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  1. 100% TransGendered

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white text on black background. The button reads "100% TransGendered"
  2. A Brief History of FACT

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1985
    Topics: Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), GenderServe, Rupert Raj, Susan Huxford, Vicki Bellfeuille
    Description: An article from Gender Serve about how the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT) was founded and the possible future of the organization.
  3. A Letter from Rupert Raj to MtF Transsexuals (1979)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1979
    Topics: FtMs, MtFs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Description: Rupert Raj addresses MtFs transsexuals in a letter titled "You're Beautiful," acknowledging the community's struggles, emphasizing that he cares, and offering his counseling services.
  4. A Police Officer Faces a Crowd in Toronto

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Halloween, Homophobia, Police, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A police officer faces a crowd (who seem to be focused on something in the other direction) while talking to another police officer, presumably during the annual Halloween riots in Toronto.
  5. absolute QUEER

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Diversity, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with pink text on black background. The button reads "absolute QUEER".
  6. Adam's Word, Vol. 1 No. 1 (August, 1989)

     
    Collection: Adam's Word
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Adam Society
    Date: Aug. 1989
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Meetings, Passing (Gender), Transsexual people, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Carol Fleming, Gender Worker, K. Hollinger, Louis G. Sullivan, Midi Onodera, Rites of Passage
  7. Adam's Word, Vol. 1 No. 2 (September, 1989)

     
    Collection: Adam's Word
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Adam Society
    Date: Sep. 1989
    Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Life stories, Meetings, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Androgyny Unlimited, Louis G. Sullivan, Midi Onodera, Peter Stirling, Roger E. Peo, Seahorse Club, The Gathering, The XX Club
  8. Anna Travers Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, Law, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Anna Travers, Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Rainbow Health Network, Shelbourne Health Clinic
  9. Annoucement of the International Magazine of Transsexualism and Rupert Raj's Business Cards

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender community
    Subject: Gender Worker, International Magazine of Transsexualism, Rupert Raj
    Description: Leaflet from Gender Worker announcing a new magazine called the International Magazine of Transsexualism. It displays details of contents within as well as subscription/membership prices. The first...
  10. Announcement and Forms from the Ontario Human Rights Commission

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Smith, George, Anand, Raj, Donald, Christine
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Transgender activism, Transgender people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Announcement from the Ontario Human Rights Commission detailing the addition of "sexual orientation" to its laws, making it illegal to dsicrimnate against people based on their sexual orientation. ...
  11. Announcement from Connie Radbone of Transition Support (August 1, 1987)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Radbone, Connie
    Date: Aug. 1, 1987
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, MtFs, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Michelle Seghers, Rupert Raj, Transition Support
    Description: Announcement concerning guest speaker Laura Pearce, the first Canadian operated on by Dr. Michelle Seghers.
  12. Announcement of Dissolution of the Metamorphosis Medical Research Foundation

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: May 21, 1988
    Topics: Transsexual people
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: An announcement reporting the dissolution of the the Metamorphosis Medical Research Foundation (MMRF). Raj discusses the future of MMRF assets and his projects associated with MMRF.
  13. Application Form for FACT-TORONTO

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1985
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Rupert Raj
    Description: FACT Toronto membership application form. Includes options for types of membership.
  14. Article Written by Rupert Raj for The Badger

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Rupert Raj, The Badger
    Description: Rupert Raj's feature article "City Can Do More... To Boost Small Businesses," published by The Badger.
  15. Biography of Rupert Raj

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, Gender transition, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people--Identity
    Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Gender Worker, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: A biography of Rupert Raj, which includes information about his gender transition and the work he's done providing resources and support to trans people.
  16. Book Review of David Keith Cohler's "Freemartin"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: David Keith Cohler, Rupert Raj
    Description: Book review of "Freemartin" by David Keith Cohler written by Rupert Raj for his newsletter Gender Networker. Raj writes that the book negatively portrays FtM transsexuals.
  17. Call for Contributers and Research Participants for Gender Worker

