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Accepting 'I'm gay'

Accepting 'I'm gay'

File contains one newspaper clipping titled "Accepting 'I'm Gay'" from The Mail Star, Saturday, September 16, 1995.
CODCO pink maple leaf Pride banner

CODCO pink maple leaf Pride banner

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.
CODCO pink triangle Pride banner

CODCO pink triangle Pride banner

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.
Gaezette : issue 5, 1988

Gaezette : issue 5, 1988

Item consists of the fifth issue (June) of the 1988 run of the Gay Alliance for Equality newsletter, Gaezette. Includes features about the 1988 Halifax Pride celebrations by Alan Stewart, an article on the PWA (Persons With AIDS) Coalition, a "Horatio Beeswanger" humorous interview, events listings, and other regular features.
Gaezette : volume 10, number 6 : July-August, 1993

Gaezette : volume 10, number 6 : July-August, 1993

Item consists of the sixth issue of the tenth volume (July-August) of the 1993 run of the Gay and Lesbian Association newsletter, Gaezette. Issue includes an editorial about "indecent acts" at a St. John's mall written by Patrick Barnholden, personal reminiscences from Leith Chu, a recap of the "great shirtless war" at Rumours by Robin Metcalfe, a preview of the Atlantic Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual conference, photos from Pride Week collected by Lynn Murphy, a recap of Peggy's Festival of Queer Video and Film by Gary Kinsman, and other regular columns (by Ross Boutilier, Jane van Kansas, and John Balser), reviews, news updates, and event listings.
Halifax Pride '96 : Wayves supplement

Halifax Pride '96 : Wayves supplement

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.
In Memoriam Pride banner

In Memoriam Pride banner

Item is a tie-dyed banner created or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) with handwritten text in felt marker that reads: "In Memoriam—Killed by Nazis—Killed by AIDS—Killed by Halifax—QUEER BASHERS," with tombstones drawn next to each displaying those years during which members of the LGBT community were killed.
Lavender striped flag

Lavender striped flag

Item is a cream swallow-tailed gonfalon flag with two diagonal lavender stripes. The flag was used in demonstrations and marches organized by the Gay and Lesbian Association.
Nova Scotia Human Rights Act banner

Nova Scotia Human Rights Act banner

Item is a hand-painted pink and brown banner reading "Every person is free in dignity and equal rights — NS Human Rights Act" created or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA).
Pride 95 'banner

Pride 95 'banner

Item is a hand-painted cotton banner created or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) for the 1995 Halifax Pride parade featuring pink text outlined in black that reads "PRIDE '95" flanked by two black circles filled with pink triangles.
Send a Dyke to Holland banner

Send a Dyke to Holland banner

Item is a banner created or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA), then called the Gay Alliance for Equality, for an unknown event in 1985. The banner is white fabric illustrated in the style of a Gaezette article, featuring a person standing in front of a windmill, with the headline "Send a Dyke to Holland."
Straight but Not Narrow Pride banner

Straight but Not Narrow Pride banner

Item is a hand-painted fabric banner created or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) featuring black-and-red text that reads "STRAIGHT but NOT NARROW" over top of a pink triangle.
Wayves Magazine : August, 2000

Wayves Magazine : August, 2000

Item consists of the sixth issue (August) of the 2000 run of Wayves Magazine, previously known as the Gaezette.

Cover image is a photograph of activist Wilson Hodder.

Issue includes a memorial article by Chris Aucoin marking the passing of Wilson Hodder, an update from the Cape Breton Gay & Lesbian Equality Project, an announcement of a Bisexuality, Gender & Sexual Diversity conference, a call for interest in a Mr Gay Leatherman Atlantic party, part one of Stacey Ann March's recollections of life as a transgendered woman in Newfoundland, an article by Kim Vance about attending the UN Special Session on "Gender, Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century", the first instalment of Crawford Hastie's [Ralph Higgins's] long-running Kibbitz and Bitch column, an article by Arthur Vautour recapping a successful first New Brunswick Gay Pride Parade, updates on other Pride events in St. John's and Prince Edward Island, and other regular columns (toni, Gordon Laurin, Pamela Pike, Mark Mutrie, Sam Meehan), reviews (Rick Conrad, Tyler Schulz), news updates, and event listings.

Wayves Magazine : Halifax Pride Week Program, 1997

Wayves Magazine : Halifax Pride Week Program, 1997

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.
Wayves Magazine : July / August, 1999

Wayves Magazine : July / August, 1999

Item consists of the sixth issue (July-August) of the 1999 run of Wayves Magazine, previously known as the Gaezette.

Cover image is a photograph of several unidentified people at a Pride celebration.

Issue includes an article about the launch of EGALE's postcard campaign promoting equality written by Kim Vance, information for the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement in the forthcoming Nova Scotia election, an article about the Cape Breton Gay and Lesbian Equality Project by Nikki Colello, an editorial by Will Murray about R.M. Vaughan's "A Quilted Heart", a review of a queer video festival by Jenn Carpenter, photos from the Halifax Pride '99 event, and other regular columns (Brent Dickson, Andrea Currie, Mark Mutrie ), reviews (Kim Vance), news updates, and event listings.

Wayves Magazine : June, 2000

Wayves Magazine : June, 2000

Item consists of the fifth issue (June) of the 2000 run of Wayves Magazine, previously known as the Gaezette.

Cover image is of two Pride Week logos.

Issue includes an article by Renee Hartleib about activist Ian Crowe's campaign against Dr. Laura Schlessinger's homophobia, an article about artWORKS events at the Tatamagouche Centre, articles about a PEI women's festival as well as the time capsule recognition of the contributions of New Brunswick lesbians written by Kim Vance, an article about the release of the OUTeast Gay & Lesbian travel Map, an article by Natasha Hurley about lesbian abuse, a profile of Halifax Pride 2000 contest winner Jeanette Himmelman, a preview of Pride Month by Dan MacKay, a preview of Moncton's Pride festivities, and other regular columns (Andrea Currie, Ralph Higgins, Mark Mutrie), reviews, news updates, and event listings.

Wayves Magazine : Pride Program, 1998

Wayves Magazine : Pride Program, 1998

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.
Wayves Magazine : Volume 4, Number 4 : May, 1998

Wayves Magazine : Volume 4, Number 4 : May, 1998

Item consists of the fourth issue of the fourth volume (May) of the 1998 run of Wayves Magazine, previously known as the Gaezette.

Cover image is a mockup of the Halifax Pride 1998 logo.

Issue includes an editorial by Kim Vance about a homophobic advert that appeared in PEI coinciding with changes to the Human Rights Act, an article on Pride Week worship by Terry Parker, an update on the Women Next Door choir tour, a countdown to Halifax Pride '98 by Ross Boutilier, an article on homophobia as it contributed to Canadian national security written by Charlene Vacon, a profile of bookseller Wayne Bernath by Michael Wile, an update on the fight for pension benefits of survivors by Lara Morris, a recap of the Fifth International Bisexual Conference by J. Randolph Bowers, a Men'Sex Project update by Les Connors, a working vacation update by Chanceis, a recap of Pam Pike's "Rethinkingin 'The Absence of Us'" lecture written by Carolyn Condé, and other regular columns (Mark Mutrie), reviews, news updates, and event listings.

We Are Family! Halifax Pride Week 1992 banner

We Are Family! Halifax Pride Week 1992 banner

Item is a white banner created or collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) for the 1990 Halifax Pride parade featuring the text "We are family! Lesbian and Gay Pride 1990" next to two interlocking Venus symbols over a pink triangle.