Archives Catalogue

2022-09-15/31
Item
14 December 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a sound recording of an interview Susan Larder. Larder discusses living in rural Nova Scotia, her coming out process and relationships with family, her experiences with harrassment, her works as a counsellor, and her involvement with lesbian social groups. The interview was conducted by Elisabeth Rondinelli on December 15th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Interview with Susan Walsh

2022-09-15/33
Item
28 October 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a sound recording of an interview Susan Walsh. Walsh discusses raising her children, working as a children's entertainer and artist, her relationships with family and romantic partners, and coming out in her forties. The interview was conducted by Elisabeth Rondinelli on October 28th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Interview with Sydney Lancaster

2022-09-15/36
Item
9 November 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a video recording of an interview with Sydney Lancaster. Lancaster discusses their sexuality and gender identity, their involvement with the LGBT community in Alberta and Nova Scotia, LGBT visibility in Nova Scotia and their move to the province in 2010, and social justice theories and initiatives. The interview was conducted by Anne Summerhays on November 9th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Laminated clippings of Gerard Veldhoven's weekly newspaper column Refocus (2016 - 2020)

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 5
File
2016 - 2020

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

File also contains digitized copies of the column.

Letter of application from the Gay Alliance for Equality to join the Movement for Citizens Voice and Action

MS-11-1, Box 22, Folder 18
Item
April 1, 1974

Part of Movement for Citizens Voice and Action fonds

Item is a letter written by John Marr, Public Relations Officer, outlining the Gay Alliance for Equality's activities and rationale for wanting to join forces with MOVE.

LGBT anti-discrimination law Ontario

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 1, Folder 9
File
1986

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

File contains briefs from the Coalition for Gay Rights Ontario regarding the inclusion of LGBT+ individuals in the Human Rights Code. File also contains a newprint paper containing information on Gay Rights and information on LGBT+ people.

LGBT community resources, correspondence, notes and press releases from organizations in support of protection for LGBT+ individuals

MS-15-5, Box 2, Folder 11
File
1990

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

File contains a copy of resources for the LGBT+ community and recommended readings, notes and memos, and correspondence. File also contains materials from Atlantic Gay and Lesbians in Health Care and Social Services, including a statement of purpose, a press release regarding a conference, and newsletters.

Materials regarding Halifax Pride Week 1991

MS-15-13.2020-007, Box 1, Folder 3
File
1990 - 1991

Part of Kevin Crombie fonds

File contains two brochures; one copy of Gaezette No. 6, June 1990; a pamphlet from Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia for Lesbian and Gay Pride 1990; correspondence; a clipping dated June 25, 1990 titled "Pavilion takes gay experience to public"; and a copy of the 1991 Pride Week logo.

News release for the amendment to the Human Rights Code Chapter 214, clippings, correspondence, and ephemera

MS-15-13.2020-007, Box 1, Folder 10
File
1988 - 1991

Part of Kevin Crombie fonds

File contains an amendment to chapter 214 news release; clippings; memos; press release in support of including LGBT individuals in the Human Rights Legislation; pink triangle armband; correspondence; calls for donations; a list of individuals and organizations who wrote to MLA's with sending a copy to LGRNS; draft copy of an opinion article for the Halifax Herald; transcripts of an assembly debate; and a submission in respect of the Human Rights Act Bill 136.

Newspaper articles about same-sex marriage rights and Gerard Veldhoven's involvement with Pride events

Ms-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 1
File
2004 - 2015

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

File contains a Pride Week Proclamation for Pictou County; text of an article titled "Gays and Lesbians Marvel at Phenomenal Gains"; and clippings about Veldhoven's marriage to Norman Carter, Carter's death, and Veldhoven's activism.

Newspaper articles and correspondence written by and about Gerald Veldhoven

MS-15-16.2020-014, Box 1, Folder 7
File
2018 - 2020

Part of Gerard Veldhoven fonds

File contains an article on a gay conversion therapy ban in Nova Scotia, correspondence regarding the ban, and letters to the Prime Minister in support of a Canada-wide ban on conversion therapy.

Newspaper articles regarding child abuse

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 4, Folder 16, Item 5
Item
1989 - 1994

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

Item is a document published for Connections '95. "Gay and Lesbian Adolescents" presented by Trish Stenson, A.M.Y.S.T. Counselling Associates and Caroline Wilkins.

Newspaper clippings about cruising, legal aid pamphlets, and materials about legal cases

MS-15-13.2020-007, Box 1, Folder 2
File
1982 - 1995

Part of Kevin Crombie fonds

File contains a pamphlet about public sex and legal aid resources; clippings regarding public sex in Seaview Park and about legal cases in Canada; a pamphlet for victims services; correspondence; a list of legal cases of interest to the Gay and Lesbian community; a report from the Canadian Human Rights Trust; a reference list of lawyers for Tea Party; a pamphlet about washroom and park arrests; contact information for various individuals; In Defence of Privacy: Or Bluntly Put, No More Shit, in ACTION! Vol. 3 No. 1, Jan. 1, 1983; and a paper titled "Sex Crime in 1994".

Newspaper clippings and published documents regarding gay rights in Newfoundland

MS-15-13.2020-007, Box 1, Folder 4
File
1989 - 1990

Part of Kevin Crombie fonds

File contains a September 1990 article titled "Newfoundland hedges on human rights protection"; a memo about anti-gay discrimination in a St. John's night club; a document titled "Here to Stay! Lesbians and Gays in Newfoundland and Labrador Fighting for Our Rights"; two newsletters titled "Reaching Out: Together we can survive AIDS" (Vol.1, No.2 from September 1990, and Vol.2, No.1 from February 1991); a news brief on anonymous AIDS testing; a brief on LGBT discrimination in Newfoundland and Labrador; a copy of newspaper clipping dated May 1, 1988 titled "Protection of homosexual minority not a concern, health minister says".

Newspaper clippings re. Take Back the Night and International Women's Day

MS-15-2.2019-062, Box 3, Folder 11
File
1991

Part of Anita Martinez fonds

File contains one brochure for International Women's Day 1991, various newspaper clippings about Take Back the Night March, opening of a women's centre, and letters to the editor.

Newspaper clippings regarding protections for LGBT+ individuals and the Human Rights Code

MS-15-5.2020-008, Box 5, Folder 13
File
1989 - 1991

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

File contains clippings dating from 1989 to 1991 regarding protections for LGBT individuals and protection under the human rights code.

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other records regarding controversy surrounding anti-gay newspaper articles written by Arnie Patterson

MS-15-13.2020-007, Box 1, Folder 5
File
1988 - 1992

Part of Kevin Crombie fonds

File contains various newspaper clippings dating between 1988-1992, including anti-gay opinion articles written by Arnie Patterson published in The Sunday Daily News; correspondence issuing complaints about the anti-gay articles; a clipping from 1989 containing an anti-gay letter to the editor in support of Arnie Patterson; and various newspaper article speaking out against the anti-gay articles.

Nova Scotia Human Rights Act brochure, guides to human rights complaints, reports re. human rights violations

MS-15-5, Box 3, Folder 6
File
1989-1991

Part of Anne Bishop fonds

File contains pamphlets regarding the Human Rights Code Nova Scotia, a copy of Bill no. 136 to amend the Human Rights Act, and reports on human rights violations.