The Administrative series contains administrative records of the organization. Resources that CLGRO created, including newsletters, minutes from annual and committee meetings as well as membership materials. Many of the membership materials have a restriction placed over them. There are also multip…
Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario fonds
Fonds Number
F0044
Series Number
01
Physical Description
XX textual records
3 Audio Visual records
1 Audio cassette
2 Video cassettes
15 Artifacts
1 t-shirt
1 white corrugated plastic sign
3 banners
4 plaques
1 matchbook
5 buttons
2 stamps
65 Electronic records
54 3 ½ in. floppy disks
6 5 ¼ floppy disks
4 CD-R
1 512MB USB drive
Scope and Content
The Administrative series contains administrative records of the organization. Resources that CLGRO created, including newsletters, minutes from annual and committee meetings as well as membership materials. Many of the membership materials have a restriction placed over them. There are also multiple floppy disks and artifacts. Steering Committee and Annual meetings travelled around Ontario to meet in different cities and towns for their meetings, where the member group in that area was responsible for running the meeting. This happened largely at the beginning of the organization’s history but eventually stopped.
The Administration series contains the following subseries:
1.1- Office Administration and HR
1.2- Resources created by CLGRO and Newsletters
1.3- Minutes, committees and annual meetings
1.4- Membership materials
Notes
The electronic records are largely thought to be back-ups of paper records, such as membership lists, resources created, and meeting minutes. However, this has not been verified by the archivist.
Access Restrictions
Open, some files have spec see file level restrictions for specific details
The fonds consists of the organizational records of the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) dating from 1979 to 2014, ranging predominantly from 1983- 1993. The records reflect the governance and administrative activities of ACT, its work on HIV/AIDS prevention and sexual health education, its support …
19.52m of textual records
9000 photographs: ca.3600 col. and b&w print; 27 x or smaller 34cm, ca.5400 col. and b&w negatives; 55mm or smaller
47 contact sheets: col. and b&w
68 posters b&w and col.; 61 x 86cm or smaller
12 floppy discs
22 CD-ROMs (photographs, electronic records, audio recordings)
8 DVDs (moving image, photographs)
4 buttons
1 flexible disc
9 audio cassettes
21 VHS tapes
1 mini DV
2 digital betas
1 U-Matic
4 1/4" audio reels
27 cards
1 can
1 denim jacket
3 watercolours; 35 x 55cm
1 banner; 68 x 182cm
Extent
19.52m of textual records
Physical Condition
Records are in good condition
History / Biographical
The AIDS Committee of Toronto, a community-based AIDS activist organization and Ontario’s first AIDS service organization, was formally established July 12, 1983. Amid media hysteria, misinformation, homophobia and confusion, the Toronto-based groups, Gays in Health Care and the Hassle Free Clinic, organized a public forum on April 5, 1983 to discuss AIDS and Hepatitis B at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute of Technology. This event was attended by over 300 people, including members of The Body Politic, Red Cross workers, social workers, doctors and archivists, who put forward a proposal to establish a standing AIDS Committee. In response to Toronto’s first AIDS diagnosis 1982, the need for an organization that provided the public with up-to-date information and resources, support services and and advice regarding the virus, quickly became apparent.
Following the initial public forum, a series of meetings were held at the 519 Church Street Community Centre, which led to the establishment of the AIDS Committee of Toronto and its 5 working groups: Medical Liaison, AIDSupport, Fundraising and Special Events and Community Education. On June 9, ACT was successful in its bid to get the Canada Ontario Development Project grant of $62,000 which allowed it to hire 6 people for a period of 6 months. On July 12, ACT elected 10 people to their 12 member Executive Committee. A press conference was held on July 19 to officially announce the establishment of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. In its infancy, ACT worked out of the Hassle Free Clinic, which was followed by their move to an office located at 66 Wellesley Street E. On October 4, 1983, ACT was legally incorporated in the Province of Ontario as a non-profit charitable organization.
In its early days, ACT fostered a ‘bottom-up’ approach to health care and sought to mobilize the gay community. It had a small number of staff who coordinated the volunteer-based working groups whose members were elected as Board of Directors. As service demands grew quickly, ACT began to shift towards becoming a more structured organization, through the establishment of policies, procedures and a screening process for volunteers.
ACT’s activities centred around HIV prevention through sexual health education and providing support services for people living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS. The education campaigns and programs were initiated through forums, discussion groups, conferences and speaking engagements. On July 4, 1984, ACT organized the first AIDS Awareness Week which would later become a provincial and national event. The event was composed of panel discussions, benefits and press conferences. Education efforts also extended to brochure and poster projects, which were circulated to targeted communities and reproduced by external groups. ACT’s first brochure was “This Is a Test” which provided information on HIV antibody testing. On September 3 1985, ACT’s film “No Sad Songs” premiered. The film was directed by Nick Sheehan, profiling Jim Black, a man living with AIDS and the gay community’s response to AIDS.
In addition to education, the organization offered support services that were geared towards people worried about HIV/AIDS, people living with HIV, AIDS, ARC and PLS and their loved ones. A range of services were offered through programs such as the Buddy Program, Financial Assistance Program, Practical Assistance Program, Bereavement Program, the ACT Hotline and the Volunteer Counselling Services. These programs offered financial, practical and emotional support and assistance. In 1986, ACT announced plans to open North America’s first AIDS hospice. The hospice project resulted in the establishment of Casey House in 1988, which has since then operated independently.
ACT advocated for government action in response to the AIDS epidemic on the municipal, provincial and federal levels. It sat on various government committees and submitted briefs and reports on a variety of issues. When the HIV antibody test became available in Canada, ACT advocated for anonymous testing to reduce barriers to testing and stigma associated with HIV//AIDS.
In 1993, ACT moved to 399 Church Street. This location housed ACT’s Access Centre which operated a small circulating library collection, reference material and free up to date information on HIV/AIDS, which was made available for the public. In the early 1990s, ACT underwent restructuring as many community members felt that the organization had become burdened by bureaucracy.
In addition to its educational and support-based projects and campaigns, ACT organized other community events, such as the first AIDS Vigil, held in 1985. Fundraising events were also introduced. The AIDS Walk Toronto was an annual event started in 1988 in which community-based organizations participated to raise awareness and funds for AIDS,and to promote education and support services. Fashion Cares was an annual Gala fundraiser, which included fashion shows, auctions, banquets, and after shows. This annual gala aimed to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and funds for ACT in partnership with local and national designers, celebrities and businesses. The Fashion Cares Gala was held in 1987 at the Sherbourne Street Diamond Nightclub. September 9, 2012 marked the final Fashion Cares event, which was held at the Sony Centre.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of the organizational records of the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) dating from 1979 to 2014, ranging predominantly from 1983- 1993. The records reflect the governance and administrative activities of ACT, its work on HIV/AIDS prevention and sexual health education, its support services and its HIV/AIDS-related resources and guides. The fonds also contains material from events, forums, workshops and conferences that ACT organized, took part in, or attended, and records from its fundraising events and galas. There are records that resulted from ACT’s involvement in collaborative projects with various organizations, groups and government committees, and material that was collected by ACT and made accessible to the public through its Access, Resource and Information Centres. The fonds is composed of meeting minutes, correspondence annual reports, budgets, audited financial statements, brochures, posters, newsletters, guides and resources, surveys, questionnaires, subject files collected by ACT, clippings and flyers. Other material in the fonds includes videos, audiotapes and photographs.
Contains series:
1- Governance and Administration
2- Funding
3- Outreach and Education
4- Support Services
5- ACT Forums, Events and Conferences
6- ACT Resource, Access and Information Centre
7- Partnering Groups
8- External Groups and Events
9- Correspondence
10- Subject Files
11- Clippings
M1989-022
Education about AIDS : materials for use in the mandatory health education units [including parts A to E]
Torrance, Gloria
M1992-042
Talking sex : facilitator's guide & planning book : a safer sex workshop for gay and bisexual men
Orr, Kevin
Whitehead, Mark
Johnson, Andrew S.
REF 1.2 LEE 2006
HIV/AIDS thesaurus
Lee, Erica
Jeffrey, Bill, 1950-
5.52 GOC 1989
When husbands come out of the closet
Gochros, Jean Schaar
6.7 HOM BOZ 1989
Homosexuality and the family
Bozett, Frederick W.
Miller, Brian
Krus, Robert J.
5.1 MON 1988
Gay, straight, and in-between : the sexology of erotic orientation
Money, John William, M.D., 1921-
7.1 AMA BOYD 1991
Amazing grace : stories of lesbian and gay faith
Boyd, Malcolm, Rev., 1923-
Wilson, Nancy L., Rev., 1950-
M1991-057
Report on police raids on gay steambaths
Monographs
M1992-040
An introduction to S/M play
by Michael Hamilton, Trevor Jacques, Dale McCarthy and Sniffer
2.21 LAR LAR 1987
From drags to riches : my autobiography
La Rue, Danny, 1927-
Elson, Howard
2.21 WAR WAR 1989
The Andy Warhol diaries
Warhol, Andy (Andrew), 1928-1987
Hackett, Pat
5.61 CRA 1991
Inventory of Canadian HIV/AIDS programs and resources for youth
Cravit, Julie
M1994-040
Designing an effective AIDS prevention campaign strategy for San Francisco : results from the third probability sample of an urban gay male community
Research and Decisions Corporations Communication Technologies
1990-083/001N
The Challenge is AIDS poster
Beckman
2016-020/003N
Living with Hep.C Poster
1990-083/003N
SIDART
Health & Welfare Canada
1990-083/02N
Steam Heat
The Barn, Club Toronto, Woody's , 457, Trillium Monarchist Society.
