The ArQuives

The ArQuives
Formation1973 (1973)
TypeArchive organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Legal statusactive
Purposeadvocate and public voice, educator and network
HeadquartersToronto, Ontario, Canada
Region served
Canada
Official language
  • English
  • French
Staff
3
Volunteers
150
Websitearquives.ca

The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives, formerly known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, is a Canadian non-profit organization, founded in 1973 as the Canadian Gay Liberation Movement Archives. The ArQuives acquires, preserves, and provides public access to material and information by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and two-spirit communities primarily in Canada.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Toronto's gay archive getting an upgrade". CBC News, 5 January 2017.
  2. ^ "This spring the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives is embracing change and a new name". The ArQuives. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.