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics:  
    Subject: Gender Worker, International Congress on Cross-Dressing, Sex, and Gender, Rupert Raj
    Description: A call for research participants and materials for Gender Worker.
  18. Cheri DiNovo Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Clergy, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Law, LGBTI rights policy, Politics, Psychiatry, Sexual reorientation, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Cheri DiNovo, Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Toby's Law
  19. Closets are for Clothes

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Coming out, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white text on purple background. The button reads "Closets are for Clothes".
  20. Contract from the Foundation of American and Canadian Transsexuals

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 14, 1985 to Aug. 8, 1985
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Contract made between the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals and a Chapter of FACT Toronto detailing membership criteria and what is expected of everyone involved. It's signed by the ...
  21. Correspondence between Rupert Raj and Various Government Agencies (1985, 1987)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Belgrave, L., Robinson, Svend, Gigantes, Evelyn, James, A. R., Lawerence, Greg, Crombie, David
    Date: Aug. 12, 1985
    Topics: Legal name change, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Letters from various government agencies about laws involving name changes and insurance.
  22. Curriculum Vitae of Susan C. Huxford

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Huxford, Susan C.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: MtFs, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: GenderServe, Rupert Raj, Susan Huxford
    Description: Curriculum Vitae of Susan C. Huxford, founder of GenderServe Counseling, Educational, and Research Services.
  23. Dicks & Weewees

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Zines
    Subject: genderpress, gendertrash
    Description: This image is a collage of letters cut out and clued on white paper. The letters, in a variety of colours and fonts, read "hey faggots, if you're going to call us trannies or transies then we'll ca...
  24. Document of Rupert Raj's Professional Qualifications and a Metamorphosis Confidential Contacts Signup Sheet

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Document describing the professional qualifications of Rupert Raj, detailing his education and his experiences within the gender worker world. Additionally, there is a signup sheet for the Metamorp...
  25. Don't Be One of the Crowd

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Drag queens, Gay men, Halloween, Homophobia, Intolerance, Police, Riots, Transphobia
  26. DON'T CALL ME TRANNIE SHITFACE

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Slurs, Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with purple and black text over pink background. The button reads "DON'T CALL ME TRANNY SHITFACE"
  27. Don't touch me I'm electric TS epileptic

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: People with disabilities, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with pink text over yellow lightening bolt on black background. The button reads "Don't touch me I'm electric TS epileptic".
  28. Drag Queen

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Drag queens, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white text on purple and white radial spectrum pattern. The button reads "Drag Queen".
  29. Employment Equity for the Transgendered

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Labour law, Transgender people
    Description: Round button with black text on purple/blue background. The button reads "Employment Equity for the Transgendered".
  30. F2M Queer

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with green text on black background. The button reads "F2M Queer"
  31. Fact Sheet Aims from the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Rupert Raj
    Description: Fact sheet aims from the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals that demonstrate the goals of the organization in 10 principles and outlining requirements for membership and subscription.
  32. FACTual News, Volume 1, Number 3

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: FACTual News
    Date: Mar. 1986
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: FACTual News, Gender Review, Rupert Raj
    Description: Volume 1, Number 3 of Factual News introducing their purpose and presenting their new application form.
  33. Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT) Organization Information Packet

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1986
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Gender Identity Center of Colorado, Inc., Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, The Network, Tiffany Club, XX (Twenty) Club
    Description: An information sheet about the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT). The packet details what is FACT, how one joins, how it is organized, the aims of FACT, and membership services.
  34. Feminists for Transgender Liberation

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Feminism, LGBTQ+ emancipation, Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Pink lightbulb on blue background with black text. The button reads "Feminists for Transgender Liberation"
  35. Flyer for a Presentation on Mental Health in Transgender Clients