1990-089/001N
1990-089/002N
Manline
artist/s, Norman Hatton
1991-030/001N
1991-030/002N
You're sleeping with every partner your partner ever had
Ontario Ministry of Health
1991-122/001
Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS
Marbury Advertising
1991-122/002
Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS
Marbury Advertising
1991-169/001N
From All Walks Of Life
Ontario AIDS Network
1991-194/001
Tape 1: Keynote address - Ellen Ratner, Vickie Mays, Steve Schulte, Michael Callen
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/002
Tape 2: Concurrent session, Lesbians in AIDS service organization
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/004
Tape 4: Examination of support groups for Blacks/AIDS
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/005
Tape 5: Hospital reponse to AIDS crisis
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/007
Tape 7: Make room for healing and dying
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/009
Tape 9: Counselling and socialization as therapeutic counterparts
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/013
Tape 13: History of the PWA movement
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/014
Tape 14: Defining anti-gay violence
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/015
Tape 15: Effective lobbying/private, federal, public, local government funding
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/016
Tape 16: Looking past addiction
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/019
Tape 19: Sexual preference to physicians
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/021
Tape 21: AIDS information process
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/024
Tape 24: AIDS education
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/025
Tape 25: Business looks at gay and lesbian employment
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/027
Tape 27: Working with sero-positive individuals
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/028
Tape 28: Hemophilia and AIDS
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/029
Tape 29: Analysis of insurance
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/032
Tape 32: Lesbian health
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/033
Tape 33: Living with AIDS
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/038
Tape 38: Homecare people with AIDS and ARC
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/039
Tape 39: Loving adult child of alcoholic
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/042
Tape 42: National review of AIDS education
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/043
Tape 43: Politics and AIDS
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/044
Tape 44: Education/health professionals
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/045
Tape 45: Ethics and AIDS
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/047
Tape 47: Shame-based family systems
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/051
Tape 51: Turning a corner - political, civil rights aspects of AIDS
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/052
Tape 52: Keynote plenary - addiction/recovery issues
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/52b
Tape 52B: Addiction/recovery issues
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/053
Tape 53: Government support healthcare
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/054
Tape 54: Critical public policy
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/055
Tape 55: Lessons from the recent past
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/055
Tape 55: Lessons from the recent past
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1991-194/057
Tape 57: Resolutions and awards (Karen Thompson), closing service
Lesbian and Gay Health Conference, March 26-29, 1987, Los Angeles
1992-013/001T
Friends Always audio casette
M1992-031
The "Tribes" education campaigns, 1990-91
Young, M.S.J. Keys
M1992-030
Sex, dating and intimacy in the age of AIDS : an AIDS prevention aid lifestyle workshop for gay and bisexual men
Shernoff, Michael
M1992-029
Global programme on AIDS : guide for planning condom promotion for AIDS prevention
World Health Organization [WHO] (Geneva, Switzerland)
Organization mondiale de la santé [OMS] (Geneva, Switzerland)
M1995-009
Write out on the shelf : selected books for
lesbians and gays in Toronto Public Library
Worden, Bruce
Jordan, Tom
M2019-124
Predictors of Change, Poor Outcome and Premature Drop-Out in a Randomized Control Study of AIDS Educations: The Talking Sex Project
Publisher: Health and Welfare Canada, National Health Research and Development Program
M2019-126
Correlates of Behaviour, Predictors or Behaviour Change and Drop-Out in a Randomized Control AIDS Education Study of Gay and Bisexual Men: The Talking Sex Project
Ted Myers; R. G. Kurtz; F. Trudiver; E. Jackson; K. Orr; C. Rowe; S. Bullock; M. Ennis
M2019-127
The Talking Sex Project: Descriptions of the Study Population and Correlates of Sexual Practices at Baseline
Ted Myers; Fred G. Tudiver; Ruth G. Kurtz; Edward A. Jackson; Kevin W. Orr; Cheryl J. Rowe; Sandra L. Bullock
M2019-128
Final Report: The Talking Sex Project
Variant Title: A Small-Group Intervention for the Prevention of AIDS in Homosexual and Bisexual Men
R. Kurtz; T. Myers; F. Tudiver; E. Jackson; K. Orr; C. Rowe
M1999-073
Safer sex guidelines bibliography : healthy sexuality and HIV
Jackson, Ed
4.66 WIL 1971
Homosexuals and the military : a study of less than honorable discharge
Williams, Colin J.
Weinberg, Martin S.
2.71 RIO 1996
Out our way : gay and lesbian life in the country
Riordon, Michael, 1944-
2.21 GLA KOK 1988
John Glassco's richer world : memoirs of Montparnasse
Kokotailo, Philip, 1955-
7.6 MAT 1996
The Material queer : a LesBiGay cultural studies reader
Morton, Donald E.
9.4 GAY FOS 1997
The Gay '90s : disciplinary and interdisciplinary formations in queer studies
Foster, Thomas
Siegal, Carol
Berry, Ellen E.
7.6 HEM 2002
Bisexual spaces : a geography of sexuality and gender
Hemmings, Clare
4.6 KAP 1997
Sexual justice : democratic citizenship and the politics of desire
Kaplan, Morris B.
5.54 NAM 2000
Invisible lives : the erasure of transsexual and transgendered people
Namaste, Viviane
4.6 PER 1980
Permissiveness and control : the fate of the sixties legislation
National Deviancy Conference (Sheffield, England : 1977)
4.9 REI
Sexuality and class struggle
Reiche, Reimut, 1941-
Bennett, Susan
Fernbach, David
2.21 PAR PAR 1998
Generation queer : a gay man's quest for hope, love, and justice
Paris, Bob, 1959-
9 GAY JON 1998
Gay and lesbian literature since World War II : history and memory
Jones, Sonya L.
2.415 ROS 1994
Diverse communities : the evolution of lesbian and gay politics in Ireland
Rose, Kieran
4.9 POV 1995
Poverty : lesbians and gay men : the economic & social effects of discrimination
Robson, Christopher
Byrne, Suszy
4 MAG 1990
Are gay rights right? : making sense of the controversy
Magnuson, Roger J., 1945-
5.61 MYR 1996
AIDS, communication and empowerment : gay male identity and the politics of public health messages
Myrick, Roger
6.2 OOS 2000
Stepchildren of nature : Krafft-Ebing, psychiatry, and the making of sexual identity
Oosterhuis, Harry
2.73 TER 1999
An American obsession : science, medicine and the place of homosexuality in modern society
Terry, Jennifer
4 STY 1998
A Nation by rights : national cultures, sexual identity politics and the discourse of rights
Stychin, Carl F. (Carl Franklin), 1964-
4.6 LEG HER 1995
Legal inversions : lesbians, gay men and the politics of law
Herman, Didi
Stychin, Carl F. (Carl Franklin), 1964-
9.4 ESS KAD 1992
Essays in lesbians and gay studies
Kader, Cheryl
Piontek, Thomas
4 ILG
Second ILGA Pink book : a global view of lesbian and gay liberation and oppression
International Lesbian and Gay Association [ILGA]
5.61 SEX DAV 1993
Sex, gay men and AIDS
Davies, Peter M.
Hickson, Ford C.I.
Weatherburn, Peter
Hunt, Andrew J.
6.1 SIE 1994
Uncharted lives : understanding the life passages of gay men
Siegel, Stanley, 1946-
Lowe, Ed, 1946-
9.4 SOC 1991
Social text no. 29
Social Text Editorial Collective (New York, NY)
M2004-120
Feeling comfortable with your sexual orientation: men and homosexuality
Centre local de services communautaires des Faubourgs
M2004-121
Feeling comfortable with your sexual orientation: women and homosexuality
Centre local de services communautaires des Faubourgs
5.54 NAM 2000B
Invisible lives : the erasure of transsexual and transgendered people
Namaste, Viviane
M1994-013 no.2
Gais à votre santé
Association des Médecins Gais [AMG] (Paris, France)
3.2 SIM 1994
Opening doors : making substance abuse and other services more accessible to lesbian, gay and bisexual youth
Simpson, Bonnie
Central Toronto Youth Services (Toronto, ON)
M2006-128
Blood letting play : the AIDS Committee of Toronto Safer S/M Education Project
Creighton, Syd
Melzack, Rachael
Jacques, Trevor, 1956-
M2006-131
Finding out: a resource for people working with young gay and bisexual men
Rampton, Leigh
Kinder, Paul
M2006-135
Sexual safety: a guide
Graydon, Michael
Phillips, Susan
M2006-136
HIV/AIDS and women who have sex with women: database search
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
5.61 AID ACT 2000
The Living guide : services for people in the Toronto area living with HIV or AIDS
AIDS Committee of Toronto [ACT] (Toronto, ON)
HIV/AIDS Cultural Network of Metropolitan Toronto and Surrounding Area [HACN] (Toronto, ON)
M2006-144
Resource manual for persons with AIDS
University of California. Clinical Research Center (San Francisco, CA)
M2006-147
Learning about AIDS: an active learning program for children in grades 5 and 6
Zacour, Robert J.
M2006-168
NAIC user guide
National AIDS Clearinghouse (Ottawa, ON)
M2006- 159
A guide to our services in London
Terrence Higgins Trust (London, England)
M1992-003
Prisoners and AIDS : AIDS education needs assessment : a research study on inmates in the Toronto region funded by Health and Welfare Canada
Get the facts: surviving in prison and in the community
John Howard Society of Metropolitan Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Education about AIDS : materials for use in the mandatory health education units [including parts A to E]
Torrance, Gloria
M1991-057
Report on police raids on gay steambaths
Monographs
M1992-040
An introduction to S/M play
by Michael Hamilton, Trevor Jacques, Dale McCarthy and Sniffer
2.21 LAR LAR 1987
From drags to riches : my autobiography
La Rue, Danny, 1927-
Elson, Howard
2.21 WAR WAR 1989
The Andy Warhol diaries
Warhol, Andy (Andrew), 1928-1987
Hackett, Pat
5.61 CRA 1991
Inventory of Canadian HIV/AIDS programs and resources for youth
Cravit, Julie
M1992-031
The "Tribes" education campaigns, 1990-91
Young, M.S.J. Keys
M1992-030
Sex, dating and intimacy in the age of AIDS : an AIDS prevention aid lifestyle workshop for gay and bisexual men
Shernoff, Michael
M1992-029
Global programme on AIDS : guide for planning condom promotion for AIDS prevention
World Health Organization [WHO] (Geneva, Switzerland)
Organization mondiale de la santé [OMS] (Geneva, Switzerland)
M1995-009
Write out on the shelf : selected books for
lesbians and gays in Toronto Public Library
Worden, Bruce
Jordan, Tom
M2019-124
Predictors of Change, Poor Outcome and Premature Drop-Out in a Randomized Control Study of AIDS Educations: The Talking Sex Project
Publisher: Health and Welfare Canada, National Health Research and Development Program
M2019-126
Correlates of Behaviour, Predictors or Behaviour Change and Drop-Out in a Randomized Control AIDS Education Study of Gay and Bisexual Men: The Talking Sex Project
Ted Myers; R. G. Kurtz; F. Trudiver; E. Jackson; K. Orr; C. Rowe; S. Bullock; M. Ennis
M2019-127
The Talking Sex Project: Descriptions of the Study Population and Correlates of Sexual Practices at Baseline
Ted Myers; Fred G. Tudiver; Ruth G. Kurtz; Edward A. Jackson; Kevin W. Orr; Cheryl J. Rowe; Sandra L. Bullock
M2019-128
Final Report: The Talking Sex Project
Variant Title: A Small-Group Intervention for the Prevention of AIDS in Homosexual and Bisexual Men
R. Kurtz; T. Myers; F. Tudiver; E. Jackson; K. Orr; C. Rowe
M1999-073
Safer sex guidelines bibliography : healthy sexuality and HIV
Jackson, Ed
4.66 WIL 1971
Homosexuals and the military : a study of less than honorable discharge
Williams, Colin J.
