All posts filed under: Collaboratory News

PPOHP: The 20th Anniversary Panel

June 9, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Collaboratory News / Lesbian History / Oral History / Pussy Palace Project / Trans History

Did you know that the Toronto Women’s Bathhouse Committee, the organizing group behind the Pussy Palace events, formed in 1998 to create sex-positive spaces for queer women? Organizer Chanelle Gallant positioned the events as a natural outgrowth of sex-positive queer feminist culture, while Carlyle Jansen highlighted the need for “outreach to queer women’s communities about safer sex.” Check out what some of the organizers had to say at the 20th anniversary panel event hosted by […]

PPOHP: The Fundraiser

June 5, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Collaboratory News / Lesbian History / Oral History / Pussy Palace Project / Trans History

Did you know that the TWBC hosted a fundraiser to help raise legal fees for the 2 folks charged at the Pussy Palace? Check out this event flyer, donated by Chanelle Gallant. Attendees watched live performances & danced the night away! Check out the event flyer and buttons, donated by TWBC member Chanelle Gallant. More of The Pussy Palace Oral History Project here

Catching Up On Queer Public History Reading

June 3, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Archiving Oral History / Collaboratory News / Community-based Oral History / Gay History / Oral History / Trans History

Inspired by Gregory Samantha Rosenthal’s creative pub crawl for the Southwest Virginia LGBQT2+ History Project! See “Make Roanoke Queer Again” (2017). The following citation can be used to read more on this piece: Gregory (Samantha) Rosenthal, “Make Roanoke Queer Again: Community History and Urban Change in a Southern City,” The Public Historian 39, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 35–60, https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2017.39.1.35. More on Gregory Samantha’s Rosenthal’s writing here

Pussy Palace Oral History Project: Gallant’s Box

May 28, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Collaboratory News / Lesbian History / Photography / Pussy Palace Project / Trans History

Did you know that our search for ephemeral evidence is well underway? We recently received a box full of raid-related artifacts from one of our narrators. We’ve got court transcripts, settlement minutes, Pussy Palace event flyers, and fundraiser buttons (among other amazing things)! We’re excited to spend some time with this stuff. Stay tuned for updates on what we uncover.  More of The Arquives hereMore of The Pussy Palace Oral History Project here Check out our Twitter […]

Archivo De La Memoria Trans

May 14, 2021
by Andy Huynh
Archiving Oral History / Collaboratory News / Community-based Oral History / Gay History / Oral History / Photography / Trans History

“Archivo de la Memoria Trans: el proyecto colaborativo que reunió 10.000 fotos.” The Archivo de la Memoria Trans, translated as The Archive of Trans Memory, has collected over 10,000 photos of Trans Latinx folk. According to La Nacion, the project began as a Facebook group to share old photographs of trans people amongst one another, as a way to honour and commemorate queer and trans people before them. The group allowed people to reconnect with […]