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The fonds includes scripts by members of the Lavender Shorts Collective. The scripts belonged to lighting director Jane Smith and are marked with lighting cues. The productions are Danger: Anger (June 1985) and Labour Pains: A Series of Skits and Speakers on the Subject of Lesbians & Work (March 17, 1986). Both were performed at the Theatre Centre (296 Brunswick Ave., Toronto). The fonds also includes the lighting design and program for Danger: Anger.

The fonds consists of records of an oral history project about lesbian lives in Toronto, conducted by members of the Lesbians Making History (LMH) Collective from 1985–1987, and in 2000. It was inspired by oral history projects of gay lives coming out of Buffalo, Boston and San Francisco. The collective interviewed 9 women about their experiences as ‘out’ lesbians in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. The collective slogan, “We’re interested in older women,” reflected their interest in capturing rarely documented stories of lesbian life during the pre– Gay Liberation period. The LMH collective recorded interviews and their planning meetings on audio cassette tape, and kept a select record of paper documents related to their work.
The LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory, a SSHRC-funded project directed by Prof. Elspeth Brown from 2014-2019, collected, processed, and digitized this collection for the CLGA. The main people who worked on the project include: Elspeth Brown, Cait McKinney, and Rebecka Sheffield. The main person the Collaboratory worked with from LMH was Maureen Fitzgerald, an original member of the collective.

Fonds consist of professional freelance photography created by David Hawe.

Fonds consist primarily of 35mm black and white and colour negatives. Printed photography mainly consists of contact images of related negatives.

A large portion of the photography consists of freelance modeling photography and headshots.

Represented personalities include many Toronto-based drag performers, Salah Bachir, Kyle Rae, Ru Paul, Sky Gilbert, Keith Cole, Scott Thompson, Madonna, Enza the Supermodel, Chris Edwards, R.M. Vaughn, and Dini Petty. Many photographs of Woody’s (bar) staff are also included.

Fonds also include photography taken at many events, such as Toronto Pride, plays at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, events at Toronto bars and clubs, drag shows, Mr. Leather competitions, Casey House events, leather parties, coronation of Empress and Emperor of Toronto, Harbourfront Film Festival, Win a Date with a Bartender, Hooker of the Year, Priape Fashion Show, Judy Garland Memorial Bowling League party, Cabbagetown Group Softball League events, Much Music, Unity Party, Halloween at the Masonic Temple, "Cedars" campground opening, among others.

Fonds also include photography for advertisements for Toronto clubs and bars, such as Woody’s, Chaps, Boots, Ciao, Rock ‘n’ roll fag bar, Power (bar), Toolbox (bar), The Barn (bar), Bar 501, Bar 457, among others.

Fonds also include photography conducted for magazines and newspapers, including I.C.E. Magazine, FAB Magazine, XTRA!, Icon Magazine, Points, and Advocate.

Fonds also include photography taken at or for the promotion of fundraisers, such as People With AIDS, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre fundraiser, and MAC Viva Glam Fashion Cares.

Fonds also include some student photography conducted by Hawe during his studies at the Ontario College of Art (OCA).

Fonds also include some personal photography and correspondence with David Hawe’s friends and family.

Fonds consists of records documenting the work of Canadian poet and author Billeh Nickerson. The fonds documents poetry, essays, and articles written by Nickerson, press coverage of his work, and various events at which he participated as an author or poet. Included in the fonds are poems, essays, press clippings, programmes, correspondence, press passes, desk calendars, flyers, and photographs.

The fonds contains notebooks kept by managers of Doll & Penny’s Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia between 1987 and 1991.

The fonds contains administrative and operational records produced by the Toronto Centre for Lesbian and Gay Studies produced throughout its decade in operation. In addition to financial records and correspondence related to the logistics of the Centre itself, the fonds includes records regarding the Centre’s many outreach activities, such as the publication of CentreFold (stylized as Centre/Fold), the newsletter released by the Centre and distributed to its members and other partners, the Michael Lynch Grant and other awards sponsored by the Centre, and Queer Exchange, the series of educational courses sponsored by the Centre and open to the broader community. The fonds is composed of textual records relating to the Centre and its programs, posters and stickers from various events sponsored by the Centre, photographs used for the publication of CentreFold, and electronic financial records.

Contains series:
1- Administration and publications
2- Awards and grants
3- Events
4- Research and resources

The fonds contains records that document the administration and activities of the Committee on Homophobia from its founding in 1989 to its disbanding in 1994. It includes records pertaining to its advocacy and outreach, its political activities and its educational efforts. The fonds is composed of the committee’s Constitution, correspondence, minutes, fliers, surveys, brochures, posters, and other material documenting the activities of the committee and other organizations.