Weinberg, Martin S.
2.71 RIO 1996
Out our way : gay and lesbian life in the country
Riordon, Michael, 1944-
2.21 GLA KOK 1988
John Glassco's richer world : memoirs of Montparnasse
Kokotailo, Philip, 1955-
7.6 MAT 1996
The Material queer : a LesBiGay cultural studies reader
Morton, Donald E.
9.4 GAY FOS 1997
The Gay '90s : disciplinary and interdisciplinary formations in queer studies
Foster, Thomas
Siegal, Carol
Berry, Ellen E.
7.6 HEM 2002
Bisexual spaces : a geography of sexuality and gender
Hemmings, Clare
4.6 KAP 1997
Sexual justice : democratic citizenship and the politics of desire
Kaplan, Morris B.
5.54 NAM 2000
Invisible lives : the erasure of transsexual and transgendered people
Namaste, Viviane
4.6 PER 1980
Permissiveness and control : the fate of the sixties legislation
National Deviancy Conference (Sheffield, England : 1977)
4.9 REI
Sexuality and class struggle
Reiche, Reimut, 1941-
Bennett, Susan
Fernbach, David
2.21 PAR PAR 1998
Generation queer : a gay man's quest for hope, love, and justice
Paris, Bob, 1959-
9 GAY JON 1998
Gay and lesbian literature since World War II : history and memory
Jones, Sonya L.
2.415 ROS 1994
Diverse communities : the evolution of lesbian and gay politics in Ireland
Rose, Kieran
4.9 POV 1995
Poverty : lesbians and gay men : the economic & social effects of discrimination
Robson, Christopher
Byrne, Suszy
4 MAG 1990
Are gay rights right? : making sense of the controversy
Magnuson, Roger J., 1945-
5.61 MYR 1996
AIDS, communication and empowerment : gay male identity and the politics of public health messages
Myrick, Roger
6.2 OOS 2000
Stepchildren of nature : Krafft-Ebing, psychiatry, and the making of sexual identity
Oosterhuis, Harry
2.73 TER 1999
An American obsession : science, medicine and the place of homosexuality in modern society
Terry, Jennifer
4 STY 1998
A Nation by rights : national cultures, sexual identity politics and the discourse of rights
Stychin, Carl F. (Carl Franklin), 1964-
4.6 LEG HER 1995
Legal inversions : lesbians, gay men and the politics of law
Herman, Didi
Stychin, Carl F. (Carl Franklin), 1964-
9.4 ESS KAD 1992
Essays in lesbians and gay studies
Kader, Cheryl
Piontek, Thomas
4 ILG
Second ILGA Pink book : a global view of lesbian and gay liberation and oppression
International Lesbian and Gay Association [ILGA]
5.61 SEX DAV 1993
Sex, gay men and AIDS
Davies, Peter M.
Hickson, Ford C.I.
Weatherburn, Peter
Hunt, Andrew J.
6.1 SIE 1994
Uncharted lives : understanding the life passages of gay men
Siegel, Stanley, 1946-
Lowe, Ed, 1946-
9.4 SOC 1991
Social text no. 29
Social Text Editorial Collective (New York, NY)
M2004-120
Feeling comfortable with your sexual orientation: men and homosexuality
Centre local de services communautaires des Faubourgs
M2004-121
Feeling comfortable with your sexual orientation: women and homosexuality
Centre local de services communautaires des Faubourgs
5.54 NAM 2000B
Invisible lives : the erasure of transsexual and transgendered people
Namaste, Viviane
M1994-013 no.2
Gais à votre santé
Association des Médecins Gais [AMG] (Paris, France)
3.2 SIM 1994
Opening doors : making substance abuse and other services more accessible to lesbian, gay and bisexual youth
Simpson, Bonnie
Central Toronto Youth Services (Toronto, ON)
M2006-128
Blood letting play : the AIDS Committee of Toronto Safer S/M Education Project
Creighton, Syd
Melzack, Rachael
Jacques, Trevor, 1956-
M2006-131
Finding out: a resource for people working with young gay and bisexual men
Rampton, Leigh
Kinder, Paul
M2006-135
Sexual safety: a guide
Graydon, Michael
Phillips, Susan
M2006-136
HIV/AIDS and women who have sex with women: database search
United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
5.61 AID ACT 2000
The Living guide : services for people in the Toronto area living with HIV or AIDS
AIDS Committee of Toronto [ACT] (Toronto, ON)
HIV/AIDS Cultural Network of Metropolitan Toronto and Surrounding Area [HACN] (Toronto, ON)
M2006-144
Resource manual for persons with AIDS
University of California. Clinical Research Center (San Francisco, CA)
M2006-147
Learning about AIDS: an active learning program for children in grades 5 and 6
Zacour, Robert J.
M2006-168
NAIC user guide
National AIDS Clearinghouse (Ottawa, ON)
M2006- 159
A guide to our services in London
Terrence Higgins Trust (London, England)
M1992-003
Prisoners and AIDS : AIDS education needs assessment : a research study on inmates in the Toronto region funded by Health and Welfare Canada
Get the facts: surviving in prison and in the community
John Howard Society of Metropolitan Toronto (Toronto, ON)
M2020-016
The AIDS Virus
Gallo, Robert C.
M2020-017
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection
Walmsley, Sharon L.; Read, Stanley E.
M2020-018
A community support group for HIV-seropositive drug users: is attendance associated with reductions in risk behaviour?
Greenberg, J.B.; Johnson, W.D.; Fichtner, R.R.
M2020-019
People living with HIV infection who attend and do not attend support groups: a pilot study of needs, characteristics and experiences
Kalichman, S.C.; Sikkema, K.J.; Somlai, A.
M2020-020
Support Groups for People Living With HIV/AIDS: A Review of Literature
Spirig, Rebecca
M2020-021
Counselling gay men with multiple loss and survival problems: the bereavement group as a transitional object
Maasen, T.
M2020-022
Group Psychotherapy for Persons with HIV and AIDS-Related Illness
Kelly, Jeffery A.
M2020-023
Growing pains: Is there value in peer support groups that target a specific age group? Four young men answer with a resounding 'yes'.
Haire, Bridget
M2020-024
Stress, Social Support, and the Buffering Hypothesis
Cohen, Sheldon; Wills, Thomas Ashby
M2020-025
Clinical Notes - A support group for individuals recently testing HIV positive: a psycho-educational group model
Coleman, Vallerie E.; Harris, Gregory N.
M2020-026
The psychological effects of support groups on individuals infected by the AIDS virus
DiPasquale, Joan A.
M2020-027
Offering Support Group Services for Lesbians Living with HIV
Foster, Susan B.; Stevens, Patricia E.; Hall, Joanne M.
M2020-028
Group Work with Gay Men with AIDS
Gambe, Richard; Getzel, George S.
M2020-029
Support Groups For Youth with the AIDS Virus
Grant, Duncan
M2020-030
Review of a support group for patients with AIDS
Newmark, Deborah A.
M2020-031
The Interpersonal Approach to Group Psychotherapy
Leszcz, Molyn
M2020-032
Psychosocial support groups for people with HIV infection and AIDS
Ribble, Denise
M1996-005
AIDS and Homosexuality: Some Jewish and Christian Responses (from AIDS in Religious Perspective)
Zion, William P.
M2020-033
Availability of Drugs For Early Intervention in Treating HIV Infection and The Violation of Civil Liberties of Patients Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Iler, Campbell & Associates
M2020-034
"Caring Together": The report of the expert working group on integrated palliative care for persons with AIDS To Health and Welfare Canada
The Expert Working Group (Degner, Lesley; Downing, Michael; Fietz, Margaret; Goldstone, Irene; Heidemann, Elma; Mousseau, Johanne; Robert, Jean)
M2020-035
Towards the Canadian AIDS Society of 1995: Final Report on Strategic Planning
Canadian AIDS Society
M2020-036
An Introduction to GAYLINE Counselling
Guelph Gay Equality
M2020-037
AIDS Coverage in the Canadian Media: March 1993 - March 1994
Cormex Research (for National AIDS Secretariat)
M2020-038
A Survey of AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Greater Boston: A Report to Community Educators
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
M2020-039
AIDS: Can educational programs change knowledge, attitudes and behaviour?
Bradley, Bill; Chong, John
M2020-040
Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association Report and Accounts 1990/91
Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association
M2020-041
Opening Doors: People Talking About HIV/AIDS
Ontario HIV/AIDS Counselling Initiative
M2020-045
University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter (Volume 3, Issue 6)
University of California, Berkeley
M2020-046
AIDS: The Emerging Ethical Dilemmas
Relman, Arnold S.; Krim, Mathilde; Levine, Carol; Ronald, Bayer; Mayer, Kenneth H.; Volberding, Paul; Abrams, Donald; Silverman, Mervyn F.; Silverman, Deborah B.; Panem, Sandra; Check, William
M2020-047
The Family's Guide to AIDS: Responding With Your Heart
Helquist, Michael
M2020-048
Salivary inhibition of HIV-1 infectivity: functional properties and distribution in men, women, and children
Fox, Philip C.; Atkinson, Jane C.; Wolff, Andy; Baum, Bruce J.; Yeh, Chih-Ko
M2020-049
UCLA Conference: The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Gottlieb, Michael S.; Groopman, Jerome E.; Weinstein, Wilfred; Fahey, John L.; Detels, Roger
M2020-050
Diarrhea in AIDS: Diagnosis and Management
Kotler, Donald P.
M2020-051
DDI - dideoxyinosine - (Videx): Project Inform Fact Sheet
Little, Marjorie
M2020-052
The Talking Sex Project: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Small-Group AIDS Education for 612 Gay and Bisexual Men
Tudiver, Fred; Meyers, Ted; Kurtz, Ruth G.; Orr, Kevin; Rowe, Cheryl; Jackson, Edward; Bullock, Sandra L.
