Subseries contains duplicate issues of Wayves Magazine. Wayves was initially published beginning in 1983 as the newsletter for the Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia, under the name Gaezette. The magazine adopted the name Wayves in 1995 and continued to print content intended to inform and support lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people throughout Atlantic Canada until the print edition ended in 2012.
Item is the transcript of the speech present by Gerald Veldhoven at the LGBT Senior Group in Toronto on July 19, 2010, and PFLAG in Sackville, NB, on January 24, 2011.
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.
Subseries contains materials collected for reference and educational use by GayLine volunteers. Subjects covered include homosexuality and coming out, sexual heath and AIDS prevention, alcoholism and substance abuse, abuse in LGBT relationships, parenting, discrimination, legal rights, and women's issues. Materials include pamphlets, flyers, newsletters, essays, and correspondence.
Series contains duplicate posters from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in series include posters for the Halifax Fetish Ball, Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [M.A.C. Leather] contests, other LGBT events in Halifax and Montreal, LGBT films, and posters and acetate negatives of posters for events held at Rumours, a bar owned and operated by the Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia [GALA].
File contains issues of the New Brunswick Coalition for Human Rights reform newsletters, correspondence, a copy of the New Brunswick Human Rights Code, and a brief from the New Brunswick Coalition for Human Rights to the Government of New Brunswick.
Fonds consists of material related to Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] competitions collected by Nathaniel Smith. Includes pamphlets; meeting minutes; financial records; event logo and posters; contest ephemera; organization bylaws; photographs, newspaper clippings; pins; and one mixed music compact disc (CD) played at a MACLeather event.
File contains information for the Ms. MACLeather 2005 contest including scripts, receipts, and email logs. File also contains one call for volunteers for MACLeather 2004.
File contains poster graphics and advertising material for Ms. & Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather contest 2007 and a one-page document outlining the order of events. See also BD Box 47, Item 51 and PB Box 5, Folder 91 for related materials.
File contains one poster for the Mr. Menz Sunday Brunch at Menz Bar in support of Menz Bar attending the Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contest in Saint John, NB. Event took place between 2005 and 2008.
File contains programs for Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contests held In Halifax and Moncton between 2001-2005. File includes one copy of the 2001 contest program, three copies of the 2002 contest program, two copies of the 2003 contest program, three copies of the 2004 contest program, and three copies of the 2005 contest program.
File contains seven programs from Mr. & Mrs. Atlantic Canada Leather from 2001-2005. File also contains one poster for MACLeather 2005. See PB Box 3, Folder 28 for related photographs.
Subseries contains graphic materials for Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] events and textual records regarding promotional materials for events.
File contains seven medals from the 2008 and 2009 Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] awards. 2008 medals awarded to Bill Mitchell, Ken Burrough, Kate Huey, Terry Lewin, Dita Parlow and Ryan Auld as well as one medal inscribed "MACLeather 2007 Rob Meyers". 2009 medals awarded to Maisie Walker, Rick Johnston, and Rick Arsenault. File also contains nine judges pins. Titles include Head Judge, Judges Boy, Tally Mistress, Tally Mister, and Judges 1 through 5.
File contains financial reports for Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] 2009 and includes semi-annual reports, revenues and expenses, and banking activity.
File contains three copies of the event card for the Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] 2007 contest, titled Pirate de la Chaleur. Contest was held in Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick on September 2, 2007.
File contains posters for the 2005, 2007, and 2009 Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] contests. Contests were held in Halifax; Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick; and Saint John, New Brunswick respectively.
File contains one spreadsheet containing the contest project plan as well as documents for renewing the certificate of a business name for New Brunswick.
Subseries contains Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] society bylaws and resolution, bylaws and policies from leather groups from Ontario and other groups from Atlantic Canada, membership applications, and historical records of M.A.C. Leather.
Series consists of several sub-series and contains financial records, meeting minutes, sponsorship documents, bylaws, posters, programs, ephemera, promotional material, and contest notes from Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather].
File contains documents related to the eleventh annual Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] Contest and includes documentation from a silent auction, email transcripts, a newspaper clipping from WAYVES 2007, and a list of volunteers, judges, and guest list.
File contains lists of previous sponsors, a poster draft for Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] 10th Anniversary, a draft of a recruitment e-mail, medallion lists for titleholders, a comprehensive guest list from 1999 - 2008, member involvement, and e-mail transcripts.
File contains a list of gay and lesbian owned and operated bed and breakfasts, compiled by the owners of the Centre Town/Ville Bed and Breakfast and accompanying correspondence. This list features businesses that have chosen to take part in an informal business association called the Maritime Rainbow Connection.
Series contains duplicate copies of magazines, periodicals, newsletters, and zines from the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Series primarily contains issues of Gaezette, Wayves, the Wayves literary supplement Punoqun, as well as zines.
Series contains materials collected by Al Stewart as part of his involvement with the Halifax-based TightRope leather brotherhood, which was established in the early 1990s, incorporated in 1997, and disbanded in 2007. Series also contains materials related to the Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [MACLeather] organization, which operated between 1999-2010, and the leather community more broadly. Materials include TightRope administrative and financial records, correspondence, and promotional materials; event cards, flyers, posters, programs, and certificates of participation for TightRope events, MACLeather contests, and leather events across Canada and the United States; photographs of TightRope meet-ups, MACLeather contests, and other leather community events; web print-outs; issues of the Phalia newsletter published by Spearhead leather and denim club in Toronto; erotic gear catalogues; and one copy of the 2002 Men of Pumpjack calendar.
Item is a copy of Human Rights for the Gay Minority — A Brief to the Government of New Brunswick, published May 1988. The brief was produced by the New Brunswick Coalition for Human Rights Reform to encourage legal protections for LGBTQ+ persons and was used as a reference for Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia when producing their own brief.
File contains one copy of the inaugural issue of H2OMO, the gay, gay-friendly, gay-curious magazine from Canada's east coast. The magazine covers New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
File includes copies of the Summer 2010, Winter 2011 and Spring 2011 issues of GAZE, a publication aimed at the under-35 gay and lesbian demographic interested less in issues than in personalities.