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Oct. 26, 2000
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A flyer for a presentation by Rupert Raj about the clinical issues of a transpositive therapeutic model for mental health professionals when working with transgender clients.
  36. Flyer for "Bodies and Borders...Unbound" Festival/Conference

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Aiyyana Maracle, Richard Douglass-Chin, Rupert Raj, Shadmith Manzo
    Description: Flyer promoting conference "Bodies and Borders...Unbound: Poignant Lives, Powerful Voices, Transpeople of Color Speak Out." Event will feature a workshop, video documentary, and panel.
  37. Flyer for Educational Workshop

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A flyer promoting an educational event to inform transgender/transsexual people about their rights as psychotherapy clients.
  38. Flyer for Forum "Body Matters" hosted by The Social Work Anti Oppression Coalition (SWAOC)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Kyle Scanlon, Ryerson University, The Social Work Anti-Oppression Coalition (SWAOC), Trish Salah
    Description: A flyer for a forum hosted by The Social Work Oppression Coalition (SWAOC) entitled "Body Matters."
  39. Flyer for Poignant Lives, Powerful Voices

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Description: Flyer for an event called "Poignant Lives, Powerful Voices: TransPeople of Colour Speak Out." The event is a transsexual workshop curated by Rupert Raj.
  40. Flyer for Sexin' Change: Reclaiming Our Genders and Bodies

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ visibility, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Flyer for "Sexin' Change," a sensitivity training workshop to increase visibility and understanding of transsexuals.
  41. Flyer for the Premier of "Rewriting the Script: A Love Letter to Our Families"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: South Asian queer people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Flyer for the premier of "Rewriting the Script: A Love Letter to our Families," a documentary exploring the lives and sexualities of Queer South Asians and their families in the West.
  42. Flyer for Towards a Transpositive Health Care Model Workshop

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Description: Flyer for an event called "Towards a Transpositive Health Care Model: Developing Clinical Sensitivity and Cultural Competence in the Effective Support of Transsexual and transgender People."
  43. Flyer for Training Workshop on Transpositive Mental Healthcare

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj, Susan Gapka
    Description: Flyer describing a training workshop by Rupert Raj and Susan Gapka for professionals, educators, researchers, and students on developing sensitivity and cultural competence to support transgender p...
  44. Friends in Drag

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Friendships, Gatherings
    Subject: Doug Wilson, John Goodwin
    Description: Group of 8 people sitting in a living room. They appear to be dressed in costume. Several people are holding each other while others lie on the couch.
  45. Front of St Charles Tavern with Crowds Outside

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Halloween, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A wide shot of the street view of St Charles Tavern in which two (potentially conflicting) crowds gather opposite each other with one person in the middle, presumably during the annual Halloween ri...
  46. Gender Consultants Waiver and Questionnaire

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: circa 1988
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A waiver to be signed by clients of Gender Consultants, promising to keep information about healthcare providers private, as well a questionnaire for general information about the client.
  47. Gender Liberation

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Liberation movements, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on pink background. The button reads "GENDER Liberation".
  48. Gender Networker Advertisement

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Gender Networker Advertisement
  49. Gender Networker Newsletter Excerpt

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1989
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: Excerpts from the Gender Networker newsletter published by Rupert Raj, including title page and "Rupert's TS/TV Trivia."
  50. Gender Networker Newsletter Excerpt with Book Review

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Holly Devor (now Aaron Devor), Rupert Raj
    Description: First Page: Rupert Raj's review of Elizabeth Stuart's "The Uninvited Dilemma; A Question of Gender." Raj calls the book a breath of fresh air for the transgender community and strongly recommends o...
  51. Gender Networker Updates (1988-1989)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jan. 1989
    Topics: FtMs, Gender dysphoria, MtFs
    Subject: Gender Networker, Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: A letter from Rupert Raj to subscribers letting them know that the Gender Networker ceased publication in January 1989, and a timeline of publications and events from 1988-1989.
  52. Gender Oriented

