The Pussy Palace and the Politics of Pleasure

Image credit: (L-R) Hanlon Uafás-Álainn, T’Hayla Ferguson, Anonymous, Nancy Irwin, Leanne Powers, Karen B. K. Chan, and Renee Racine, project narrators, Pussy Palace Oral History Project. Digital illustrations by Ayo Tsalithaba, LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory, 2023.

This series brings together essays drawn from The PussyPalace Oral History Project, a digital public history initiative of the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory at the University of Toronto (PI, Elspeth Brown). Through interviews with organizers, patrons, and volunteers, the posts trace how the Palace was imagined, built, challenged, cared for, and experienced.

For a deeper engagement with this history, visit the project website or explore the immersive digital exhibit.

Elspeth Brown & Alisha Strange, “How Do You Remember a Sex Party? Telling the History of the Pussy Palace.”

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