The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives
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Mission Statement
The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives mandate is to acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBTQ2+ individuals, primarily produced in or concerning Canada.
About This Cause
The ArQuives is the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archive in the world and the only archive in Canada with a mandate to collect at a national level. Founded out of The Body Politic newspaper collection in 1973, its mandate is to safeguard the LGBTQ2+ history of Canada and keep queer stories alive. The archive was incorporated in 1980 and following a legal challenge, was granted charitable status in 1981. Today, The ArQuives preserves a wide range of material including personal and organizational papers, books, monographs, photographs, moving images, sound recordings, periodicals, artifacts, and other reference material.