Image courtesy of ArQuives (previously known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) 
Image courtesy of ArQuives (previously known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) 
Image courtesy of ArQuives (previously known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) 
Image courtesy of ArQuives (previously known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) 
Image courtesy of ArQuives (previously known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) 
Image courtesy of ArQuives (previously known as the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives)
Within the archival collections of The ArQuives are ephemera and objects that document queer history, especially those primarily produced in or concerning Canada. Such queer archives preserve personal papers, photographs, periodicals, posters, and pins in order to, as scholar Ann Cvetkovich describes, “sustain a queer future by reminding us of our queer pasts” (35). Walking amongst collected t-shirts, trophies, tapes, toys, and titles, we were drawn to a magenta poster cabinet. We found a series of three (3) posters produced by the AIDS Committee Winnipeg Gay/Lesbian Resource Centre atop of Folder 95 in the 1991-1992 drawer. Each poster features a photograph alongside a slogan with six square informational panels on the backside. In what follows, we look closer to consider their form, tenderness, and context.
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