The fonds consists of materials related to Mirha-Soleil Ross’ time living in Toronto, from the early 1990s until 2008, and include published work and drafts in multiple formats, correspondence, press materials, notes, financial records, and clippings. These materials document several aspects of Ms. Ross’ life and work, including her activism, art-practice, community outreach, sex work, and interviews, as well as representing the type of media she herself was consuming and which in turn informed her work. Records are mostly focused on Toronto, Montreal, and Canada.

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by Kyle Rae, a former city councillor in the City of Toronto. Included in the fonds are personal records, photographs, and records relating to the annual conferences of the International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials.

The fonds contains the administrative records of LGBT Youth Line dating from 1993 to 2017. It documents the organization’s operations, its outreach and fundraising efforts, and its involvement in special projects, events and conferences throughout the province of Ontario. It includes reports, minutes, newsletters, posters, correspondence, certificates and awards.

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by Ron Rosenes. The records document the activities of several HIV/AIDS-related organizations based in Toronto, particularly the AIDS Committee of Toronto and the Canadian Treatment Action Council, in which Rosenes was involved as an activist. Records also document several AIDS conferences attended by Rosenes, and the 2006 AIDS conference held in Toronto. Included in the fonds are: correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, presentations, programmes, agendas and minutes, financial records, and other textual material. The fonds also includes the script of a play by Edward Albee, a friend of Rosenes.

The fonds consist of records and artifacts maintained and accumulated by the Campaign for Equal Families. The fonds has been arranged into seven series: administrative files, campaign files, provincial meetings files, subject files, videocassettes, artifacts, and photographs. Included in the fonds are correspondence, memoranda, press releases, reports, essays and papers, forms, lists, agendas, newsletters, flyers, pamphlets, texts of legislative debates and bills, petitions, programmes, cards, newspaper clippings, financial records, notes, meeting minutes, invoices, an educational kit, offers to lease, grant application packages, an insurance policy, a speech, a videocassette, magnets, plaques, and photographs.

Fonds consists of records documenting the activities of the Foundation for Equal Families, as maintained by Valerie Dugale, a member of its Board of Directors. The Foundation for Equal Families was founded in 1994 following the failure of Bill 167 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Records in the fonds relate to administrative matters, such as meetings of the Board of Directors, Annual General Meetings, and membership matters, as well as to legal challenges and other advocacy work carried out by the organization.

Records relate to Anderson's activities with the leather community in Canada, particularly the Canadian Leather Alliance / L’Alliance canadienne du cuir and the Mr. Leatherman Toronto Competition Inc. Records document the administration and incorporation of the Canadian Leather Alliance, and the organizing of its annual National Leather Contest. Records also document Anderson’s participation as a judge at various leather competitions (Mr. Leatherman Toronto, Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather 2003, International Leathersir and Leatherboy 2002, etc.), the judging process and criteria at leather competitions, and the administration of the Mr. Leatherman Toronto competition.

Records in the fonds include correspondence (including e-mail), lists, tables, manuals, policies, forms, reports, letters patent, by-laws, incorporation documents, promissory notes, rules, programmes, schedules, flyers, notes, cards, agreements, and other textual material.

Fonds consists of organizational records and planning documents for the Lesbian Outdoors Group from 1995-2007. Meeting minutes detail disagreements over funds allocations, discussions of group management techniques, reflections on equity within the group and how social dynamics contribute to equity and inequity. A majority of the materials consist of handwritten or printed notes recording and planning LOG activities and meetings. The fonds also contain LOG promotional materials and photos.

The fonds contains records related to the Pride and Remembrance Association and its annual pride run. The fonds has been divided into 9 series. Textual records include internal documents, correspondence, financial records, meeting materials, materials from community groups, press releases, news clippings, and event day items including permits and applications, volunteer lists, and participant lists. Other items in the fonds includes, photographs of the run, posters promoting the run, news coverage and video footage of the run, artifacts from the event day, and digitized copies of the photographs and moving images.

Fonds consists of records documenting the work and career of Charlie David (b. 1980 as Charles David Lubiniecki), a Canadian author, model, actor, and director. The collection consists of textual materials related to the life and work of Charlie David, including production and promotional materials, personal writing, articles and interviews, as well as photographs and moving images related to Charlie David’s professional projects.

Items relating Videofag, a queer arts space located in Kensington Market, Toronto, Ontario, and run by Jordan Tannahill and William Ellis from 2012-2016. Items relate to the business of running Videofag and the art events held there from 2012-2016. Principle documentary forms being advertisements, correspondence, artwork, and posters.

The fonds consists of records relating to the activist work of Rachel Lauren Clark and includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs, published articles, passes, baseball shirt, baseball, an award, and a metal printing plate.