File contains a document titled "Presentation the the public meetings re. race relations, cross cultural understanding, and human rights" which was delivered to the Halifax County - Bedford School Board by LGRNS. File also contains a list of quotes on lesbian and gay youth.
File contains one press release written by Lesbian Gay Rights Nova Scotia (LGRNS) about the visit of Simon Nkoli, a gay South African activist; two posters advertising Nkoli's speech; and a copy of an article titled "Out of South Africa" by Mark Chestnut for Out-Week 1989. See also MS-15-5 Box 3, Folder 8.
File contains a press release announcing a picket to protest the management of the Jury Room Lounge, which had been refusing service to the gay and lesbian community. File also contains a letter to members of the Gay Alliance for Equality regarding a 1975 citation to recognize exceptional service by the Movement for Citizens' Voice and Action to promote the equality of lesbians and gay men.
File contains one copy each of the 2002 Ottawa Pride guide, the 2009 Toronto Pride guide, the 2009 Halifax Pride guide, and the June 2009 issue of Index, Toronto's gay and lesbian business directory.
File contains two copies of project proposal for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, entitled The Halifax Rainbow Health Project: Improving Access to Primary Health Care Services for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Two-Spirited, Transgender and Queer People, published April, 2004. File also contains excerpts from the proposal; two coordinator's reports, dated July and August, 2004; one interim financial report, dated October 31, 2004; one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project work plan for 2004-2005; Steering Committee terms of reference; one copy of the partnership agreement between the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition and the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project; letters of support; two copies of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project Director's Resolution in support of the creation of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project; and notes.
File contains textual records regarding sexual orientation and eligibility for the order of ministry, Bill 7 in Ontario, correspondence to the United Church of Canada in support of protecting sexual orientation under the human rights code, and articles regarding support for same-sex legislation.
File contains a document regarding the inclusion of the term "sexual orientation" in Newfoundland and Labrador, and a copy of an article titled "Protection of homosexual minority not a concern, health minister says".
File contains one copy of the report Proud but cautious : homophobic abuse and discrimination in Nova Scotia [author Carolyn Gibson Smith]. This report was produced as a project of the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group.
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 22-24, 1995. Materials include a conference program, proposed and confirmed conference agendas, correspondence, promotional materials, reports to the district conference, conference minutes, financial records, proposed by-law revisions, and applications for conference positions.
File contains the original newspaper article; transcriptions regarding subsequent changes to versions published in the Gazette and other newspapers; and a copy of the March 14, 1991 issue of The Dalhousie Gazette that featured stories about the controversy.
File contains materials relating to the settlement between Wilson Hodder and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission and the Nova Scotia Department of Finance regarding same-sex partner benefits. File contains the memorandum of settlement for the case, photocopies of clippings relating to the case from unknown publications, and one partial copy of Wilson Hodder's complaint under the Human Rights Act.
File contains reference materials and educational resources regarding homosexuality and religion, and parenting LGBT children. Materials one copy of the pamphlet Beyond the bible, produced by Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays [PFLAG], and one package of educational materials produced by the Committee on Gay and Lesbian Concerns of Hartford Meeting that includes essays, articles, sermons, meeting minutes, pamphlets, and questionnaires.
File contains documents, pamphlets, notes, and operating budgets from AIDS-specific Hospice programs across Canada and the United States including Casey House in Toronto, Barrett House in Toronto, and The Shanti Project in San Francisco. File also contains pamphlets regarding workshops and resources for people with AIDS, and correspondence to the Attorney General regarding a list of directors.
File contains pamphlets, fliers, guides, and other reference materials produced by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] regarding AIDS and safe sex. File also contains press releases and update bulletins dated 2002-2005, as well as reports, articles, and pamphlets related to HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia produced by other AIDS advocacy groups and health organizations.
File contains one cassette tape recording of rehearsals for the Ottawa-based choral group Women of Note. The group was a predecessor to the Halifax-based group The Secret Furies, and featured three Nova Scotian members, Anne Bishop, Barbara MacDonald, and Pat Brennan. Side A features recordings of the songs The Underground Railroad ; Listen to the Voices ; Freedom Has Beckoned ; Justice and Peace ; La Andina. Side B features recordings of Still Ain't Satisfied ; Listen to the Voices ; Still Ain't Satisfied [second version].
File contains one copy of the report Towards a Home for the LGBT Community in Nova Scotia: The Rainbow Community Project, published by the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project in March 2010, and two clippings regarding community-building for LGBT seniors.
File contains the task force report on commissioned church status within the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches.
File contains a report titled "Reform of the law dealing with matrimonial property in Nova Scotia". File also contains a workshop list from the 1989 Lesbian Conference with a handwritten note regarding lesbians and the law.
File contains a notice of a meeting from Coalition for Human Rights Reform New Brunswick 1988 and several documents titled "Strategy for Gay Rights", "AIDS, Human Rights and the Revival of Lesbian/Gay Politics in the Maritimes" by Anne Bishop, 1989, "Rights Now" Strategy for Gay and Lesbian Rights", a paper on discrimination against Gay and Lesbians, and a paper titled "Sexual Orientation and Human Rights in Nova Scotia". File also contains LGRNS missions statement.
