Sexual Diversity Studies / en 'No signs of slowing down': U of T alumna Mattea Roach hits another Jeopardy! milestone /news/no-signs-slowing-down-u-t-alumna-mattea-roach-hits-another-jeopardy-milestone <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">'No signs of slowing down': U of T alumna Mattea Roach hits another Jeopardy! milestone</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/JEOP_S38_8615-012722-air040822_0910-RE-SE-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=HwPIqHOn 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/JEOP_S38_8615-012722-air040822_0910-RE-SE-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=EZ0Q5d1a 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/JEOP_S38_8615-012722-air040822_0910-RE-SE-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=NZ3apoJX 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/JEOP_S38_8615-012722-air040822_0910-RE-SE-crop.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=HwPIqHOn" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>mattimar</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-05-05T11:44:16-04:00" title="Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 11:44" class="datetime">Thu, 05/05/2022 - 11:44</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">(Image courtesy of Tyler Golden/Jeopardy Productions, Inc)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/sexual-diversity-studies" hreflang="en">Sexual Diversity Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Mattea Roach</strong> has cemented her place among the Jeopardy! greats,&nbsp;moving into the <a href="https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/hall-of-fame">top five for consecutive wins&nbsp;and highest winnings for regular-season play</a>.</p> <p>The&nbsp;University&nbsp;of Toronto alumna, who notched her 22nd win earlier this week, recently&nbsp;talked about her time in the sexual diversity studies program in&nbsp;U of T’s Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, offering a glimpse into her well-rounded knowledge. “I was lucky enough through that major to take courses in English, political science, social work and – probably my favourite one – a law course,” she said.</p> <p>The U of T community has rallied behind Roach&nbsp;– <a href="http://twitter.com/Mawoodin/status/1521793484184866822?cxt=HHwWjMC-5Y3Hv54qAAAA">including <strong>Melanie Woodin</strong>, dean of the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science </a>– and she even received a shoutout in the House of Commons. According to <i><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/8811370/mattea-roach-23rd-win-hoc-shoutout/">Global News</a></i>, Halifax MP Andy Fillmore&nbsp;noted Roach’s ties to the city&nbsp;and said she is showing “no signs of slowing down.”</p> <p>Roach will need to win 32 games in a row to tie for the fourth-place spot for the longest Jeopardy! winning streak.</p> <h3><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/8811370/mattea-roach-23rd-win-hoc-shoutout/" target="_blank">Read more at&nbsp;Global News</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mattea-roach-jeopardy-22-wins-1.6441664">Read more at CBC News</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 05 May 2022 15:44:16 +0000 mattimar 174506 at Fifty years ago, the first gay and lesbian group at a Canadian university met on U of T campus /news/fifty-years-ago-first-gay-and-lesbian-group-canadian-university-met-u-t-campus <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Fifty years ago, the first gay and lesbian group at a Canadian university met on U of T campus</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/1104Plaque003.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=ANW9h5ZM 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/1104Plaque003.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=CsIh8EPg 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/1104Plaque003.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=hBrAQ7VF 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/1104Plaque003.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=ANW9h5ZM" alt="Sexual diversity activism plaque at the ؿζSM"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>perry.king</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-11-04T12:18:42-05:00" title="Monday, November 4, 2019 - 12:18" class="datetime">Mon, 11/04/2019 - 12:18</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">A plaque at University College marks the date when the ؿζSM Homophile Association first convened on campus, making it the first gay and lesbian group at a Canadian university (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/perry-king" hreflang="en">Perry King</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/our-community" hreflang="en">Our Community</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/sexual-diversity-studies" hreflang="en">Sexual Diversity Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/lgbtq" hreflang="en">LGBTQ</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/political-science" hreflang="en">Political Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/university-college" hreflang="en">University College</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>It was 50 years ago today that 15 men and one woman met in a room at University College to form what would become the ؿζSM Homophile Association – the first gay and lesbian student group on any Canadian university campus.</p> <p>The date&nbsp;–&nbsp;Nov. 4, 1969&nbsp;– was&nbsp;commemorated with a plaque in 2011 that is located on the east side of University College facing Hart House Circle. Sponsored by U of T’s Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies and the Ontario Heritage Trust, it was Ontario’s first LGBTQ-related provincial plaque.</p> <p>In his book <em>The ؿζSM: A History</em>, <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> Emeritus <strong>Martin Friedland</strong> writes that the U of T&nbsp;Homophile Association was founded by <strong>Jearld Moldenhauer</strong>, who was a researcher in the Faculty of Medicine and founder of the Glad Day Bookstore in downtown Toronto.</p> <p>Citing the writings of <strong>David Rayside</strong>, a professor emeritus&nbsp;in the department of political science who has been involved with sexual diversity studies at U of T since its beginnings, Friedland says the group established a significant community profile in Toronto and challenged issues of discrimination and policing, among other issues.&nbsp;The group’s first chair – <strong>Charlie Hill </strong>– became a well-known community organizer and activist who later worked as a curator for the National Gallery of Canada.</p> <p>The U of T group influenced the formation of similar organizations&nbsp;in Ontario and across Canada.&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:18:42 +0000 perry.king 160306 at Exploring the 'smutty' archives – U of T’s Sexual Representation Collection /news/exploring-smutty-archives-u-t-s-sexual-representation-collection <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Exploring the 'smutty' archives – U of T’s Sexual Representation Collection </span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/SRC-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=jdDp_oCT 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/SRC-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=K45iDZEQ 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/SRC-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=t7aSVnxl 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/SRC-main-1140-x-760.