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Two round buttons with black text on pink background. One button has a trans (mercury) symbol in yellow; the other has blue and purple crayon rubbings. The buttons read "Gender Oriented".
  53. Gender Oriented

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Eakin, Bruce
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gender diversity, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with black text on pink background with bare-breasted figure with long blonde hair. The button reads "Gender Oriented".
  54. Gender Oriented

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Eakin, Bruce
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gender bending
    Description: Round button with black text on yellow background with a black and white figure in undershirt with baseball cap. The button reads "Gender Oriented".
  55. Gender Outlaw (1)

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Two round buttons on black text on pink background. The picture contains two identical buttons of different shades. These buttons read "GENDER OUTLAW".
  56. Gender Outlaw (2)

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gender diversity, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with black text on pink background; one button has swirls of purple and blue crayon over the pink. The picture contains two identical buttons of different shades. These buttons reads "...
  57. Gender Outlaw (3)

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Eakin, Bruce
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gender diversity, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with black text over purple background with black and pink image of person in makeup and updo with leather jacket. The button reads "Gender Outlaw".
  58. Gender Queer (2)

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gender bending, Transgender publishers
    Description: Two round buttons with pink and black text on pink and black background. Colours are inverted and text is upside down on bottom half of the button. The button reads "GENDER QUEER".
  59. Gender Review, Vol.2, No.2 (Nov 1982)

     
    Collection: Gender Review: The FACTual Newsletter
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ghosh, Nicholas, Raj, Rupert
    Date: Nov. 1982
    Topics: Body image, Discrimination, Labour, Police, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transsexualism
    Subject: Canadian Human Rights Act, Ontario Human Rights, The Subordinate Sex, Vern L. Bullough
  60. Gender Worker Award Criteria

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1990
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men
    Subject: Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: A list of criteria written by Rupert Raj to be selected for the Gender Worker Award plaque from his organization Gender Worker.
  61. Gender Worker News Release

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Description: Rupert Raj writes that the MMRF has been dissolved but that similar services will instead be found in the newsletter "Gender Worker." He also says where and how Metamorphosis can still be bought an...
  62. Gender Worker News Release

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: May 21, 1988
    Topics: LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender activism, Transgender people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A Gender Worker news release discussing the dissolution of Metamorphosis due to the resignation of some of their executive board.
  63. Gender Worker Resources List

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Transgender activism
    Subject: Gender Networker, Rupert Raj
    Description: A resources list compiled by Gender Worker.
  64. GenderServe Directive No. 2

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: GenderServe
    Date: Oct. 30, 1984
    Topics: Transsexual people
    Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Rupert Raj
    Description: A GenderServe Directive stating that the name of the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals was changing to the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals.
  65. GenderServe Directive No. 3

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Huxford, Susan C.
    Date: Nov. 9, 1984
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: GenderServe Directive written by director Susan C. Huxford outlining various organizational and administrative aspects of GenderServe and FACT (the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals).
  66. GenderServe News Release: A Day to Remember

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Huxford, Susan C.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Transsexual people
    Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), GenderServe, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT)
    Description: An article by Susan C. Huxford regarding Harry Benjamin's 100th birthday.
  67. GenderServe Newsletter Issue No. 5 (Summer 1988)

     
    Collection: GenderServe
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: GenderServe
    Date: Summer 1988
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Ethics, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Sexuality
    Subject: 10th Annual Guelph Conference, Deviance: Tolerable Difference, Edward Herold, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), James Nelson, Metamorphosis, Robert A. Stebbins, Rupert Raj, Ruth Westheimer, United Farm Workers of America
  68. GenderServe Newsletter Issue No. 6 (October 1988)

     
    Collection: GenderServe
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: GenderServe
    Date: Oct. 1988
    Topics: Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Sportspersons, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ben Johnson, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Gender Review, Gender Worker, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Metamorphosis, Olympics, Rupert Raj, Tommy Lipton
  69. geNDERtrash