M2020-053
AIDS Information Bulletin (August 1, 1983)
Office of Public Affairs, Public Health Services
M2020-054
AIDS Information Bulletin (September 12, 1983
Office of Public Affairs, Public Health Services
M2020-055
AIDS Information Bulletin (November 22, 1983
Office of Public Affairs, Public Health Services
M2020-056
AIDS Information Bulletin (October 11, 1983)
Office of Public Affairs, Public Health Services
M2020-057
AIDS Information Bulletin (January 19, 1983)
Office of Public Affairs, Public Health Services
M2020-058
AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes for October 1987: Provisional Data From the National Health Interview Survey
Dawnson, Deborah A.; Cynamon, Marcie; Fitti, Joseph E.
M2020-059
Sexual Modes of Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Coates, Randall A.; Schechter, Martin T.
M2020-060
Report from the Task Force on AIDS
University of California, San Francisco
M2020-061
Healthy Sex Guideline: AIDS Prevention For Gay Men
D'Eramo, James E.
M2020-062
Two Gay Men with AIDS Talk About AIDS & Promiscuity
Callen, Michael; Berkowitz, Richard; Dworkin, Richard; Sonnabend, Joseph
M2020-063
Restrictions of Entry and Residence for People with HIV/AIDS: A Global Survey
Archiv für Sozialpolitik
M2020-064
Beyond "Homophobia": A Social Psychological Perspective on Attitudes Towards Lesbians and Gay Men
Herek, Gregory M.
M2020-065
A Report to the Community from the AIDS Project Los Angeles
AIDS Project Los Angeles
M2020-066
Heterosexism: Redefining Homophobia for the 1990s
Neisen, Joseph H.
M2020-067
Heterosexism or Homophobia?: The Power of the Language We Use
Neisen, Joseph H.
M2020-068
AIDS and A-Bomb disease: Facing a special death
Glaser, Chris
M2020-069
Gay Grief: An Examination of Its Uniqueness Brought to Light by the AIDS Crisis
Klein, Sandra Jacoby; Fletcher, William
M2020-070
A Critical Look at HIV-Antibody Tests: 1. How Accurate Are They?
Frank, J.W.; Goel, V.; Harvey, B.J.; Coates, R.A.; Schiralli, V.
M2020-071
A Critical Look at HIV-Antibody Tests: 2. Benefits, Risks and Clinical Use
Frank, J.W.; Coates, R.A.; Harvey, B.J.; Goel, V.; Schiralli, V.
M2020-072
Announcing Retrovir (zidovudine): The First effective treatment for certain AIDS and other serious HIV infections
Burroughs Wellcome Co.
M2020-073
Impact of HIV Infection on Social Service Agencies Serving Children and Youth in the Metro Toronto Area
Farkas, Carol S.; Kossmann, Karsten
M2020-080
First Hand: Survival Kit
First Hand
M2020-081
A Note to Physicians
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
M2020-082
A Workbook for Community-based Research: A Guide for the HIV/AIDS Community Project Final Report
Community Research Initiative of Toronto; Canadian HIV Trials Network; HIV Ontario Observational Database
M2020-083
Needs Assessment for HIV+ Youth: Final Report
Tan, Darrell
M2020-084
AIDS Treatment News (January 16, 1987)
James, John S.
M2020-085
AIDS Treatment News (September 11, 1987)
James, John S.
M2020-086
You Me & Reality: Youth Negotiating The Barriers To Safer Sex - A Qualitative Inquiry
YouthCO AIDS Society
M2020-087
AIDS and American Values
Koop, C. Everett
M2020-088
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Dunne, Richard; Lemens, Carole
M2020-089
PML, Toxoplasmosis and MAI: Surveying the Options
Smith, Denny
M2020-090
PML Treatment Update
Smith, Denny
M2020-091
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)
Shrewey, Don
M2020-092
New Therapies for PCP
Torres, Gabriel
M2020-093
Facts About AIDS and Adolescents
Federal Centre for AIDS
M2020-094
Kids and AIDS/HIV Infection: A Statistical Report
Farkas, Carol S.; Kossmann, Karsten
M2020-095
Community Resources on AIDS/HIV Infection (Annotated)
Central Toronto Youth Services
M2020-096
Program Proposal for the Ministry of Health of Ontario: a central treatment unit for administration of aerosolized pentamidine in the prophylaxis of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with HIV infection
Chan, Charles
M2020-097
Anonymous HIV Antibody Testing: a key component of public policy on AIDS
Hassle Free Clinic
M2020-098
Family Planning and Society: HIV positive women and contraception
Bury, Judith K.
M2020-099
HIV Infections in Women and Children
Lapointe, Normand; Samson, Johanne; Hankins, Catherine
M2020-100
Lack of Transmission of HIV Through Human Bites and Scratches
Tsoukas, Chris M.; Hadjis, Tom; Shuster, Joseph; Theberge, Lise; Feorino, Paul; O'Shaughnessy, Michael
M2020-101
Opportunistic Diseases Reported in AIDS Patients: Frequencies, Associations, and Trends
Selik, Richard M.; Starcher, E. Thomas; Curran, James W.
M2020-102
Current Issues in the Management of AIDS Patients
Pinching, Anthony John
M2020-103
Pregnancy-Associated Deaths due to AIDS in the United States
Koonin, Lisa M.; Ellerbrock, Tedd V.; Atrash, Hani L.; Rogers, Martha F.; Smith, Jack C.; Hogue, Carol J.R.; Harris, Machelle A.; Chavkin, Wendy; Parker, Artist L.; Halpin, George J.
M2020-104
The Lancet (Saturday 5 November 1988)
The Lancet
M2020-105
Update: Universal Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in Health-Care Settings
Centers for Disease Control
M2020-106
AIDS: Community Resource Directory - Metropolitan Toronto and Ontario
City of Toronto; Department of Public Health
M2020-107
Reprinted from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Centers for Disease Control
M2020-108
Advice for People Who Are HIV Antibody Positive
Farthing, Charles
M2020-109
A Guide for People with AIDS
O'Hara, Allan R.
M2020-110
Coping with ARC
Nunes, Buck; Frutchey, Chuck
M2020-111
AIDS Medical Guide
Maxey, Linda; Gee, Gayling
M2020-112
Care of a Person with AIDS at Home
National Advisory Committee on AIDS
M2020-113
AIDS Resource Directory - ACAP Resource Directory (January 1991)
Health and Welfare Canada
M2020-114
AIDS Resource Directory (June 1991): Repertoire de Ressources sur le SIDA (Juin 1991)
Health and Welfare Canada
M2020-115
Federal Centre for AIDS - AIDS Resource Directory (April 1990): Centre Federal sur le SIDA - Repertoire de Ressources sur le SIDA (Avril 1990)
Health and Welfare Canada
M2020-126
Be Here for The Cure
Impact AIDS Incorporated
M2020-127
National AIDS Information Clearinghouse Conference Calendar (January 1991)
National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
M2020-128
NAIC Conference Calendar (November 1989)
National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
M2020-129
NAIC Conference Calendar (December 1989)
National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
M2020-130
NAIC Conference Calendar (October 1989)
National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
M2020-131
NAIC Conference Calendar (June 1989)
National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
M2020-132
Education and Caring: Alberta's Program for AIDS
Alberta Community and Occupational Health
M2020-133
Creative Development Research on: Living with AIDS
Health and Welfare Canada
M2020-134
Creative Development Research on: Health Promotion and AIDS Prevention
Health and Welfare Canada
M2020-135
Gay Men's Health Crisis Annual Report (1988/89)
Gay Men's Health Crisis
M2020-136
16 Tales: An Erotic Menu
Gay Men's Health Crisis
M2020-137
Healthy Sex Guideline Summary: For Gay Men
D'Eramo, James E.
M2020-138
The Effect of Condom use and Erotic Instructions on Attitudes Toward Condoms
Tanner, William M.; Pollack, Robert H.
M2020-139
Adolescents and AIDS: Female's Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Condom Purchase and Use
Rickert, Vaugh I.; Jay, M. Susan; Gottlieb, Anita; Bridges, Christie.
M2020-140
Selling safer sex: AIDS education and advertising
Rhodes, Tim; Shaughnessy, Robert
M2020-141
Michigan's AIDS Prevention Media Campaign
Ruff, Janice
M2020-142
Public and health staff knowledge about AIDS
Smithson, R.D.
M2020-143
A Direct Mailing to Teenage Males About Condom Use: Its Impact On Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Behavior
Kirby, Douglas; Harvey, Philip D.; Claussenius, David; Novar, Marty
M2020-144
Risk factors for male to female transmission of HIV
European Study Group
M2020-145
NAN - A National Voice for Community-Based Services to Persons with AIDS
Kawata, Paul Akio; Andriote, John-Manuel
M2020-146
Ottawa-Carleton AIDS Hotline Quarterly Report (October - December 1989)
The Community Health Information Section; Department of Public Health
M2020-147
Community Health Bulletin: AIDS/HIV Quarterly Report (June 30, 1989)
Kendall, P.R.W.
M2020-148
Community Health Bulletin: AIDS/HIV Quarterly Report (September 30, 1989)
Kendall, P.R.W.
M2020-149
Community Health Bulletin: AIDS/HIV Quarterly Report (December 31, 1989)
Kendall, P.R.W.
5.61 AID HAR 1987
AIDS: A Guide for Survival
The Harris County Medical Society; The Houston Academy of Medicine
M2020-150
Decisions Decisions: Facts About AIDS
Ministry of Health Ontario
M2020-151
Les Decisions: Faits sur le SIDA
Ministry of Health Ontario; Ministere de la Sante Ontario
M2020-152
A Guidebook to Fund Raising for Disabled Persons' Groups
Wyman, Ken
M2020-153
Toronto AIDS Hotline Quarterly Report (July - September 1989)
The Community Health Information Section; Department of Public Health
M2020-154
AIDS Hotline Quarterly Report (April - June 1989)
The Community Health Information Section; Department of Public Health
M2020-155
Toronto AIDS Hotline Quarterly Report (April - June 1990)
The Community Health Information Section; Department of Public Health
M2020-156
Toronto AIDS Hotline Annual Report (April 1989 - March 1990)
The Community Health Information Section; Department of Public Health
M2020-157
Toronto AIDS Hotline Quarterly Report (October-December 1989)
The Community Health Information Section; Department of Public Health
M2020-158
Future Trends in AIDS
Department of Health & Social Security, England
M2020-159
Facilitators' Manual to accompany "STD Street Smarts
Youthlink - Inner City
M2020-160
AIDS: HIV-Infected Health Care Workers: Report of the recommendation of the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS
Expert Advisory Group on AIDS
M2020-161
Strategic Position Paper Re: "Operation Life Force"
Life Force International
M2020-162
Fighting AIDS with Education: Report of the Gay Community Needs Assessment (Vancouver 1989)
Marchand, Richard
M2020-163
HIV Living Will
Singer, Peter A.
