Ephemera

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 23
Item
1992

File contains two lapel pins produced to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Affirm United, an LGBT advocacy group with the United Church. Pins are in the shape of a pink triangle overlapping a navy blue oval, outlined in gold. Text on pins reads "1982—1992".

AIDS coalition pins

MS-15-12.2020-008, Box 1, Folder 18
File
[198-?]

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains three AIDS Coalition pins. Pins feature an inverted triangle with text reading "COALITION" on a pink background.

AIDS Coalition pins

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 15
File
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

File contains two round, light pink pins with the image of a triangle that reads "COALITION".

AIDS Walk for Life pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 3
Item
[199-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one AIDS Walk for Life pin. Pin features a red ribbon and is printed with text that reads "AIDS Walk for Life —Marche Pour La Vie".

Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

MS-15-21
Fonds
1980-2019

Fonds contains materials collected by Al Stewart as part of his involvement in the Maritime leather community, his LGBT advocacy work at Saint John's United Church in Halifax, and his involvement in the broader LGBT community in Nova Scotia. Leather community records document the activities of the TightRope leather brotherhood, Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contests, and other leather groups across Canada and the United States. Materials include administrative records, photographs, promotional materials, correspondence, newsletters, and catalogues. United Church materials primarily relate to Stewart's efforts to attain Affirmed status for St. John's United Church, and include reference materials, correspondence, and newsletters. Fonds also contains objects and ephemera related to the leather community, Affirm, and Stewart's membership in the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union [NSGEU], as well as personal photographs, correspondence, and LGBT publications.

Stewart, Alan Roy

Anne Bishop fonds

MS-15-5
Fonds
[198-?] - 1998

Fonds includes materials created by, collected or about Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS], including a collection of pins.

Bishop, Anne Charlotte

"Another friend of Charlie Howard" pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 6
Item
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round, pink pin that reads "Another Friend of Charlie Howard".

Atlantic Provinces Political Lesbians for Equality (APPLE) pride banner

MS-15-3.2019-062, OS Box 15, Folder 5
File
[between 1985 and 1995]

Part of Lynn Murphy fonds

File contains one banner for Atlantic Provinces Political Lesbians for Equality (APPLE), used in a Pride parade, march, or demonstration and collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association. Banner is made of a white bedsheet with black fabric letters reading "APPLE" sewn on.

Bob Fougere fonds

MS-15-18
Fonds
1990-2017

Fonds contains materials collected by LGBTQ+ activist Bob Fougere pertaining to his activism in Halifax. Records in fonds document Fougere's work as coordinator of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project [NSRAP], including NSRAP's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and its health care advocacy work on behalf of transgender Nova Scotians. Materials also document Fougere's roles as board member at Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, and facilitator the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Youth Project support group. Materials in fonds include correspondence, pamphlets, essays, studies, clippings, reports, meeting minutes, conference materials, and ephemera.

Fougere, Bob

Canada : moving forward – AIDS 2010 pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 34
Item
ca. 2010

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin produced in connection with the Canada : Moving forward -- AIDS 2010 event. Pin features a black background with a grey-blue border, and a red ribbon with a maple leaf on the end in the centre. Red text around the border reads "Canada: Moving Forward" with smaller red text beneath reading "AIDS 2010".

Canadian Employment and Immigration Union pink triangle pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 10
Item
[199-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one produced by the Ontario branch Canadian Employment and Immigration Union. Pin is a triangle with a pink border, with a green trillium design at the centre, surrounded by text that reads "SEICP—CEIU—ONTARIO".

Canadian Labour Congress pride tote

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 2, Folder 14
Item
[200-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one tote bag produced by the Canadian Labour Congress. Tote bag is made of black fabric, and is printed with an inverted pink triangle with black text written into each side of the triangle reading "Solidarité—Pride—Fierté.

CKDU 97.5 FM 10-year Pride pin

MS-15-1.2019-061, Box 2, Folder 21
Item
2010

Part of Ross Boutilier fonds

File contains 1 CKDU 97.5 FM 10-year Pride pin. Pin is yellow, printed with the text "CKDU 97.4 FM ... an almost perfect 10".

"Clan Mc Dyke" pin

MS-15-5, Box 6, Folder 18
Item
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round pin that reads "Clan Mc Dyke" from a Wild Women's [Womyn's/ Wimmins] Weekend.

CODCO pink maple leaf banner

MS-15-3, OS Box 15, Folder 7
Item
1992

Part of Lynn Murphy fonds

Item consists of a hand-painted banner. Banner is made of a white bedsheet decorated with a pink maple leaf and glitter glue with text that reads "CODCO" in the centre. Banner is was likely produced in relation to the Newfound-based comedy troupe CODCO's participation in the 1992 Halifax Pride parade.

CODCO pink triangle pride banner

MS-15-3, OS Box 15, Folder 1
Item
1992

Part of Lynn Murphy fonds

Item consists of a hand-painted banner made of white cotton fabric covered in purple handprints and other colourful brush marks, and featuring the acronym "CODCO" in black text painted over a large pink triangle. The banner was likely produced in relation to the Newfoundland-based comedy troupe CODCO's participation in the 1992 Halifax Pride parade.