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gender, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round buttons with black text on pink, blue, and purple mottled pattern. The button reads "geNDERtrash".
  70. Gendertrash From Hell 1, Issue 1 Volume 1

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: Apr. 1993 to May 1993
    Topics: LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Social movements, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Zines
    Subject: genderpress, gendertrash
    Description: The first issue of Gendertrash From Hell, a zine produced by and for transsexual and transgender people. This issue contains a variety of submissions ranging from poetry, artwork, and articles rega...
  71. Gendertrash From Hell 2, Issue 2 Volume 1

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: Autumn 1993
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Comic strips, LGBTQ+ poetry, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Zines
    Subject: genderpress, gendertrash, Grayce Elizabeth Baxter, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
    Description: The second issue of Gendertrash From Hell, a zine produced by and for transsexual and transgender people. This issue contains a variety of submissions ranging from poetry, artwork, and articles reg...
  72. Gendertrash From Hell 3 (Winter, 1995)

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: Winter 1995
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ poetry, Social movements, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Zines
    Subject: genderpress, gendertrash, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
    Description: The third issue of Gendertrash From Hell, a zine produced by and for transsexual and transgender people. This issue contains a variety of submissions ranging from poetry, artwork, and articles rega...
  73. Gendertrash From Hell Issue 4 (Spring, 1995)

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: Spring 1995
    Topics: HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ poetry, Passing (Gender), Poverty, Racism, Social movements, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Two-Spirit people, Zines
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), genderpress, gendertrash
    Description: The fourth and last issue of Gendertrash From Hell, a zine produced by and for transsexual and transgender people. This issue contains a variety of submissions ranging from poetry, artwork, and art...
  74. gendertrash Subscription Form

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Buttons, Transgender community, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people, Zines
    Subject: gendertrash
    Description: A digitally modified image, created from an order form for the gendertrash zine and related materials published by genderpress. The form lists sixty-three buttons available to order, issues 2-4 of ...
  75. goddess

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Tammaro, Catherine
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Genitals
    Description: Round button with red and orange text on black background with white snake and what appears to be a stylized uterus. The button reads "goddess".
  76. Greta Bauer Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Insurance, Law, Transgender people
    Subject: Ontario Health Insurance Plan
    Description: Oral History with Greta Bauer, one of 7 activists involved in fighting Ontario's delisting of gender confirming surgeries from the province's public health plan in 1998. Conducted in Spring/Summer ...
  77. Halloween '65

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1965
    Topics: Competitions, Drag queens, Halloween
    Subject: Letros Tavern
  78. Halloween Crowd by Alexander Street

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Halloween, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A large crowd of people (some dressed in Halloween costumes) gathered outside of Alexander Street by St. Charles Tavern in Toronto, presumably during the annual riots.
  79. Halloween Crowd Outside St. Charles Tavern

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Halloween, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A crowd of people stand outside St. Charles Tavern in Toronto during the annual anti-trans and anti-LGBTI riots of Halloween.
  80. Halloween Crowds and Violence 1

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: People dressed up in Halloween costumes stand outside the St. Charles Tavern on Yonge Street in Toronto, which has eggs splattered on it as a result of a tradition stemming from transphobic and hom...
  81. Halloween Crowds and Violence 10

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: People pose for a photo in front of the St. Charles Tavern on Yonge Street in Toronto while a police officer stands guard by them, presumably as a result of the anti-trans riots surrounding them.
  82. Halloween Crowds and Violence 2

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing and dress, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A group of people stand outside of St. Charles Tavern in Toronto on Halloween. A person shows the camera their middle finger. There is a tradition of violence related to homophobia and transphobia.
  83. Halloween Crowds and Violence 3

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing and dress, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots
    Description: A group of people stand outside the St. Charles Tavern in Toronto on Halloween. Police are present because of the tradition of transphobic and homophobic violence.
  84. Halloween Crowds and Violence 4