M2020-164
Survey of gay and bisexual men: and men who have had sex with other men in the past year
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
M2020-165
Resolution and Position Papers: passed by the membership of the Ontario Public Health Association at their Annual General Meeting held on November 22, 1988 Toronto, Ontario
Ontario Public Health Association
M2020-166
Strategic Planning For AIDS Prevention - City of Toronto's Experience
Corkum, Sonya H.; Ruf, Fred W.
M2020-167
Shooting Off Fireworks: The Successes and Failures of an Intensive, Broad-based AIDS Awareness Campaign
Stinson, John C.
M2020-168
Grade 6 Students Benefit from Learning About AIDS
Gill, Neala J.; Beazley, Richard P.
M2020-169
AIDS and Human Sexuality
Smith, Linda L.; Lathrop, Linda M.
M2020-170
HIV/AIDS Education Participation by the African Community
Nakyonyi, Molly M.
M2020-177
Health Education Planning for AIDS Risk Reduction in the Gay/Bisexual Male Community: Use of the PRECEDE Framework
Bolan, Robert K.
M2020-178
Communication Study: Creating an AIDS Education Program
Informa
M2020-179
Sin, Crime, Sickness or Alternative Life Style?: A Jewish Approach to Homosexuality
Matt, Hershel J.
M2020-180
Reaching Ethnic Communities in the Fight Against AIDS: Summary of Major Findings from Focus Groups with Leaders from Minority Communities
Communication Technologies; Research and Decisions Corporation
M2020-181
World AIDS Day Action Kit: How to create, plan and organize a World AIDS Day
World Health Organization
M2020-182
Canadian AIDS Society Position Paper on the Issue of Mandatory HIV Testing of Health Care Workers and the Right of HIV-Infected Health Care Workers to Perform Invasive Procedures
Canadian AIDS Society
M2020-183
We are All Living with AIDS: Gay Men's Health Crisis Annual Report (1991/1992)
Gay Men's Health Crisis
M2020-184
AIDS information for the workplace
British Columbia Ministry of Health
M2020-185
Evaluation of AIDS Educational and Media Materials for English and Spanish Speaking Populations: Results from Two Focus Groups
Research and Decisions Corporation
M2020-186
Directory: Member Programs and Services/Repertoire: Programmes et services des organismes affilies (January/janvier 2002)
Canadian AIDS Society; Societe canadienne du sida
M2020-187
Predicting who will progress to AIDS
Moss, A.R.
M2020-188
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: The agenda for the 1990s
Imperato, Pascal James
M2020-189
AIDS behind bars: Epidemiology of New York State prison inmate cases, 1980-1988
Morse, Dale L.; Truman, Benedict I.; Hanrahan, John P.; Mikl, Jaromir; Broaddus, Raymond K.; Maguire, Barbara H.; Grabau, John C.; Kain-Hyde, Sue; Han, Yangsook; Lawrence, Charles E.
M2020-190
AIDS education: Evaluation of school and worksite based presentations
Ruder, Avima M.; Flam, Robin; Flatto, David; Curran, Anita S.
M2020-191
AIDS education: Evaluation of school and worksite based presentations
Ruder, Avima M.; Flam, Robin; Flatto, David; Curran, Anita S.
M2020-191
Expanding the focus of human immunodeficiency virus prevention in the 1990s
Rango, Nicholas A.; Rampolla, Michael
M2020-192
Exploratory Research: Communicating on the Issue of AIDS
Informa
M2020-193
Dissemination of Pneumocystis
Pilon, Vernon A.
M2020-194
The increasing role of primary care in the management of HIV-infected patients
DeHovitz, Jack A.
M2020-195
The Changing Face of AIDS in Canada
Canadian AIDS Society
M2020-197
Metro News (January 1988): AIDS -Everybody's Responsibility
OAPSW
M2020-198
Canadian AIDS News (May/June 1994) / sida : realities (mai/juin 1994)
Canadian Public Health Association; l'Association canadienne de sante publique
M2020-199
HIV Update (Spring/Summer 1994) / VIH Information (printemps/ete 1994)
Ministry of Health Ontario; Ministere de la Sante Ontario
M2020-200
What do we say when we hear "faggot"?
Gordon, Leonore
M2020-201
Heterosexism: Redefining Homophobia for the 1990s (excerpt)
Neisen, Joseph H.
M2020-202
A draft paper on women and HIV in prisons
Bell, Gay; Falconer, Dionne A.; Jasper, Pat; Robertson, Marie
M2020-203
Extending the role of AIDS hotlines in AIDS prevention programs in developed and developing countries
AIDSCOM
M2020-204
The Ontario Ministry of Health working conference on AIDS and HIV infection: summary report and recommendations
Ontario Ministry of Health
M2020-205
Le sida et le milieu des affaires canadien un travail de recherche
Societe canadienne du sida
M2020-206
AIDS and the Canadian business community
Canadian AIDS Society
M2020-207
Le sida et le milieu des affaires canadien
Societe canadienne du sida
M2020-208
Le sida et le milieu des affaires canadien sommaire: Une enquete menee pour le compte de la Societe canadienne du sida
Societe canadienne du sida
M2020-209
AIDS - The Facts The Future: a guide to a slide presentation
Ontario Public Education Panel on AIDS
M2020-210
A working document for the development of a national strategy on HIV infection and AIDS
Sadinsky and Associates
M2020-211
Infotheque Sida (2/90)
Aids Info Docu Schweiz; Sida Info Doc Suisse
M2020-212
Le Manifeste de Montreal
AIDS Action Now!; ACT UP
M2020-213
Teen Talk on AIDS / So... You want to do IT??
Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre Youth Programme
M2020-214
Proposal to develop concepts and materials for an AIDS prevention campaign for The Department of Public Health, City of Toronto
Miller Neighbour & Associates
M2020-215
Learning about AIDS: an active learning program for children in grades 5 and 6
Zacour, Robert J.; Cunningham, Karen
M2020-216
Community AIDS education research project August 1987.: preliminary report
Marchese, Josie; Ryder, Karen; Hirshfeld, S.
CB2466
Safe sex sucks: cure AIDS now button
CB2462
A.R.E.A. the American Run for the End of AIDS button
CB2467
Cure AIDS now button
CB2463
Get a line on the facts 1-800-342-AIDS button
CB2465
Oral is moral and safe - Cure AIDS now button
CB2464
ACT AIDS button
CB2468
...non diffondere il male / ...spread no evil button
CB2470
La Tenue de Mise des Années 90. Le SIDA, c'est pour de vrai. Protégez-vous. Button
CB2471
Curemos el SIDA Ahora button
CB533
Ask me about…. AIDS button
CB534
Rainbow symbol button
CB535
The AIDS Memorial - A celebration of life button
CB536
Partners for a world without AIDS AIDSCOM button
CB537
Dress code strictly enforced! button
CB538
Condom + pride safer sex GMHC button
CB539
Slip it on before you slip it in! button
CB587
Safe sex slut button
CB588
Safe sex slut button
CB589
Safe sex HO button
CB590
Safe sex? I'm aching for it! ACON Sleaze 1990 button
CB591
SiDa button
CB593
Campaign to decriminalize prostitution button
CB594
J'capote de plaisir! button
CB595
Pour l'amour de la vie ... faites la guerre au SIDA button
CB596
True love. AIDS. It's up to you button
CB597
Hit Squad We got you covered! button
CB598
No da SIDA button
CB599
The global impact of AIDS Barbican Centre, London, England 8-10 March 1988 button
CB600
Safe sex HO button
CB601
Safe living AIDS prevention button
CB602
"S" [I play safely] button
CB603
AIDS PEI - A community support group button
CB604
Used needles spread AIDS button
CB605
Clean streets button
CB606
Silence=Death button
CB607
Ward's Retreat button
CB608
Unidos para un mundo sin SIDA button
CB609
I wear lots of rubbers & keep my needles real clean button
CB610
[Condom] button
CB611
AIDS Get the facts...tell a friend! button
CB612
Stop the clause stop the cla button
CB613
I want a lifeguard play safe button
CB614
Hugging is safe sex!! button
CB615
World AIDS Day 1 December button
CB628
Partager les seringues c'est risquer le SIDA button
CB629
If you pull a trick cover your dick button
CB630
Once is not enough wear condoms every time button
CB631
Unsafe sex? get over it! ACON Sleaze 1990 button
CB632
A little less latex a litte more sex a little more leather a little more lace button
CB633
On me not in me button
CB634
Men lie protect yourself button
CB635
Play it safe join the condom crowd button
CM458
Safer Sex - Stoppt Aids matchcovers
CM459
Safer Sex O.K. - Stoppt Aids matchcovers
CM607
Sikker Sex matchcovers
CM614
Schwuler Sex, Sicher matchcovers
CM701
Klare Geschäfte / Cash & Condom matchcovers
CX1
Aegis 3 Condoms
CB570
Volunteer [name tag] ACT: The AIDS Committee of Toronto
CB571
Men's Survey 91 button
CB572
From all walks of life '91 button
CO9
MANLINE (416) 465-5000 Pride Day 1995 dog tags
1991-087/017
AIDS OCH HIV-Information
1991-087/018
Courage and Caring
1991-087/019
A.I.D.S. After the Fear
1991-087/020
AIDS A Challenge to Health Care
1991-087/021
AIDS: The Workplace Facts
1991-087/022
Life Revolution: AIDS 1,2,3.
1991-087/023
Life Revolution: Gearing Up for Safer Sex
1991-087/024
Life Revolution: AIDS Monolith
1991-087/025
The Reaper
1991-087/026
Brochures
1991-087/027
AIDS 1,2,3 (Norwegian + English)
1991-087/028
Sex, Drugs & Aids
1997-052/001
The Nature of Things, AIDS a report
1997-052/002
AIDS, On the Front Lines
1997-052/003
AIDS: protect yourself!
