Public Exhibits

See how we’re transforming queer oral history into public exhibit experiences—on our own and in collaboration.

Public Exhibits

See how we’re transforming queer oral history into public exhibit experiences—on our own and in collaboration.

The History of the Pussy Palace

a digital exhibit

  • Online | pussypalaceexhibit.org
OCT 2025
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Co-curated by Elspeth Brown (Lead Historian) and Alisha Stranges (Project Manager); site design by Peter Luo and Alisha Stranges; site development by Matt Lefaive and Jesse Sinfield; original illustrations and animated video by Ayo Tsalithaba.

Overview

Step inside the Pussy Palace. This immersive digital exhibit traces the evolution of the Palace events, the 2000 police raid, and the cultural histories that made this moment possible.

Visitors can also explore 9 digitally illustrated rooms, where clickable objects spark soundbites from our oral history interviews.

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Radical Perverts

ecstacy & activism in queer public space, 1975-2000

  • Museum of Sex | New York, NY
Oct 12, 2023 – Apr 14, 2024
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Curated by Alexis Heller; audio-visual materials for the Pussy Palace section designed and produced by Alisha Stranges with the archive of digital assets developed collectively by the research team; above photographs by Jules Slutsky.

Overview

This landmark exhibition explored the transformative role of queer public sex spaces—like BDSM bars, bathhouses, and porn theaters—between 1975 and 2000. 

Through contemporary artworks and archival materials, Radical Perverts highlighted the intertwined histories of pleasure, activism, and community care.

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The Pussy Palace

An Instagram Story

  • Gallery 1265 | University of Toronto Scarborough
jun 5 – jul 12, 2023

Remounted in Ottawa (2023) and Toronto (2025)

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Co-curated by Diana Pearson (EDIO) and Monica Khoshaien (Positive Space Committee); conceptualized and produced by Alisha Stranges (Collaboratory) with the archive of digital assets developed collectively by the research team. 

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Commissioned by UTSC’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office and Positive Space Committee, this self-led exhibit recreated a night at the Palace through digital paintings, interview clips, and narrative storytelling.

Visitors were invited to scan QR codes to access immersive media, blending research and art to explore pleasure, protest, and queer nightlife.