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing and dress, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Transphobia
    Description: Two people are engaged in physical contact outside the St. Charles Tavern in Toronto on Halloween, where is a tradition of transphobic and homophobic violence.
  85. Halloween Crowds and Violence 5

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing and dress, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots
    Description: A person stands outside St. Charles Tavern in Toronto, where a group of people has gathered on Halloween. Broken eggshells are visible in the background, evidence of the transphobic and homophobic ...
  86. Halloween in Toronto Queen City of Canada

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Competitions, Drag queens, Halloween, LGBTI community
  87. Hands Off

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: 1983
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people, Zines
    Subject: genderpress
    Description: This image is a collage of cut out text glued onto white paper. The letters, in a variety of colours and fonts, read "h[ey] hom[o] pigs keep your gross hands off our culture queer doesn't mean gay ...
  88. High Drag

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Drag, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with purple and white text over pink background with black speckles. The button reads "HIGH DRAG".
  89. Hormonally Insane

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Hormone therapy, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button black text on pink background. The button reads "Hormonally Insane".
  90. How Transvestism is Linked With Corporal Punishment

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 10, 1960
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender role, Passing (Gender), Spanking
    Description: Two letters on the nature of crossdressing, specifically how it begins in children and how it is fostered.
  91. I love transsexuals

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on pink background. The button reads "I love transsexuals".
  92. Lavender lads make woo! woo! Hallowe'en eve

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing a queer celebration, focusing on the drag performers
  93. Leaflet from Lesbian + Gay Film and Video Festival

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Description: Flyer for lesbian + gay film festival advertising a film called "Rupert Remembers" about Rupert Raj's activism and personal memories of transgender spaces.
  94. Les 8 Marsiennes

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: French-Canadians, Gender, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with purple creature and planets on yellow background with black text. The button reads "les 8 marsiennes"
  95. Letros Tavern, The Nile Room

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Bars, LGBTI community, Night life
  96. Letter and Informational Papers from Charles A. Killey to Rupert Raj (December 14, 1988)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Killey, Charles A.
    Date: Dec. 14, 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormone therapy (Gender), MtFs
    Subject: Charles A. Killey, Institute for Psychosexual Health, Metamorphosis, Milwaukee Transgender Program, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letter from Charles A. Killey to Rupert Raj enclosing information on the Institute for Psychosexual Health's Milwaukee Transgender Program.
  97. Letter from Aimée Waddington to Rupert Raj (May 24, 1994)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Waddington, Aimée
    Date: May 24, 1994
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: AEGIS, Gender Dysphoria Trust International, Rupert Raj
    Description: Aimée Waddington writes to Rupert Raj expressing excitement about working together. Waddington highlights work at the Gender Dysphoria Trust International (GDTI) and their relationship with AEGIS i...
  98. Letter from Alan Miller (December 3, 1986)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Miller, Alan
    Date: Dec. 3, 1986
    Topics:  
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letter from Alan Miller requesting a subscription to Metamorphosis for archival purposes in the Canadian Gay Archive.
  99. Letter from Alice Webb to Rupert Raj (July 7, 1994)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Webb, Alice
    Date: Jul. 7, 1994
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Medical care
    Subject: Alice Webb, Harry Benjamin, International Gender Dysphoria Association, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letter from Dr. Alice Webb to Rupert Raj discussing discrimination against non-heterosexual transgender patients.
  100. Letter from Alise Martinez to Rupert Raj (June 16, 1983)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Martinez, Alise
    Date: Jun. 16, 1983
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Alise Martinez, Gender Serve, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Susan Huxford, TS Counseling
    Description: Letter from Alice Martinez, Director of TS Counseling, accepting a position on the Metamorphosis Professional Board of Advisors and offering Rupert and Susan Huxford board positions in TS Counselin...