1997-052/004
Drugs and AIDS: getting the message out
1997-052/007
CLHIA: Document AIDS
1997-052/005
An Early Frost: The Human Tragedy of AIDS. NBC Special: AIDS Fears Facts
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F0062-02-291
F0062-02-292
F0062-02-293
F0062-02-294
F0062-02-295
F0062-02-296
F0062-03-029
F0062-03-030
F0062-03-031
F0062-03-032
F0062-03-033
F0062-03-034
F0062-03-035
F0062-03-051
F0062-04-002
F0062-04-003
F0062-05-160
F0062-05-161
F0062-05-162
F0062-05-163
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Conservation
Some staples and the majority of paperclips were removed from the records. Records were removed from
binders, plastic bindings and duotangs. Archival clips and paper separators were added where determined
necessary. Records have been rehoused in acid free file folders.
Arrangement
Original order was kept when possible. Some accessions were received with little to no discernible order, in those instances order was imposed by the archivist to make the fonds more searchable. Mixed correspondence and news clippings were organized chronologically. Electronic records have not be described. Accessions were combined.
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Fonds
Accession Number
1987-017,1988-048, 1989-025, 1989-140, 1990-036, 1991-029, 1990-161, 1991-075, 1991-076, 1991-087, 1991-112, 1991-143, 1991-225, 1991-251, 1992-002, 1992-013, 1992-014, 1992-033, 1992- 074, 1992-175, 1994-161, 1995-110, 1996-026, 1996-137, 1997-052, 1997-087, 1999-087, 2001-084, 2004-067, 2006-042, 2006-125, 2015-119, 2016-020, 2017-055
Accessions 1991-217, 1992-068, 1992-158,1990-112, 1993-156, 2006-096 could not be located at the time of processing.
The fonds pertain to the organizational records of The Body Politic, Canada’s gay liberation newspaper which sat under the parent publishing house Pink Triangle Press. The newspaper published from 1971-1987 in Toronto out of various downtown locations. The fonds consist of 10 series with multiple s…
Records are largely in good condition. There is some damage that comes from normal record use, particularly the newspaper clippings which are difficult to preserve.
History / Biographical
The Body Politic was Canada’s gay liberation newspaper that operated from November 1971 until February 1987, publishing 135 issues. Not only were they a newspaper but they were an activist and organizing group of individuals who initiated many rallies, conversations, participated in many conferences, and fundraising initiatives within the Canadian and international lesbian and gay communities. For almost the first four years of publication, The Body Politic operated without a formal corporate existence.
The Canadian Gay Liberation Movement Archives which became The Canadian Gay Archives, then the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, then The ArQuives, were formed out of The Body Politic records, and by the collective members in 1973 two years after The Body Politic began as an record centre for the newspaper. The archives went on to have a life of its own, however the newspaper and archives travelled together through various locations in Toronto.
The founding collective included Jearld Moldenhauer, Herb Spiers, David Newcome, Paul MacDonald and several others. The Body Politic was first published on November 1, 1971 and operated out of Jearld Moldenhauer’s apartment, #8 of 65 Kendal Avenue. From approximately 1972-1973 the collective operated out of an unheated shed behind 4 Kensington Avenue along with Glad Day Bookshop. After Gerald Hannon’s article “Of Men and Little Boys” was published in 1972 (the magazine’s fifth issue), the collective was evicted due to causing a media stir. At this point Jearld Moldenhauer and John Scythes bought 139 Seaton Street in Cabbagetown as a communal house and office space used by The Body Politic, Glad Day Bookshop, and The Gay Liberation Movement Archives. During this period there was no space available for layout at Seaton Street, so meetings were held at 34 Marchmount Road, the collective house of Herb Spiers, Gerald Hannon, Merv Walker, Paul MacDonald and Edward Jackson. Layout was conducted in the “dingy” basement. 34 Marchmount Road can be seen as an adjunct address for these years in the 1970s. The collective then moved to 193 Carlton Street (at Ontario street), along with the Archives and Gay Alliance Towards Equality (GATE). Glad Day Bookshop did not follow this move and in 1974 Moldenhauer left the collective to focus on the bookstore. The publication operated as a collective but founded its parent body and sole owner, Pink Triangle Press in order to incorporate as a non-profit in April 1975. Incorporating required the collective to establish a Board of Directors, which had three members, Edward Jackson, Ken Popert, and Gerald Hannon. 193 Carlton Street was the collective’s first real public facing address, combined with the Seaton and Marchmount addresses which were still used. From Carlton the collective moved to the 5th floor of 24 Duncan Street with the archives. This is the location where the police raided The Body Politic and seized 10 boxes of materials on December 30, 1977. The Body Politic was charged twice with publishing obscene materials first in 1977 with Gerald Hannon’s article “Men Loving Boys Loving Men” and then in 1982 with Hannon’s article on fisting entitled “Lust with a Very Proper Stranger”. The newspaper was acquitted in both instances but the raid and charges caused an international backlash and protests, particularly when the police seized the newspaper subscriber lists during the 1977 raid. The collective moved again to 54 Wolseley Street (beside Theatre Passe Muraille), where the collective formally met its demise in 1987. [This information was put together with the assistance of Edward Jackson].
Structurally the collective, a term which varied in meaning over time, operated largely based on functional responsibility, unpaid labour, and having people dedicated to different aspects of producing and writing the newspaper (various writing groups responsible for particular sections of the newspaper). There was also advertising, finance, international correspondence and news, layout, subscriptions among others that were all managed by a variety of people over the years. A chronology of these groups and their members can be tracked through the years in the front pages of The Body Politic publications themselves.
The Body Politic met its demise officially in 1987 with its last publication.
An important document to consider is Rick Bebout’s original ‘Inventory of the Records of The Body Politic and Pink Triangle Press’ from 1988. A copy of the document exists as Appendix C at the end of this finding aid. Bebout’s words provide an administrative history as he witnessed it. It also provides an overview of who was responsible for what, as well as associated materials within The ArQuives that could not be fully identified when this fonds was processed in 2018, this begins on page 6 of Appendix C.
Scope and Content
The fonds pertain to the organizational records of The Body Politic, Canada’s gay liberation newspaper which sat under the parent publishing house Pink Triangle Press. The newspaper published from 1971-1987 in Toronto out of various downtown locations. The fonds consist of 10 series with multiple subseries. The fonds contains research notes, newspaper clippings, notes, meeting minutes, article drafts submitted, correspondence (international, national, local, prisoner), memos, financial, employee, advertising, and legal records.
Notes
There were accessions that could not be located at the time of processing, therefore they have not been included in this iteration of the finding aid. They are listed in the appendix.
There are restrictions throughout the fonds, largely consisting of restrictions of personal information (i.e. names, addresses, banking information) from publication. Please refer to the “access” column at the individual file level for further details. Researchers are asked to, consider copyright and privacy before choosing to publish.
As an overarching rule, personal information such as banking information, personal home addresses, and the names attached to classified ads are restricted from publication, however may be accessed by researchers. If there is additional personal information uncovered in the fonds then that is restricted from publication as well, such as SIN numbers, if discovered an archivist should cull this material. Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives as the physical owner.
Conservation
The vast majority of paper clips have been removed. Archival clips and paper separators were added where determined necessary. Or no division has been marked if determined unnecessary. Users need to be mindful that records should not be shuffled, or else records may lose their adjoining pages.
Arrangement
The fonds contains the following series:
1- Administration
2- Correspondence
3- Writing
4- Research
5- Advertising
6- Finances
7- Legal
8- Artifacts/Ephemera
9- Audio-Visual
10- Published materials
The Body Politic was divided as an organization into various groups based on functional responsibility. These groups changed over the years. Some files clearly indicated the group they were used / created by, whereas others did not. They were also divided by record type. These distinctions have largely been maintained within the file titles, if they were labelled as such by the creators. The iterations of these groups which partially pertained to the section of the newspaper the group was responsible for, are located and can be tracked over time in the front pages of The Body Politic publications themselves.
The fonds has been divided into series and subseries to increase accessibility, mirroring groupings evident throughout the accessions. Due to folder conservation during rehousing, files sitting next to one another were amalgamated into single folders. These are distinguished in the finding aid and on the folders themselves, largely though dashes (“-”) separating the file titles. Within the folders they are separated with blank paper. Some original file titles listed contents as they sat under the principal subject of the folder. Content was sometimes listed as a singular keyword, with subtitle or without. Files sometimes had a consistent header for a series of files, with subtitles that varied, sometimes not. These have been maintained.
Original order, Rick Bebout notes on page 6 of his “Inventory”, was largely scrapped by the Canadian Gay Archives when records were first transferred. Since the archives were being used as more of a record centre for The Body Politic, and there were so many different filing structures and people involved. Rick admits that materials moved to the archives in “a sporadic flow of largely unsorted paper. The order of many records was largely imposed by the Archives, especially in earlier years.” Please see page 6 in Appendix C for more details.
Records consist of oral history interviews via video camera. Raw files from both cameras used (the one focused on the interviewee and the one focused on the photos being discussed), audio files, and edited film content. The series also consist of the photos donated, and born digital as well as sca…
Records consist of oral history interviews via video camera. Raw files from both cameras used (the one focused on the interviewee and the one focused on the photos being discussed), audio files, and edited film content. The series also consist of the photos donated, and born digital as well as scanned analogue by the archivist. There are also video diaries (documentary work), created by Escobar. There are access and preservation copies of Escobar's oral history interview as well as administrative records pertaining to consent and permissions to conduct and house the interview.
Storage Location
Family Camera Harddrives
Access Restrictions
Open
Conservation
Access and preservation copies of video footage are available in .mp4 and .mxf formats. The .mxf format should not be used by researchers. Photos have been scanned to the lossless .tif format.
The CLGRO fonds contains records pertaining to the operation and activities of the organization. There are financial records, correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, projects the coalition was involved in, as well as records pertaining to external and member groups, and records collected for …
Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario fonds
Fonds Number
F0044
Language
English
Physical Description
958 cm of textual records
164 Graphic materials
70 colour photographs [varying sizes]
1 polaroid photograph
1 black and white photograph
85 photographic slides
7 posters
32 Audio Visual materials
24 audio Cassettes
1 audio reel
7 video cassettes
17 Artifacts
1 white corrugated plastic sign
3 banners
4 plaques
1 matchbook
5 buttons
2 stamps
1 t-shirt
114 Electronic records
105 3 ½ in. floppy disks
6 5 ¼ in. floppy disks
1 512MB USB drive
4 CD-R
Physical Condition
Majority of records are in good condition. The electronic records have not been assessed for physical condition.
History / Biographical
For a complete administrative history of the CLGRO please see Appendix A and B of this finding aid, which are pamphlets the organization produced to chronicle their own history in timeline form. The administrative history below cannot be so all encompassing.
The Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (initially the Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario) began on January 18 and 19th, 1975. The administrative records from this time largely feature Harold Desmarais overseeing the administration out of a house, 29 Granby Street in Toronto. CGRO was a incorporated not-for-profit coalition organization with the goal to fight for the liberation of the gay and lesbian community in Ontario. At its founding it was made up of 9 groups from around Ontario, but grew to consist of around 30 member groups (this number fluctuated) and hundreds of individual members. They ceased operation ca. 2007-2008. The organization had several administrators throughout its 30+ year history, evident through the records. Their coalition’s focus was always to fight for LGBTQ+ rights publicly and legislatively. The coalition was involved in and initiated several briefs, lobbied for and against various bills, succeeding in one of their central issues, which was for the inclusion of sexual orientation (Bill 7) in the Ontario Human Rights Code.
They held educational tours (traveling slideshows around the province), conferences, resource sessions for other activists, and started a university for activists. Coalition members, and group representatives travelled around the province for a number of years as steering committee and annual meetings were held in various cities and towns, however this practice was not maintained throughout the organization’s operation. The Coalition staff themselves, as well as the Coalition groups were the leaders of rallies, protests and community meetings. Liaising with politicians, lobbying government and other organizations.
CLGRO had several long term administrators and volunteers, including Harold Desmarais, Tom Warner, Christine Donald, and Nick Mule.
The following are several excerpts paraphrased from the CLGRO’s organizational history pamphlet “Way to Go” found in appendix A
In February 1975 CGRO established the Committee to Defend John Damien, in support of Damien who was fired from the Ontario Racing Commission for his sexual orientation. CGRO held rallies and benefits for Damien demanding he be reinstated and sexual orientation be made one of the key issues for the 1975 provincial election. This is also around the time when CGRO finished its first brief to the legislature The Homosexual Minority in Ontario, which was presented to the Ontario Human Rights Commission and showcased instances of discrimination in housing and jobs, outlining a series of demands for lesbian and gay rights. In March 1978 CGRO’s second brief, Discrimination and the Gay Minority, was presented at Queen’s Park press conference and gained support from a Toronto Star editorial and a Globe and Mail Queen’s Park columnist. In September of the same year, CGRO’s Never Going Back conference changed the coalition’s structure allowing for the inclusion of individual members.
In April 1981 CGRO’s third brief, The Ontario Human Rights Omission, was presented to MPPs. In June a CGRO delegation appeared before the legislative committee for a hearing on Bill 7. Then in August CGRO presented their brief to Arnold Bruner at a public meeting on gay-police relations at Jarvis Collegiate in Toronto.
In February 1982 CGRO released The Gay Organizer with the Right to Privacy Committee, an organizing manual for lesbian and gay activists, launching it at the Doing It! national conference. They also reprinted their educational tabloid, Who Are These People and What Do They Want? and committed themselves to producing a What is CGRO? slide show.
In September 1982 the first CGRO bike-a-thon held on the Toronto Islands.
In April 1986 CGRO presented a draft fourth brief to the Ontario Legislature, documenting cases of discrimination and urging protection. Then in May CGRO held a press conference at Queen’s Park to publicize the brief. Later that day, the Justice Committee amends Bill 7 to include the addition of “sexual orientation” in the Ontario Human Rights Code.
In October 1986 (with a grant from the Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal) CGRO produced their finalized fourth brief, Discrimination Against Lesbians and Gay Men: the Ontario Human Rights Omission. On December 2, 1986 the “Sexual Orientation” amendment was passed by the Ontario Legislature after two weeks of debate and media attention. John Damien lived to see this change but died on Christmas Eve, three weeks later of pancreatic cancer.
In September 1987 CGRO changed its name to Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO), and in March 1988 they adopted a new mission statement.
CLGRO received $375,000 in April 1992 from Health and Welfare Canada to fund three years of Project Affirmation, a project which studied the health and social service needs of minorities in Ontario. In 1993 they received another $75,000 for outreach work.
Then in July 1992 CLGRO published their Happy Families brief, which surveyed 79 discriminatory provincial laws against same-sex relationships. The brief proposed amended wording, and an inclusive definition of “spouse”. CLGRO also called for the establishment of a relationship registry system where registered same-sex relationships would have the same rights and obligations as registered opposite-sex relationships.
In November 1992 CLGRO received its letters patent as an incorporated, non-profit organization.
In February 1993 Tom Warner, founding CLGRO member was appointed Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Then in May 1993 CLGRO adopted a bylaw adding bisexuals to CLGRO’s mission statement and policies. Another bylaw was added to broaden CLGRO’s objectives recognizing that lesbians, bisexuals, and gay men experience the world differently “depending on their sex, race, age, class dis/ability, language, and other factors, and that for many of us the struggle for equality for bisexuals, lesbians, and gay men cannot be separated from other campaigns for justice in which we are engaged.”
They then co-sponsored “Taking the Next Step”, a brief presented by the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Task Force (LEGIT) to the Federal Minister of Immigration, which called for same-sex spousal relationships to be recognized in Canadian immigration policy.
In May 1994 CLGRO members Tom Warner and Mary-Woo Sims co-founded the Campaign for Equal Families (CEF), which coordinated and lobbied for the passage of Bill 167, the CLGRO Working Group on Relationship Recognition subsumed into CEF. CEF hired organizers and secured letters and signatures from over 20,000 people in support of Bill 167. They also raised $60,000 to fund the campaign.
On June 9, 1994 Bill 167 was defeated on second reading by 68-59 votes. “Shame” was shouted from the public galleries and thousands protested the bill’s defeat later that evening. The Campaign for Equal Families became a permanent organization separate from CLGRO.
In January 1995 CLGRO celebrated its 20th anniversary and the Rainbow Directory was launched in the same month. In September, “Pass it On” a historical exhibit sponsored by CLGRO, the Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal, and the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives opened and held panel discussions.
In May 1996 the first newsletter of the Sexual Orientation in Education Project (SOEP) a CLGRO working group was published. Then in September ON GUARD - a Critique of Project Guardian, a brief written by the Homophile Association of London and CLGRO was also released.
In May 1997 Systems Failure, Project Affirmation’s report was released at a press conference in London. In May of the following year CLGRO was restructured to reduce meetings and newsletters to three a year.
CLGRO called for the amendment of the Criminal Code to institute a uniform age of consent for anal intercourse in 1998, to conform with the May 1995 Ontario Court of Appeal Carmen M decision.
Then in September of 1998 CLGRO declared their opposition to the deportation of Shadmith Chavez to Mexico.
In March 1999 CLGRO participated in an OHRC seminar on disability issues and the Human Rights Code, addressing issues around sexual orientation and lesbian, gays and bisexuals with disabilities. On October 25, 1999 the Harris government introduced “Bill 5, An Act to Amend Certain Statutes Because of the Supreme Court of Canada in Decision M v. H.” The bill changed 67 laws, introduced “same-sex partner” as a term, and gave same-sex relationships almost all the rights and responsibilities that opposite-sex common-law relationships have. However it failed to change the Ontario Income Tax Act which used the same definition as the Federal Act. CLGRO supported bill 5 despite the offensive title and “its rhetoric aimed at placating its social conservative constituency (the government says it was forced to act by the Supreme Court and that it has preserved in law the use of the terms “spouse” and “marital status” to apply only to heterosexual relationships).”
In November 1999, CLGRO and various other community groups hold a media conference opposing new Toronto police chief Julian Fantino, due to his actions as chief during Project Guardian in London.
In February 2000 “Are We Spouses Yet?” a new CLGRO leaflet written by Christine Donald was approved for distribution and provided information on the changes in legal recognition of same-sex couples in Ontario, since Bill 5 (Oct 1999) gave couples almost the same standing as heterosexual common-law couples.
June 2000 CLGRO was Honoured group in the Toronto Pride Parade for their 25th Anniversary. CLGRO marched with the banner, while Tom Warner and Marie Robertson sat in the cadillac convertible behind the Grand Marshals.
CLGRO sponsored “Queers Making Noise - Activism of All Ages” a forum organized by Supporting Our Youth (SOY) as part of the Rainbow Millennium Celebration.
In June 2000, Tom Warner (25 years), Christine Donald (20 years), and Nick Mule (10 years) are all honoured for their volunteer work by the Ontario government in a ceremony.
In April 2001 CLGRO launched “Liberation in the 00s” a project to figure out where the community is at and where they want to go, and what makes CLGRO different from other groups.
The Project Affirmation follow up continued, CLGRO held meetings with healthcare and social service representatives. They eventually formed a CLGRO reference group called the Rainbow Health Network.
In May 2001 the Steering Committee set priorities: to gain prejudice-free workplace; youth issues (coming out issues, age of consent, sex education, prejudice-free schools; relationship recognition; access to health and welfare services; policing and law issues.
CLGRO joined LEAF, NAC, EGALE and others in the intervenor coalition to fight Scott Brockie’s appeal of the OHRC tribunal’s February 2000 ruling that his printing firm ‘Imaging Excellence’ should pay the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives $5000 damages for his 1996 refusal - on Christian gounds - to print their letterhead.
Nancy Nicol received a $50,000 “established artist grant” from the Canada Council for the Arts for a documentary on lesbian and gay rights in Ontario focussing on CLGRO.
In September 2001 Tom Warner and Greg Pavelich assisted with the formation of the broadly based Toronto Police Accountability Coalition and CLGRO becomes a member of a coalition of groups looking at the Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
In April 2002, CLGRO supported Marc Hall by applying for an injunction allowing him to take his same-sex partner to his Catholic high school prom. In support of Hall, CLGRO wrote to the Minister of Education, they also presented him with the John Damien Award for his “outstanding contribution” to lesbian and gay rights in Ontario.
Then in May 2002 Nancy Nicol’s film, Stand Together: A History of Ontario’s Gay Liberation Movement, Part I premiered at Inside/Out, featuring work by CLGRO. Tom Warner’s book Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada was launched in June, then in October the Rainbow Health Network was launched at the 519.
In April 2003 the first meeting of the Bawdy House Laws Committee is organized and facilitated by CLGRO. Nick Mule presents on community development work on LGBTTIQ health and social service issues At Egale’s Rainbow Visions Conference at McGill University in May 2003.
In May 2004 The John Damien award is given posthumously to Greg Pavelich.