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=jdDp_oCT" alt="Photo of trade publications in archive"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Romi Levine</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2018-08-07T00:00:00-04:00" title="Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 00:00" class="datetime">Tue, 08/07/2018 - 00:00</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">The Sexual Representation Collection has everything from VHS tapes to trade publications for the porn industry (photo by Romi Levine)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/romi-levine" hreflang="en">Romi Levine</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/sexual-diversity-studies" hreflang="en">Sexual Diversity Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/bonham-centre-sexual-diversity" hreflang="en">Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/centre-criminology-sociolegal-studies" hreflang="en">Centre for Criminology &amp; Sociolegal Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/faculty-information" hreflang="en">Faculty of Information</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/history" hreflang="en">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/humanities" hreflang="en">Humanities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/university-college" hreflang="en">University College</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Tucked away on the lower level of the University College building are two tiny rooms, filled floor-to-ceiling with archive-quality banker boxes containing one of the ؿζSM’s most unusual collections.</p> <p>This is U of T’s <a href="http://sds.utoronto.ca/research/sexual-representation-collection/">Sexual Representation Collection</a>, a comprehensive archive of modern sexuality belonging to&nbsp;the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science.</p> <p>The boxes contain everything from pornographic VHS tapes, erotic novels and <em>Playboy </em>magazines to documents related to legal battles around censorship – all acquired by previous collection directors and donated by a variety of benefactors including a sex shop in Scarborough, a former CBC producer and prominent sex educators.</p> <p>The collection serves as a historical record of the shifts in how sexuality is viewed and understood, says <strong>Patrick Keilty</strong>, the collection’s archives director and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Information and sexual diversity studies. &nbsp;</p> <p>“It tells us about the limits of our society, of what's acceptable, and it tells us about certain kinds of contexts of production and consumption,” he says.</p> <p><img alt="VHS tapes" class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__8955 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/VHS-750-x-500.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 500px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>Over 1,000&nbsp;VHS tapes in the collection came from a pornography retail shop in Scarborough, which closed in the early 1990s (photo by Romi Levine)</em></p> <p>In the 1990s <strong>Brian Pronger</strong>, an associate professor in what was then the Faculty of Physical Education and Health, began growing the collection with the help of <strong>Mariana Valverde</strong>, a professor at the Centre for Criminology &amp; Sociolegal Studies and one of the founders of sexual diversity studies at U of T. Valverde worked with Pronger to secure funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council&nbsp;of Canada (SSHRC) to build the Sexual Representation Collection.</p> <p>The ’90s saw culture wars that divided feminists around issues of pornography and sexual identity, and the rise of the internet, which changed the way people consumed pornographic content.</p> <p>“Brian started to think it was really important to start archiving the kinds of things that were beginning to happen in the early days of easy internet access,” says Valverde.</p> <p>Pronger’s collection was, no doubt, controversial at the time, but decades later, researchers are recognizing the value of this kind of archival material.</p> <p>“A lot of these things are invaluable in a sense that nobody has copies of it because at the time there might have been a lot of copies of certain kinds of videos or magazines but it's not the type of stuff people would keep for the long run,” Valverde says.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__8956 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" height="500" src="/sites/default/files/SexTV-750-x-500.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="750" loading="lazy"><br> <em>About 930&nbsp;books used by television show SexTV as research material&nbsp;were donated to the collection (photo by Romi Levine)</em></p> <p>The Sexual Representation Collection also highlights the ways the porn industry was ahead of the curve, adopting new technology and business models that soon after became mainstream, says Keilty.</p> <p>“It was the porn industry that embraced VHS and made it ubiquitous because Sony wouldn't let them use Betamax so they were forced to use VHS, and they started up what became video rentals,” he says.</p> <p>The influence mainstream media and the porn industry had on each other is an important story to tell, says Keilty.</p> <p>“Everything from 3G mobile technology to BluRay to VHS to secure credit card processing all originates or was heavily promoted by the porn industry,” he says.</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__8957 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" height="500" src="/sites/default/files/playboy-750-x-500.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="750" loading="lazy"><br> <em>The Sexual Representation Collection has a complete run of Playboy magazines from 1963 to 2000, which Keilty says is unusual (photos by Romi Levine)</em></p> <p>The archives are available to researchers studying various aspects of sexuality inside and outside the university and are&nbsp;incorporated into class curricula. This coming year, several classes will be using the archives for research projects, says Keilty.</p> <p>Students in a history course called Hacking History will be creating a digital exhibition of the Max Allen collection – an archive of materials donated by the CBC producer that includes&nbsp;documents relating to his legal battles around obscenity laws from the 1970s to the ’90s.</p> <p>Keilty will be running a workshop out of the Faculty of Information about how to tell the story of “smutty” archives and archival objects.</p> <p>“Archives always have the challenge of bringing to life their materials beyond just exhibiting it in an exhibit case,” he says. “They have to make sure it's not merely information but that it's also sexual and has a life and a history and to convey all the different sociopolitical contexts around these objects.”&nbsp;</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__8958 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" height="500" src="/sites/default/files/novel-750-x-500.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" width="750" loading="lazy"><br> <em>The cheeky back cover of an erotic novel in the collection (photo by Romi Levine)</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 07 Aug 2018 04:00:00 +0000 Romi Levine 140025 at