File contains photocopies of clippings regarding the Canadian blood ban, and the same-sex marriage protection legal challenge made by Ross Boutilier and David Mombourquette. Clippings are from the Dalhousie Gazette, the Daily News, and the Chronicle Herald.
Series consists of clippings collected by Ross Boutilier concerning the LGBT community in the news. Subjects covered include same-sex marriage, homosexuality and religion, HIV/AIDS, Canadian politics, LGBT legal challenges, local arts news, and international celebrity news.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to LGBT issues. Subjects covered include the deportation of Alla Pitcherskaia, LGBT inclusion efforts at Xerox, homophobia, LGBT terminology, the closure of the Red Herring Co-operative Book Store in Halifax, LGBT toys, and organ donations.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to the LGBT community and healthcare issues. Subjects include depression and suicide, the reluctance of LGBT medical professionals to come out, and conversion therapy. Materials primarily focus on Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings regarding religion and the LGBT community, collected by Ross Boutilier. Subjects covered include conversion therapy, LGBT clergypeople and congregants, and theological arguments regarding homosexuality. Clippings are primarily taken from the Chronicle Herald, the Daily News, and the Advocate.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to intersections between the LGBT and arts communities in Halifax. File consists of reviews on the theatre productions of the "Hanging garden"; "Angels among us" and "Lion in the winter". Also included are articles on female impersonator Laura Smith and musician Ashley MacIsaac.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1996 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings, memos, notes, pamphlet mock-ups, registration forms, group guidelines, and flyers for a Capital Health-run bereavement support group for same sex partners.
File contains clippings, web print-outs, political cartoons, and other educational resources regarding same-sex marriage collected by Ross Boutilier. Materials primarily cover the same-sex marriage debate across Canada, with stories from Nova Scotia, Montreal, and Ottawa comprising the bulk of materials. Materials also document the response to this debate from American sources and the Catholic church.
File contains materials relating to the decision to close Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include financial reports from 2010-2011; letters of interest from other community groups dated 2011; correspondence dated 2011; news clippings dated 2011; Board of Directors meeting minutes dated 2011; and notes.
Item is a hand-painted banner made of a white bedsheet decorated with a pink maple leaf and glitter glue with "CODCO" in the centre. Newfound-based comedy troupe CODCO participated in the 1992 Halifax Pride parade.
Item is a hand-painted banner made of white cotton covered in purple handprints and colourful brush marks, featuring the acronym "CODCO" in black text over a large pink triangle. The Newfoundland-based comedy troupe CODCO participated in the 1992 Halifax Pride parade.
File contains correspondence and legal documents regarding the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing of Ross Boutilier and the Treasury Board regarding same-sex marriage benefits. File includes correspondence, legal documents, a tribunal questionnaire, and schedule A.
File contains correspondence and legal documents regarding the same-sex marriage protection case of Ross Boutilier & Brian Mombourquette et al. versus the Attorney General of Canada and Attorney General of Nova Scotia.
File contains correspondence between Jan Morrell (on behalf on Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia), and Hon. Eleanor Norrie, Minister of the Civil Service Commission, regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act stipulating protections for LGBTQ+ persons.
File contains correspondence between Kevin Elliott (on behalf on Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia), and Hon. William Gillis, Minister of Justice, regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act stipulating protections for LGBTQ+ persons.
File contains correspondence regarding the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual (GLB) Line's Maritime Tel and Tel account balance irregularities, one meeting agenda for the annual general meeting of the GLB Line held on 1995-02-15, minutes from the 1994 annual general meeting held on 1994-01-11, one copy of the 1994 financial report, and two lists of GLB Line personnel.
File contains materials relating to both provincial and federal supreme court rulings relating to spousal benefits for same-sex couples. Materials include one report from Nova Scotia Member of Parliament Alexa McDonough dated May, 1998 regarding declining living standards and accompanying correspondence; clippings from the Cape Breton Post; correspondence; and one oversized meeting agenda and guidelines.
File contains correspondence regarding the 1993 annual report and meeting minutes from the 1993 general meeting, held 1993-01-11, which outline plans to rename the GayLine to the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Line. File also contains one copy of the special resolution related to the renaming that was passed at the general meeting, the certificate of incorporation for the new business name, and associated correspondence and paperwork.
File also contains articles of association for the Gay Alliance for Equality and a letter to Movement for Citizens Voice and Action enquiring about the possibility of GAE becoming a member agency.