A joint CLGRO and Rainbow Health Network project proposal is accepted by the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition providing funding from Health Canada to form partnerships with provincial health and social services professional associations to develop educational workshops for workers in those sectors about LGBTT issues, the goal was also to develop a Northern Ontario model for networks similar to the Rainbow Health Network, and to expanding the federal social determinants of health.
In August 2004 CLGRO members launched a new committee in conjunction with bathhouse owners, health and political organizations to lobby for the repeal of bawdy-house and indecency laws, and to raise money to support court challenges. The following month Steering Committee member Louise Langalais became CLGRO Director as Treasurer, after Christine Donald’s resignation as Director, Christine however remained on as Office Manager. In the same month CLGRO applied for charitable status.
CLGRO continued to lobby for governmental changes around LGBTQ+ rights, for health and social services, they ceased operation from 2007-2008
Scope and Content
The CLGRO fonds contains records pertaining to the operation and activities of the organization. There are financial records, correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, projects the coalition was involved in, as well as records pertaining to external and member groups, and records collected for the coalition’s own research and resource creation, such as clippings, periodicals, and other external materials.
Contains series:
1- Administration
2- Correspondence
3- Finances
4- Projects
5- External Groups, Coalition members and others
The ArQuives houses the materials of several of CLGRO’s administrators, organizers, and coalition groups. Information on these individuals and organizations can be sought through The ArQuives database.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to researchers, however when publishing pseudonyms must be used for CLGRO membership lists, phone logs, and individual financial donation records. Please see file level restriction listings for details. Also restricted from publication is any banking information and any social insurance numbers that the archivist may not have seen while culling and may still sit in the fonds.
Copyright
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from The ArQuives as the physical owner. Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in the materials. Note that The ArQuives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).\
Preferred citation: Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario fonds, F0044, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Conservation
Binders, duotangs, folders, and paperclips were removed. A/V material, electronic material, and graphic materials have been physically removed for appropriate storage.
Arrangement
Fonds have been arranged into series and subseries of best fit. Original order of records within those subseries has largely been maintained. Electronic records have not been reviewed, arranged, or described.
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
1982-016, 1983-012, 1984-001, 1984-020, 1986-005, 1986-028, 1986-028, 1989-006, 1990-032, 1993-070, 1991-167, 1995-109, 1996-026, 1997-019, 1998-017, 1999-006, 2000-067, 2003-007, 2003-060, 2009-070.
Accessions unable to locate at the time of processing: 1987-010, 1990-119, 1997-039, 1998-128, 2002-016, 2003-016, 2003-097
The records within this fonds pertain to the Coming Out Show, a Vancouver radio show. The fonds contains show notes, newspaper articles, cassette tapes, reel to reel audio tape, six scrapbooks, greeting cards, flyers, posters, photographs, correspondence, programme books, and notes. The records rel…
1,024 Cassette Tapes (867+157)
72 cm of Textual Records
6 Scrapbooks
History / Biographical
The Coming Out Show was a Vancouver based collective/co-op gay/lesbian radio show that aired on CFTO FM 102.7. It began September 7, 1978 and ran until 1996. The show had two iterations: the first spanning from 1978 to 1987 and the second from approximately 1986/87-1996. The show was run by a collective, but the first iteration was produced by David Myers and his partner Bill Houghton. The second was produced by Rob Atkinson.
Scope and Content
The records within this fonds pertain to the Coming Out Show, a Vancouver radio show. The fonds contains show notes, newspaper articles, cassette tapes, reel to reel audio tape, six scrapbooks, greeting cards, flyers, posters, photographs, correspondence, programme books, and notes. The records relate to the lives of those interviewed, as well as gay and lesbian life more broadly at the time in Vancouver, Canada at large, as well as at points internationally. David Myers’ partner Bill Houghton maintained the administrative and records management side of the show.
Houghton put a lot of show ephemera into scrapbooks (for the first three years of the show). These scrapbooks sometimes contain duplicates of records found in the “Show Notes” series. However the archivist has kept these in their original formats for the sake of authenticity and lack of conservation resources.
Notes
Full fonds description in progress. Contact the archive for more information on the fonds.
Access Restrictions
Open
Arrangement
The first accession of (1996) records arrived at the CLGA with an inventory created by Myers. Myers had arranged his donation first by media then show. The numbers for donated items based on medium are outlined in his original letter that accompanied his donation. Arrangement then was continued based on medium then chronologically [or an attempt at chronological arrangement], as that is how records were created and used.
Series 4: Show Tapes 1978-1987 are arranged based on show order as much as possible. There are some instances when the show number does not necessarily align with the numbers on the tape, but nevertheless the dates align. This has been noted in the chart. There are also a couple instances when there are tapes missing and a placeholder has been given.
The Co-op Radio Programme guide “Radio Waves” has been culled from various folders within the fonds. These were issues spanning from 1981 to 1986. These have been separated from the fonds are now in the Straight Serials [listed in the InMagic Straight Serials Database ID: 2733] within the archives. There may have been some overlap between the tapes donated.
Almost every show from years 1978-1986 has a corresponding folder in Series 1 “Show Notes”, with materials that were used during the show. Series 5 contains show tapes that are described as per their cassette casing annotations. The shows follow similar patterns in content, segments, and persons interviewed.
Contains series:
1-Show Notes
2-Show Ephemera and Administration
3-Scrapbooks
4-Show Tapes 1978-1986
5-Show Tapes 1986-1996
6-Interview Tapes 1979-1986
7-Reel to Reel Audio
8-Photographs
The Community Homophile Association of Toronto fonds is composed of organizational records that document CHAT’s governance and administration, its community outreach efforts, education, support services, political advocacy, and its resource library. It includes bylaws and minutes, financial stateme…
1.4m of textual records
38 photographs: 18 b&w print; 20 x 24cm or smaller.- 20 b&w negatives
2 audiocasettes
2 audio reels: ¼” open reel tapes
3 rubber stamps
Extent
1.4m of textual records
Physical Condition
Records are in good condition.
History / Biographical
Finding its roots in the University of Toronto Homophile Association, the Community Homophile Association of Toronto was officially established on January 3, 1971. Given the growing public interest in the UTHA, the need for a community organization outside of the University became apparent to members of the UTHA. On December 11, 1970, an inaugural meeting was held to officially establish the Community Homophile Association of Toronto. A steering committee of 15 members was appointed, with George Hislop as its Interim Director. CHAT’s first public meeting was held at the Holy Trinity Church in February 1971. A Board of Directors was elected on March 3, 1972, which included George Hislop, Patricia Murphy, Clive Bell, Kathleen Brindley and 6 general members. CHAT’s first meeting was attended by approximately 50 people. By 1972, the Association had 400 paid members, with 150 regular meeting attendees. CHAT’s first office was located at 6 Charles Street. The Association was incorporated in 1974.
CHAT’s work as a service community group centered around its “central plank to come out of the state of fear and apprehension which surrounds the public assertion of one’s rights of sexuality”, with a secondary aim to achieve equal civil rights to those of heterosexuals. CHAT’s work sought to provide support services, education, community events and political advocacy.
Soon after the Association was established, it received a Federal grant through the Opportunities for Youth Project. This grant of $9000 allowed the Association to provide in person counselling, a 24 hour distress line and legal, medical and psychiatric referrals to the public. Once these funds ran out, these services were maintained by CHAT volunteers. Soon after, CHAT applied for the Local Initiatives Program Grant which was rejected. The Association reapplied with letters of support from the Ontario Mental Hospital, the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and other distress centres operating in Toronto, and was awarded a grant of $14,602 with extension. This grant was used to employ 8 staff members to restaff the distress centre and to work on educationals for schools and universities.
In addition to its support services, education and community events were central to the Association's operations. In its early days, CHAT held weekly general meetings at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, which would would involve discussion groups and guest speakers. In 1972, CHAT established Canada’s first gay community centre at 58 Cecil Street. Formerly a Jewish Synagogue and Chinese Catholic Community Centre, this space provided enough room for CHAT's offices, events and weekly or biweekly dances. The 58 Cecil Street Community Centre was the departure point for Toronto’s first Gay Pride Week in 1972.
CHAT community events took place on a regular basis, and included dances, coming out nights (for those who had recently come out), women’s nights and coffee sessions. A resource library was also established, which provided the public with reference material on a variety of subjects, and homophile and gay liberation groups from across North America.
Although CHAT’s efforts were largely focused on community education and support, it also was involved in political advocacy. CHAT submitted a number of briefs and lobbied the Provincial and Federal Governments on a variety of issues and existing legislation, which included the Immigration Act, the Criminal Code and the Ontario Human Rights Code. The Association was also involved in the National Gay Rights Coalition and National Gay Election Coalition. Additionally, CHAT played a role in organizing and co-sponsoring events and demonstrations in Toronto and Ottawa. These included Toronto’s first gay picnic at Hanlan’s Point in 1971, Toronto’s first annual Gay Pride Week in 1972, a rally of Canadian and American gay groups to the Ontario Legislature and at Parliament Hill.
In June 1973, CHAT's community space moved to 201 Church Street, while CHAT administrative and counselling offices relocated to 223 Church Street. In the fall of 1977 CHAT moved to a smaller office located at 19 St. Joseph Street due to declining membership and interest. CHAT disbanded at the end of 1977.
Scope and Content
The Community Homophile Association of Toronto fonds is composed of organizational records that document CHAT’s governance and administration, its community outreach efforts, education, support services, political advocacy, and its resource library. It includes bylaws and minutes, financial statements, grant applications, membership cards and applications, telephone logs, flyers, newsletters, briefs, correspondence, and resources collected on various subjects and homophile and gay liberation groups from across North America.
Contains series:
1- Administration
2- Outreach, Education and Events
3- CHAT Library and Resources
4- Political Advocacy
5- Correspondence
6- Objects and Audiovisual Material
Notes
Preferred Citation: Community Homophile Association of Toronto, F0133, The ArQuives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The collection is open to researchers. Personal information from the membership subseries (1.3) cannot be published, which includes the files listed below:
F0133-01-022
F0133-01-023
F0133-01-024
F0133-01-025
F0133-01-026
F0133-01-027
Copyright
Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from The ArQuives as the physical owner. Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in the materials. Note that The ArQuives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold the copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Conservation
The majority of binders, paperclips and staples were removed. Paper separators were added where necessary.
Arrangement
Records from the first accession of Community Homophile Association of Toronto records were processed by Paul Yee and Bob Krawczyk in the 1980s. This accession was reprocessed and finalized to include the second accession of CHAT by Ariana Ho to reflect a fonds in 2019. Original order was kept where possible.
