Archives Lesbiennes du Québec, formerly Archives Traces, was founded in Montréal in 1983. Archives lesbiennes du Québec (Quebec Lesbian Archives) is intent on recovering, preserving and bringing to life tangible traces left by Quebec lesbians.
Mission:
Our mission is to acquire, process, preserve and disseminate any information, on any medium whatsoever relating to lesbianism, lesbians, gay women or queer people, homosexual women and homosexuality in general. Emphasis is placed on Quebec documents and those relating to Quebec and other documents from the Francophone community at large.
Collections
The ALQ, among other things, are the custodians of the collections assembled by Archives Traces which is comprised of thousands of documents and materials chronicling the social, cultural and political lives of Montreal, Quebec and Canadian lesbians.
The ALQ holds around 275 magazines and periodicals published mainly in Quebec and in Canada, but also in Europe and the United States, including Long Time Coming, Les Sourcières, Treize, Amazones d’hier, Lesbiennes d’aujourd’hui, Bulletin Lavande, Info Lesbo, LSTW. Collections also include audio and video documents (radio programs, various workshops, lesbian choirs…); Political, cultural, social and personal archival holdings; Thematic documents (newspaper and magazine articles, reports, studies, surveys, etc.); Posters, leaflets, announcements, postcards; Artefacts (buttons, banners, t-shirts, etc.); Books published in Quebec and Canada as well as “lesbian classics” not found anywhere else.
Socials:
Instagram: @archiveslesbiennes_qc
Facebook: @archilesbiQc