File contains reports and workshop materials on HIV/AIDS and legal protections for LGBT persons. File includes reports by the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia, report related to Nova Scotia's strategy on AIDS, and one package of materials for the Nova Scotia Teachers Union workshop Battling Homophobia in the Classroom, held July 23, 2009.
File contains one copy of "Proud But Cautious": Homophobic Abuse and Discrimination in Nova Scotia, published in 1992 by Carolyn Gibson Smith for NSPIRG, and one copy of Boys Just Wanna Have Fun: Gay and Bisexual Men Talk About Their Experiences With Alcohol, published in 1998 by AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's Gay Men and Alcohol Project.
File contains one web print-out from 2004 entitled Same-Sex Marriage for Transsexuals?; one sheet of information regarding Ontario's 2005 tribunal on sexual reassignment surgery; correspondence from 2005; one copy of the essay An Introduction to Transgender Women by participants of the 1999 Women's Legal Education and Action Fund forum; and one package of slides from the presentation Transsexual Health Care in Nova Scotia.
File contains materials relating to the passage of the Nova Scotia Employment Support and Income Assistance Act, which stipulated changes to social assistance programs in Nova Scotia. Materials include one web print-out copy of the bill; one copy of Analysis of the proposed Employment Support and Income Assistance (Bill 62) with questions for the Minister of Community Services and Members of the Legislative Assembly, prepared by Dalhousie Legal Aid's Ad-Hoc Analysis Committee; one clipping from the Chronicle Herald entitled NS. common-law rules to include gay couples; meeting agendas and minutes for the Community Advocates Network; one flyer for the Day of Action Against Poverty, Violence, and Social Assistance Cuts; one agenda for the Day of Action; and notes.
File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include copies of the coordinator's reports from 2004-2005; one copy of the essay Queer Health Matters: Transgender healthcare needs by Eric MacDonald and Dawn Archibald, dated June 27, 2005; a summary of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project final report; one copy of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition Improved Access to Care 2005 reporting guidelines; correspondence dated 2004-2005; and notes.
File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's HIV/AIDS healthcare advocacy efforts, including its involvement with the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project and the Nova Scotia Strategy for AIDS. Materials include one copy of the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project Survey Anonymous Questionnaire; one agenda for the meeting of the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project Advisory Committee, held July 5, 2005; resources containing information on HIV/AIDS and youth LGBT health; one copy of Nova Scotia's Strategy on HIV/AIDS; correspondence dated 2002-2005; one copy of the agenda for a meeting on the role of community organizations in Nova Scotia's HIV/AIDS strategy, held October 24, 2002; notes from the Annual Direction-Setting Meeting for the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS, held October 29 to November 1, 2000; background information on the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia; and one copy of the report Planning Steps in Response to Nova Scotia's Framework for Action on HIV/AIDS, prepare for the Nova Scotia Framework for Action on HIV/AIDS Steering Committee in April, 2002.
File contains one copy of a resource list of feminist services and organizations in Halifax, co-sponsored by A Women's Place and the Halifax City Regional Library.
File also contains a brochure for the 1991 Women's Health Education Network (WHEN) conference and an information sheet for the ninth annual Wild Womyn's Weekend (1991).
File contains the first rough draft of the LGRNS brief to the Human Rights Commission and Provincial Government which outlines the aim of LGRNS and discrimination in Nova Scotia.
File contains materials relating to roundtables and workshops conducted as part of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include agenda and minutes from the Nova Scotia Roundtable on Youth Sexual Health, held on November 3, 2004; facilitator's notes; participant evaluations from the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Future Directions workshop; Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project correspondence dated 2004-2005; one set of presentation slides for the Future Directions workshop, printed on computer paper; two copies of a promotional flyer for the Future Directions workshop; focus group guidelines; one set of presentation slides for the Capital Health/Halifax Rainbow Health Project Focus Group and Survey Data Summary presentation; Halifax Rainbow Health Project/Capital Health Data Collection Committee meeting agendas; Halifax Rainbow Health Project events calendars for September to October 2004; one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Focus Group Guide; one flyer for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project; one copy of the Improving Access to Primary Health Care for the Rainbow Community in Capital Health Anonymous Questionnaire; and one copy of the draft list of invitees for a primary care providers focus group.
File contains printed flyer and mock up for the Come as Your Favourite Sinner! Halloween party, which took placed October 31, 1987 at Rumours gay and lesbian bar in Halifax.
File contains three pages of correspondence from the Rural Gay Men's Group, a correspondence and friendship oriented group based in Port Hardy, British Columbia, and one flyer advertising LYNX, a lesbian correspondence club based in Ottawa.
File contains materials relating to the annual congressional business meeting of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, held on 1994-02-06. Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence from Reverend Darlene Young to Safe Harbour congregants, and a seventeen page booklet of agendas, reports, and membership lists.
File contains one booklet of reports provided to attendees of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church's annual general meeting, held on 1993-02-07.