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NOW OPEN! The Pussy Palace: An Instagram Story

June 12, 2023

If you find yourself in Toronto’s East end this Pride season, drop by Gallery 1265 at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) to experience The Pussy Palace: An Instagram Story. Commissioned by UTSC’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office and the Positive Space Committee, this interactive, self-led exhibit blends digital art, narrative text, and interview soundbites from the Collaboratory’s Pussy Palace Oral History Project, immersing patrons in an “average night” at the Palace. The Pussy Palace […]

Pussy Palace Digital Exhibit: Coming Soon!

March 17, 2023

by Alisha Stranges

Collaboratory News / Lesbian History / Public Humanities / Pussy Palace Project / Queer History / Trans History

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 […]

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 […]

Call for Abstracts

December 14, 2021

by Elspeth Brown

Academia / Activist Histories / Collaboratory News / Opportunities / Queer History / Trans History

How have queer and trans activists challenged the repressive status quo in the past? Which forms have queer and trans activism taken over the decades? What role do emotions and affects play in activism – and how can affect theory be utilized in the study of queer and trans histories and temporalities? These are among the questions that will be addressed in the workshop on affective histories of queer and trans activism, which is the […]

“Transvestia had a spine”: Digital Exhibit Design and the Trans Activism Oral Histories

December 2, 2021

by Amelia Smith

Archiving Oral History / Collaboratory News / Trans Activism Project / Trans History

Image Caption: Some of the early issues of Transvestia were printed in this miniature format (left). This allowed a reader to conceal their copy within a shirt pocket. It was very important to show how the size differed for the exhibition. I’m Amelia Smith, and I’m the digital exhibit designer for the Trans Activism Oral History Project with the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria and the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory. The exhibit I’m creating is the culmination of a […]

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