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.
Item consists of a Halifax Pride '96 supplement inserted into the June 1996 issue of Wayves Magazine. Includes events, advertisements, parade route, letters, and a note from the organizing committee.
Series includes photographs and textual materials related to gay pride marches and events in Nova Scotia as well as documentation from the 1987 March on Washington.
Fonds contains records documenting Ross Boutilier's legal challenges over same-sex benefits and equal treatment in Nova Scotia and provincial and federal legislation to gain access to same-sex marriage. Other series include production and administrative records of Wayves magazine, committee records of Halifax Pride, and newspaper clippings about the LGBTQ community in Nova Scotia and elsewhere in Canada.
Item consists of a special Halifax Pride Week 1997 insert, a supplement to the June 1997 issue of Wayves Magazine. Issue includes reminiscences of many Wayves contributors first time attending a Pride event, an update from the Halifax Pride Committee (by Ross Boutilier, Jane Kansas, Jennifer Myra, Tom Romard, and Rob Thomson), a list of events, the map of the Pride Parade route, and a short history of Pride in Halifax.
Item consists of the 1998 Halifax Pride program, a supplement to the June 1998 issue of Wayves Magazine. Supplement includes a Pride Schedule, parade route, advertisements, and briefs on other Pride events throughout the region.
