Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia fonds
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- Data Source
- Archives
- Part Of
- Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Date Range
- 1978-1980
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains organizational records that document the administration and correspondences of the Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia from 1978-1980. It includes meeting minutes and agendas, financial records, promotional and educational tools, as well as documents pertaining to the organizati…
- Data Source
- Archives
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Date Range
- 1978-1980
- Fonds Number
- F0168
- Language
- English and French
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Physical Condition
- Good condition
- History / Biographical
- Founded in 1978, the Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia was founded as a support group for gay and lesbian students at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. In its inception, the group’s chief goal was to provide gay and lesbian students with mutual support in navigating an anti-gay and hostile heterosexist university environment. By 1979, the group had reoriented its focus towards an attempt to connect gay and lesbian group members with straight students and faculty to bridge the gap between misunderstanding and hate, predicated upon gay and lesbian education initiatives. As a group, the Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia held weekly drop-in meeting for gay and lesbian support, often screening queer films and forwarding queer news to students in attendance. The group also hosted social events, distributed educational materials, and support LGBTQ+ groups outside of the university in their mandates. The Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia also hosted speakers series, a Gay Arts Festival, and Gay Images in Film events for students to engage with the queer community beyond Concordia University. In 1992, the organization changed its name to the gender-neutral Concordia Queer Collective.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains organizational records that document the administration and correspondences of the Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia from 1978-1980. It includes meeting minutes and agendas, financial records, promotional and educational tools, as well as documents pertaining to the organization of the Gay Arts Festival and the “Straight Facts on Gay Life” Symposium in 1979. It also contains correspondences and affiliations between the Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia and other student groups at Concordia University, homophile groups, women’s groups, and individual LGBTQ+ activists, scholars, and writers. The fonds is composed of minutes, flyers, pamphlets, correspondences, newsletters, and other materials collected from various organizations. Contains series: Administration External Groups Education and Outreach
- Storage Location
- Box 1
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open to researchers.
- Arrangement
- Mia Colavito arranged the collection in 2020.