We invite you to take a first, or second, look at our exhibition. Click on each panel to see the detailed content. Those events demonstrate the evolution of homosexuality and lesbianism through the years, and the way in which society perceived sexual diversity in the past. It also explores contemporary issues in sexual and gender diversity. To continuously update its collection on all aspects of gender and sexuality.
To promote research on sexual minorities and gender and recognition of the contribution of the same to the history of Quebec. We are always looking for new people interested in working with us to maintain and develop the Archives.
Our collections Our collections include prints books, periodicals, posters, flyers and press releases , manuscripts personal or institutional , pictures, videos, movies, and a wide range of varied works of art, including multiple paintings.
Funding The Archives are funded by donations and specific bequests from individuals and corporations, as well as fundraising events. We also receive occasional government funding for specific projects. The Jesuits who recounted his case intervened on his behalf with the Sulpicians, seigneurs of Montreal. Interrogations were undertaken, but the lieutenant Nicolas Daussy de Saint-Michel obstinately refused to answer any questions. Daussy did not recognize the authority of the bailiff and demanded to be judged by the Sovereign Council, even though the two soldiers, Forgeron, known as La Rose, and Filion, known as Dubois, had already confessed.
The Sovereign Council agreed and ordered that all interrogations be redone. From the deliberations of the Council, we may conclude that the crime had probably taken place in public, possibly in one of the numerous taverns of the city, since no less than eight witnesses are quoted. La Rose was sentenced to prison for two years and Dubois for three, while Daussy de Saint-Michel, held to be the instigator of the infamous crimes, was banished from the colony and ordered to pay two hundred livres to the poor as well as all the court costs.