File contains one pamphlet for the Dignity Canada Lesbian and Gay Catholic Association and accompanying correspondence from the Dartmouth chapter of the organization.
File contains correspondence from the House of Assembly Nova Scotia and the Department of Human Resources; a briefing note titled "Same-Sex Spousal Employee Benefits"; an Assembly Debate; a document created by Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia (LGRNS) calling for the extension of employee benefits to Lesbian and Gay employees; a copy of the Human Rights Act Chapter 214 amended 1991; one pamphlet on HIV.AIDS Discrimination; on pamphlet on the Human Rights Comission; and a guide to the Human Rights Comission.
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.
File contains one graphite pencil drawing of a kneeling made nude. Drawing was created by Ron Harrison and donated by Chris Aucoin as an auction item for a Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [M.A.C. Leather] benefit event, where it was purchased by Don Murchy.
File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church (UMFCC), and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference, held October 11-13, 1996. Materials include conference schedules, minutes, evaluation forms, reports to the conference, and notes. File also includes general correspondence, financial records, UMFCC pamphlets, meeting agendas and minutes, operating procedures, and by-laws.
File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church, and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference. Materials include conference agendas, reports to the conference, and conference flyers. File also contains financial records, correspondence, notes, workshop materials, meeting minutes and agendas, and applications for district positions.
File contains administrative records for the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church, and materials relating to the Eastern Canadian District Conference, held September 23-25, 1994. Materials include a conference program, conference schedules, notes, promotional materials, one coordinator's report to the district conference, one women's secretariat report, one job description for a district coordinator and lay representative, lists of delegates, job applications, operating procedures and by-laws, agendas, minutes, and financial records.
File contains issues 2 and 3 of the United Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Church - Eastern Canadian District newsletter, published in March and June of 1997, respectively.
File contains one copy of the essay Cisgender Privilege: On the privileges of performing normative gender by Evin Taylor, dated 2010, and the report Eligibility and readiness criteria for Sex Reassignment Surgery: Recommendations for Revision of the WPATH Standards of Care; file also contains conference program and notes for the 1st Annual Health Equity Forum, held on March 18, 2011.
File contains pamphlets and resource guides; correspondence between AIDS Nova Scotia and other AIDS organizations; briefs, reports, and recommendations from other community groups; lobbying materials; press releases; news clippings; funding proposals and guidelines; one AIDS adult case report form.
File contains essays on homosexuality and religion and related correspondence between Bob Fougere and Richard Beis. Essays include one copy of the essay God Dave Me a Gay Son by Thomas A. Nelson, one copy of Sex: Purpose and 'Natural Law' by Richard Beis, and one copy of Same Sex Marriage: What Exactly is the Problem? [unattributed].
File includes one scanned copy of the French-language article Pas facile d'etre bi, published in the October 2000 issue of Fuges; and one email featuring the full text of the essay My Bidentity by Michael Szymanski, sent to Bob Fougere on July 26th, 2001.
File contains one copy of the essay The Intersexed? by Jennifer L. Paty, dated April 6, 2005; one copy of the essay Why Don't You Tell Them I'm a Boy? Raising a Gender-Nonconforming Child by Florence Dillon; one photocopy of the article A Boy's Life by Hanna Rosin, published in the November, 2008 issue of The Atlantic; one glossary of LGBT terminology; one transcript of the sermon Celebrating the T in LGBTQ: One Family's Sacred Journey, presented by Joan WIley to the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto on January 21, 2007; one copy of the essay Darn Those Names and Pronouns by Mary Boenke, dated July, 2003; one copy of the article Metro Transition by Brendan Dunbar, originally published in July 20, 2006 issue of The Coast; Bob Fougere's correspondence regarding transgender activism, dated 2009-2010; eight business cards for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church; one business card for Staci Montgomery, Employment Counsellor with LakeCity Employment Services Association; and notes.
File also contains correspondence from Bruce Walker to Robert Stead and Danny Chandler regarding Lloyd Simmon's death; an obituary; newspaper clippings about Bruce Walker and Lloyd Simmons; and a speech given by Bruce Walker at Acadia University. Bruce Walker was a lawyer and Lloyd Simmons was a school principal who faced controversy for living as an openly gay individual.
Series contains duplicate programs, flyers, and other promotional materials from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in series include flyers and event cards for the Halifax Fetish Ball, flyers for a speaking engagement and meet and greet with South African political activist Simon Nkoli, flyers and programs for the Awake The World HIV/AIDS awareness event, and programs and program inserts from Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather contests.