Don Murchy collection

MS-15-10
Collection
1987 - 2014

Collection is comprised of materials collected by Don Murchy as part of his involvement with the TightRope Leather Brotherhood, a men's leather and denim club that operated in Nova Scotia from the early 1990s to 2007. Materials document TightRope operations, as well as the involvement of TightRope members in Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather contests and Halifax Fetish Ball events. Materials in this collection include administrative records, by-laws and guiding documents, membership lists, posters and other promotional materials, and photographs.

Murchy, Don

Egale Canada rainbow bracelet

MS-15-12.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 33
Item
[200-?]

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one rubber rainbow coloured bracelet produced by Egale Canada.

"Forbidden love" pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 17
Item
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round, yellow pin that reads "Forbidden Love".

"Gay and gray" pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 14
Item
[198-?]

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round, pink pin that reads "Gay & Gray".

Gay and Lesbian Association [GALA] banner

MS-15-3.2019-065, OS Box 14, Folder 7
File
[between 1988-1994]

Part of Lynn Murphy fonds

File contains one banner produced by the Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia. Banner is made of a white bedsheet, and features the words "GALA N.S." painted in large black letters above the words "Gay and Lesbian Association" painted in purple, over a background of coloured paint splatters.

Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia

Gay and Lesbian Association [GALA] posters, banners and flags

MS-15-3
Series
[198? - 199?]

Part of Lynn Murphy fonds

Series includes posters, banners and flags created or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) for various events. Series is divided into two subseries; one subseries of posters and negatives of posters for events held at Rumours, a bar owned and operated by GALA; and one subseries of banners and flags used during Pride marches, demonstrations, and GALA meetings.

Gay and Lesbian Association [GALA] pride banner

MS-15-3.2019-062, OS Box 15, Folder 6
File
[between 1988 and 1994]

Part of Lynn Murphy fonds

File contains one white canvas banner with black text that read "Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia". Banner was produced by GALA for use in a Halifax Pride parade.

Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia

Gay voices — lesbian visions — affirm General Council 33 pin

MS-15-1.2019-061, Box 2, Folder 24
Item
1989

Part of Ross Boutilier fonds

File contains one green pin printed with text that reads "Gay VOICES Lesbian VISIONS : AFFIRM General Council 33".

Halifax Pride 1988 pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 3
Item
1988

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round, blue pin with a graphic of waves and a pink triangle that reads "HFX. PRIDE '88".

Halifax Pride 1988 pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 2
Item
1988

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin produced for Halifax Pride 1988. Pin is printed with a background of light blue sky and darker blue waves, with an inverted pink triangle dipping into the waves, and small purple text reading "HFX. PRIDE 88".

Halifax Pride 1992 banner

MS-15-3.2019-062, OS Box 15, Folder 3
File
1992

Part of Lynn Murphy fonds

File contains one printed banner produced or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association for Halifax Pride Week 1992. Banner is a piece of white fabric printed with black text that read "WE ARE FAMILY—HALIFAX PRIDE WEEK 1992", featuring a large image of a pink triangle overlaid by four interlocked venus and mars symbols.

Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia

Halifax Pride 1995 pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 28
Item
1995

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin printed with the logo for Halifax Pride 1995.

Halifax Pride 1995 pins

MS-15-12.2019-061, Box 1, Folder 20
File
1995

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains two pins printed with the logo for Halifax Pride 1996.

Halifax Pride 1996 pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 21
Item
1996

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round pin that reads "Halifax Pride 1996".

Halifax Pride 1996 pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 29
Item
1996

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin for Halifax Pride 1996. Pin has a white background with a border of pink and black triangles, and features two overlapping black and pink triangles in the centre, with text printed above and below that reads "Pride—96".

Halifax Pride 1996 pins

MS-15-12.2019-061, Box 1, Folder 22
File
1996

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains one pin printed with the logo for Halifax Pride 1996.

Halifax Pride 1997 pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 30
Item
1997

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin from Halifax Pride 1997. Pin has a white background with a border of small triangles in rainbow colours, with a blue cross and pink triangle in the centre with text above and below that reads "Pride—1997".

Halifax Pride 1997 pin

MS-15-1.2019-061, Box 2, Folder 28
Item
1997

Part of Ross Boutilier fonds

File contains one white pin with a rainbow triangle border, featuring the logo for Halifax Pride Week 1997.

Halifax Pride 1997 pins

MS-15-12.2019-061, Box 1, Folder 24
File
1997

Part of LGBT Duplicate Materials collection

File contains three pins with a rainbow triangle border, featuring the logo for Halifax Pride Week 1997.

Halifax Pride 1998 pin

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 6, Folder 24
Item
1998

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is one round pin that reads "Pride Halifax 1998".

Halifax Pride 1998 pin

MS-15-21.2021-016, Box 3, Folder 31
Item
1998

Part of Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

File contains one pin from Halifax Pride 1998. Pin features overlapping rainbow triangles on a black and white background and the words "PRiDE Halifax 1998".

Halifax Pride 1998 pins [large]