The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions

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How Our Stories are Told: Introduction to Queer Disability Literature through the Archive

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This digital exhibition is written to highlight the collection of literature in The ArQuives that navigates this intersection of queer disability through critical thought, artistic expression, histories, fiction, poetry, and expressions of community care. For those interested in understanding this intersection through different avenues, these 15 selected books will be broken down into three categories: Critical Thought, Expressions & Experience, and Disabled Sex. The literature is broken to fit different points of entry into the experience of queer disability. Critical Thought focuses on professional studies and higher ed. analysis, Expressions & Experience is suited towards a more artistic and personal interpretation, and lastly Disabled Sex focuses on the location of desire in the body - a focus that has a unique place in the discussion of queer disabled folks.

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No Bad Blood: A History of 2SLGBTQIA+ Blood and Plasma Donations in Canada

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This digital exhibition will examine both the history of the 2SLGBTQIA+ blood donation landscape in Canada and the policy changes and community organizing that followed. Using primary sources drawn from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, activist records, and medical research, the exhibition will focus on scientific findings, bias and fear, and the fight for an evidence-based approach to blood screening. 

The exhibition was funded by the Wisdom2Action and Canadian Blood Services Microgrant Program for 2SLGBTQIA+ community-based non-profit organizations.

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Bisexual Activism in Toronto, 1980s-2000s

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This exhibition highlights various manifestations of bisexual activism and community building in Toronto from the late 1980s to the 2000s. Through the formation of support groups that were established in the late 20th century, the materials in this exhibition will demonstrate how bisexual activists combatted invisibility within the larger queer community and created safe, affirming spaces in which bisexual people could come together.

Exhibition by Gabryelle Iaconetti, Concordia University

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Gender Review

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Access to Gender Review, the newsletter of FACT (Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals, later the Federation for American and Canadian Transsexuals) with contextual information about Gender Review, FACT and trans-related medical and legal issues in Canada in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Trans Health Care Activism in Ontario, 1998-2008

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This exhibit presents the work of an oral history project, conducted in 2016, focussing on the 1998 delisting and 2008 re-listing of coverage for gender confirmation. Inside you can find the reflections of 7 activists, community members, and politicians about their work advocating for the trans community during this time. 

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