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Pussy Palace Digital Exhibit: Coming Soon!

March 17, 2023

In 2021, the Collaboratory conducted the Pussy Palace Oral History Project (PPOHP), preserving 36 interviews with patrons, organizers, and allies of the Pussy Palace — an exclusive sex party and bathhouse event for queer women and trans people in Toronto. Interviews address not only the infamous, September 2000 police raid, but also radical sex/gender cultures in turn of the 21st century Toronto. A desire to connect broader publics with this rich archive of oral testimony […]

We’re Hiring! Work Study Communications Assistant

July 26, 2022

by Alisha Stranges

Collaboratory News / Opportunities

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

Academia / Collaboratory News / Opportunities

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 […]

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, […]

Call for Contributors!

February 12, 2022

by Elio Colavito

Collaboratory News / Opportunities / Traversing Temporalities

The LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory is launching its first external blogger series! “Traversing Temporalities: Making Meaning of Queer and Trans* Oral Histories,” edited by Elio Colavito, is seeking 750-word contributions for a bi-weekly blog series. Oral histories serve as a site for narrators and researchers to make meaning of the past, focusing on who and what speaks with, to, and through the historian. As a methodology, oral history serves as a confrontation of different […]