The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions

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Photograph taken of the James Fraser Library at The ArQuives' former location at 464 Yonge Street shortly after moving in.

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Photograph of the National Portrait Collection exhibition.

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Poster created for the CLGA's exhibit, "Exposing Ourselves: Toronto's Queer Past," depicting a man lifting up a white tank top and unzipping his flyer to reveal a collection of printed works. Exhibit ran from June 20 to July 7, 2002.

The front of a Maggie's/PSSP safe sex brochure depicting a mustachioed man and a woman in a headband. The text reads: "Safer Sex. Make It Your Business."
Excerpts from a pamphlet ca. 1980s distributed by Maggie's and CORP

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A typed single sheet of paper with notes about what Maggie's planned to prioritize in the upcoming year.

The cover of a Maggie's pamphlet. The paper is blue and reads "If the cops want to talk to you..."; in the left-hand side, there is an illustration of a police officer. On the right, the Sex Worker's Action Project logo (a lipstick kiss mark).
promotional and educational pamphlets on safe sex

The cover of the "Happy Transsexual Hooker." On the cover, characters Tony and Sasha look at one another against a city backdrop. Text under the title reads: "a SEXY resource guide for transsexual and transgendered [sic] Sex Workers. Tony is hot for Sasha... Sasha is super-hot for Tony! Are they horny or what? Will they fall in love? Are they gonna go all the way? Read and find out!"
Excerpts from The Happy Transsexual Hooker

Maggie's logo (a streetlamp with Maggie's written beside it in a squiggly font)
Excerpts from the Maggie's 1992-93 newsletter

A photocopy of a collaged art piece. The piece is of a long-haired woman's body from behind, where her arms and legs are disconnected from her body and posed. Her bottom forms a heart. Around the figure is the text: "You can break me... Jail me... Hurt me... Oppress Me... But my RESILIENCE overcomes all!" The piece is signed, Monica F.
excerpts from a zine published by Maggie's for the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, 2011.

An excerpt from the program for Counting Past 2 (1999).
Excerpt from the program of Counting Past 2, a film festival for trans filmmakers hosted in Toronto and created by Mirha Soleil-Ross.
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