CA AWARD OVERVIEW The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, seeks expressions of interest for candidates interested in applying for a 2-year, Canadian, Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, administered by CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC, are prestigious awards with a value of $70,000 CDN per year, for two years. Applicants’ research areas should be […]

The Collab at the QHC 2022

June 10, 2022

by Alisha Stranges

Academia / Collaboratory News / Pussy Palace Project / Trans History

If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair… Beginning this Sunday, the Committee on LGBT History, San Francisco State University, and the GLBT Historical Society host their second queer history conference, QHC 2022. From June 12-15, historians, K12 educators, and activists come together to share, discuss, and showcase the newest directions and developments in the histories of same-gender sexuality, trans identity, and gender-nonconformity. We are delighted to announce […]

Tangible Traces: Searching for the Pussy Palace Polaroids

May 27, 2022

by Alisha Stranges

Pussy Palace Project / Traversing Temporalities

Reposted from April 16, 2021. Did you know that the 2000 Pussy Palace had an instant photo room? On the fourth floor of the Palace, a sign reading “porn/photo room” directed patrons in two equally playful directions: towards a room for screening pornography and/or towards a room for having Polaroids taken to document one’s night at the bathhouse (Blair 163; Vogels paras. 10-13). In our most recent oral history interview, Carlyle Jansen, one of the founding members of the Toronto Women’s […]

Talking Sex: Engaging with the Pussy Palace Oral Histories

April 10, 2022

by Alisha Stranges

Collaboratory News / Pussy Palace Project

Join us on Wed, Apr 20 @ 6PM – 7:30PM for a virtual event, featuring both community narrators and members of the Collaboratory’s Pussy Palace Oral History Project team! Event Description: On September 15, 2000, five Toronto police raided the Pussy Palace, an exclusive bathhouse event for queer women and trans folk, laying several charges against the organizers, accusing them of violating liquor laws. There has never been an oral history project about this event, […]

Reflection on the Pussy Palace: Coding for Identity Shifts

February 26, 2022

by Alisha Stranges

Interview Coding / Pussy Palace Project / UVic Undergraduate Internship

Beginning in January 2022, the Collaboratory invited UVic undergraduate Amanda Thomson to participate in a 4-week volunteer internship with the Pussy Palace Oral History Project, supporting the team in preparing oral history interviews for coding in NVivo and experimenting with the software by coding a few interviews herself. Here are her reflections on the experience. I have been volunteering with the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory’s Pussy Palace Oral History Project (PPOHP) since early January […]