All posts filed under: Collaboratory News

On the Record, On the Stand

August 13, 2021
by Elio Colavito
Collaboratory News / Pussy Palace Project

We’re happy to present our brand-new series, On the Record, On the Stand! This 6-week series showcases excerpts from the 2021 oral history interview and the 2001 court testimony of Pussy Palace security volunteer, Renee Racine. Racine was present for the police raid of the September 14, 2000, bathhouse event and later testified for the defense during the civil proceedings brought against 2 fellow security volunteers. Stay tuned to see how Racine reflects on her experiences both then and now. See you next week! 

Call for Applications: Digital Exhibit Designer

July 25, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Archiving Oral History / Collaboratory News / Community-based Oral History / Gay History / Opportunities / Oral History / Public Humanities / Publishing / Trans History

This full-time three-month position, starting in mid-September 2021, is funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant supporting the LGBTQ Oral History Collaboratory. HOW TO APPLY? Visit the Chair in Transgender Studies website and review the full posting. Send your updated resume and cover letter to transchair@uvic.caPosting Closes August 23, 2021

Call For Applications: Remote Video/Audio Editor

July 8, 2021
by Elspeth Brown
Collaboratory News / Opportunities / Pussy Palace Project

We seek a skilled media maker who can edit video and audio files as part of the workflow in making our oral histories accessible to the public through video shorts, digital exhibitions, and other public-facing research outcomes (e.g. podcasts). You will work closely with and report to the PPOHP Project Manager, Alisha Stranges, who will be directing the creative activation of our archival and historical work. As a multi-media editor, you should be able to bring sight and sound together to create captivating final products. This is a part time, limited term position (10 hrs/week).  To apply, send the following […]

PPOHP: Phase 2

July 7, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Collaboratory News / Lesbian History / Oral History / Pussy Palace Project / Trans History

The Pussy Palace Oral History Project is wrapping up interviews and moving to phase 2! Our interviews have asked narrators to speak to a variety of themes including aesthetics, sense memory, inclusivity, policing, and queer sex culture. You can look forward to new video shorts using the interview footage. Make sure you follow us on all our other social media platforms to stay up to date.   What kind of videos would you like to see?  Pussy Palace logo […]

PPOHP: The Settlement

June 23, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Collaboratory News / Lesbian History / Oral History / Pussy Palace Project / Trans History

Did you know that members of the Toronto Women’s Bathhouse Settlement Committee prioritized the establishment of a transgender search policy in their settlement talks with the Toronto Police Services? This led to the first attempt to draft a trans-friendly search policy in 2005, which was donated to us by Chanelle Gallant. Check out the first draft of this policy, including Chanelle’s first edits: More of The Pussy Palace Project can be found hereMore of The […]