Fonds primarily contains records of the GayLine a phone helpline for LGBT Nova Scotians funding by GAE/GALA that operated between 1972-1996. In 1994 the name was changed to the Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Line. Fonds contains three series; one containing administrative and financial records, one containing recruitment and training materials, and one containing reference materials for volunteers. Materials include monthly and annual reports; meeting minutes; call logs and templates; staff notebooks; correspondence; pamphlets; volunteer training session materials, application forms and guidelines; flyers; legal briefs and resources; newsletters; essays; bibliographies; and directories.
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.
File contains 11 cardstock covers for condoms handed out at AIDS-related events, printed with information regarding condom use and safe sex. File also contains information cards regarding AIDS-related causes and organizations, one AIDS Nova Scotia pamphlet, and one program for the Bid For Life dinner auction fundraiser for AIDS NS held February 12, 2004.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features the Second Annual Gay Conference with Fred Mills on Health and AIDS. The episode was recorded on September 18, 1988, and was broadcasted on September 19, 1988.
File contains one copy of the 1996 services and support guide, promotional materials for the Positive Connections Project, promotional materials and a list of questions regarding the May 2004 skills building Ceilidh, and one program for the 2004 AIDS vigil.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features sex and AIDS in prison, and is split into two sections. The episode was recorded on October 5, 1989, and was broadcasted on October 10, 1989 (first section), October 13, 1989 (first section), October 17, 1989 (second section), January 2, 1990 (first section), and January 9, 1990 (first section).
File contains four sexual health surveys distributed by AIDS Nova Scotia (then Metro Area Committee on AIDS), related notes and correspondence, and one report detailing the results of a sexual health survey completed in Quebec.
File contains one copy of the 2005 and 2009 Sex Now Survey reports, published by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS], and one copy of a 2006 report entitled HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C: A Scan of Policies, Programs, and Research in Atlantic Canad, published the Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode is part 1 of 5 featuring South African anti-apartheid, gay rights and AIDS activist Simon Nkoli. The episode was recorded on September 24, 1989, and was broadcasted on September 26, 1989.
File contains materials related to the activities of the AIDS Nova Scotia speakers bureau. Includes speakers bureau updates, agendas and minutes, internal reports, pamphlets, reference and training materials for speakers, memos, and correspondence.
File contains one Strategies for the 90s discussion document dated August 1990, one page of education objectives, and one copy of the August 1989 strategic work plans for senior staff.
File contains Metro Area Committee on AIDS and AIDS Nova Scotia strategic planning records, including a draft communications policy, draft public relations responsibilities, organizational goals and objectives, and discussion group summaries.
File contains one issue of the comic book Super-poz, written and illustrated by Daniel-Claude Gendron and translated from French to English by George Paradalis.
File contains one piece of correspondence regarding the Coordinated Home Care Program for AIDS sufferers, and one fax containing minutes from an AIDS Nova Scotia support committee meeting.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Paul McNair, of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS (MACAIDS) and head of the Names Project Foundation of Canada, on a benefit night. The episode was recorded on July 22, 1990, and was broadcasted on July 24, 1990.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features the Women and AIDS Project in Toronto. The episode was recorded on March 29, 1991, and was broadcasted on April 2, 1991.
File contains materials produced for the Time to Deliver on AIDS in Nova Scotia workshop, held in Halifax on October 20, 2006. This workshop discussed the content of the XVI International AIDS Conference held in Toronto in August, 2006, and the conference's impact on HIV/AIDS services in Nova Scotia. Materials include conference proceedings, presentation slides, speaking notes, and a personal account of the conference.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. The description for this episode is largely unintelligible, but includes phrases "interview with Tony", "Humes sexuality", and "crossover - AIDS". The episode was recorded on December 4, 1988, and was broadcasted on December 5, 1988.
File contains materials related to AIDS Nova Scotia volunteer committee, including meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, notes, volunteer lists, job postings, volunteer position descriptions, performance evaluation forms, and volunteer application forms.
File contains the Metro Area Committee on AIDS volunteer policy manuals for 1987 and 1988, the 1990 volunteer information guide, and one volunteer application form.
File contains AIDS Nova Scotia volunteer training materials, including training session schedules, agendas and minutes, documents outlining volunteer roles, application forms, worksheets and training exercises, reference materials for trainers and volunteers, feedback surveys, notes, and correspondence.
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features Prince Edward Island playwright Ken Stetson discussing his play Warm Wind in China (one of the first and most prominent AIDS-themed plays from Canada, featuring a homosexual man dying of AIDS) with CKDU's Robert Matthews. The episode was recorded on January 10, 1988, and was broadcasted on January 18, 1988.
File contains materials related to the life and passing of Wilson Hodder. Hodder was a prominent LGBT activist in Nova Scotia, who successfully petitioned for spousal survivors benefits for same-sex couples under the Canada Pension Plan following the passing of his partner, Terry Martin.
File contains 30 colour photographs taken by Hodder of the 1998 Ottawa Pride parade, three photographs of Hodder and friends, correspondence between Hodder and Mike Sangster, two copies of the program from Hodder's celebration of life, and two program inserts.
File contains materials related to the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition's Women and AIDS project. Materials include correspondence, one pamphlet, meeting minutes, and information about a women's retreat held in Halifax from September 16-18th, 1994.
File contains one copy of the Women and HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia Needs Assessment Report, published April 4, 1996. Report was written by Jane Allen as part of the Women and AIDS project.
File contains one schedule and one evaluation form for the AIDS Nova Scotia AIDS Educators Workshop, held May 23, 1991, one fact sheet on AIDS Nova Scotia, one page of handwritten notes, and two pamphlets about AIDS.
File contains one program for the World AIDS Day Vigil, held in Halifax on December 1, 2006; one program and one poster for the World AIDS Day Vigil, held in Halifax on December 1, 2007; one pamphlet about bisexuality; and one pamphlet about the Gay and Lesbian Archives (now called the ArQuives).
File is an audio reel containing an episode of The Word is Out, a radio program broadcast on CKDU radio 88.1. This episode features the year in review, including rights/a task force on AIDS, the SUNS combat AIDS project, a lesbian conference, and bill C-54. The episode was recorded on December 24, 1988, and was broadcasted on December 26, 1988.
