Fonds contains materials collected by LGBTQ+ activist Bob Fougere pertaining to his activism in Halifax. Records in fonds document Fougere's work as coordinator of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project [NSRAP], including NSRAP's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and its health care advocacy work on behalf of transgender Nova Scotians. Materials also document Fougere's roles as board member at Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, and facilitator the Lesbian Gay and Bisexual Youth Project support group. Materials in fonds include correspondence, pamphlets, essays, studies, clippings, reports, meeting minutes, conference materials, and ephemera.
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 materials collected by Halifax-based AIDS activist Larry Baxter. Materials in fonds document Baxter's involvement or interactions with a variety of Nova Scotian AIDS-related organizations, including Churchmembers Assembled to Respond to AIDS [CARAS], AIDS Nova Scotia [ANS], and the Nova Scotia Persons with AIDS Coalition. These materials include administrative and financial records, internal and external reports, memos and correspondence, proposals and planning materials, workshop materials, and reference materials. Fonds also contains Baxter's collection of news clippings covering a broad range of LGBT and AIDS-related issues, and his collection of pamphlets regarding AIDS-related issues and concerns.
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.
Collection contains duplicate materials from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in collection include posters; programs, flyers, and promotional materials; pamphlets and outreach materials; and wearable ephemera including buttons and pins, badges, medals, clothing, and other regalia. Materials in series relate to Halifax Pride and other pride celebrations, political demonstrations, Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] operations and events, Halifax Fetish Ball and Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather events, Gay and Lesbian Association [GALA] meetings and operations, events held at Rumours bar, LGBT films, and other LGBT causes and events.
Series contains materials relating to the formation and operations of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS], a non-profit advocacy organization for persons living with HIV/AIDS based in Halifax. ACNS was formed in 1996 via the merger of two pre-existing organizations, the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition and AIDS Nova Scotia, and still operates today. Materials in subseries include administrative records such as meeting notices, minutes, and agendas; memos and correspondence; planning materials for ACNS events; proposals, research materials, and reference materials; and notes.
File contains three copies of a pamphlet for the Healthy Sexualities, Healthy Lives conference that took place March 23-24, 2002 in Charlottetown, PEI. File also contains one copy of The Arc Quarterly winter 2002 issue.
File contains materials relating to the closure of Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. This includes correspondence dated 2012-2013; inventory lists documenting the church's materials as of the time of its closure in 2011; lists of members; minutes from the annual congregational meeting held August 31, 2011; pamphets; programs; and notes.
File contains one facsimile of the Memorandum of Association of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project society sent May 31, 2005; one pamphlet for the LGB Youth Project; one invoice for the purchase and set-up of a new server; one copy of the April/May 2005 issue of Young Gay America; 1 clipping from the Chronicle Herald dated June 29, 2005; one promotional flyer for various Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project events over the summer of 2005; meeting minutes and agendas from May, 2005; one copy of terms of reference for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project Youth Board; one flyer for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project's Queer Prom '05; one copy of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project Policy and Procedure Manual, approved June 2004.
File contains Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project meeting materials, administrative materials, financial statements, clippings, and LGBT health pamphlets and reports. Materials include minutes from the meeting of the Executive Committee on July 12, 2006; one copy of the agenda for the 2006 Annual General Meeting; financial statements dated March 31, 2006; one full page Chronicle Herald clipping from March 31, 2006; two news clippings from the Daily News dated March 17, 2006; one package of administrative materials documenting roles, responsibilities, and terms of reference for various Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project committees; notes; LGBT educational resources; four pamphlets from the Shelbourne Sexual Health Centre on various LGBT health subjects; one pamphlet entitled Busting Out: Breast Health for Lesbian and Bisexual Women; and one report entitled Valuing Gay Men's Lives: Reinvigorating HIV prevention in the context of our health and wellness.
File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project annual meetings, annual reports, and operational correspondence. Materials include a notice, agenda, and meeting minutes from the 2004 Annual General Meeting; correspondence pertaining to general operations; one clipping from the June 5th, 2004 edition of the Chronicle Herald entitled Pride parade marshal 'exactly who we were looking for'; one copy of the 2004 year-end financial report; notes; one copy of the 2004 Trans Committee report; meeting minutes and agenda for the April 2004 Board of Directors meeting; one scanned copy of the 2003 report Renewing HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men by Barry D. Adam; one receipt for Bob Fougere's payment of party dues to the federal Progressive Conservative Party; one registration package for the 2003 Sexual Assault Legal Education Conference; one Egale Lobbying Kit for Equal Marriage; one copy of the May 3, 2004 issue of Maclean's Magazine; and four pamphlets regarding LGBT health and social issues.
File contains correspondence between the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project and the Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association, inviting the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project to participate in the 2006 Multicultural Health Fair. File also contains notes, one Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project pamphlet, and one pamphlet for the Enhancing Resiliency in Adults in Response to the Impacts of Childhood Abuse presentation, put on by The Gatehouse Adult Support Network.
File contains materials relating to the Gay Men's Health Research Project. Materials include two copies of a pamphlet for the 2001:A Health Odyssey conference held August 31 to September 3, 2001 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; one copy of the research agenda for the Gay Men's Health Research Project; one copy of the Gay Men's Health Project Final Report; one copy of Issues by Determinant of Health by the Gay Men's Health Research Project; and notes.
File contains resources relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement with the Halifax Rainbow Health Project as part of work for the Joint Advisory Committee for Improving Access to Primary Care for GLBTI People In Capital Health. Materials include pamphlets relating for the Vancouver-based LGBT Generations project, educational resources relating to healthcare for the LGBTQ community, and notes. File also contains an agenda and slides from the Changing Worlds: Diversity and Health Care meeting on January 31, 2005.
File contains 26 pamphlets from the Sherbourne Health Centre, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, Senior Pride Network, Canadian Cancer Society, and the Canadian Institute for Health Research on topics related to LGBT health care and family life.
File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's transgender advocacy efforts. Materials include one copy of a pamphlet entitled Hiding its Face: Homophobia; one copy of the November 2005 issue of Wayves; preparatory notes for the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project and LGBTI Initiative meeting on June 14, 2006; one copy of Boys Will Be Girls: Reasons to Provide MSI Coverage for Sexual Reassignment Surgery, published by the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project on June 14, 2004; and one copy of the May 26, 2003 issue of Maclean's magazine.
File contains materials relating to the advocacy activities of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project in relation to sexual reassignment surgery. File contains pamphlets mock-ups, Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project meeting agendas, communications plans, correspondence, news clippings, memos, selections from the MSI Physicians manual, report drafts, PowerPoint Slides, and educational resources.
File contains one pamphlet with information on the Community Development Fund application process for 2005, one copy of the pamphlet Sexual diversity in the workplace; one copy of the traditional gender model; one copy of Medical Procedures Related to Transgender Health as an MSI Benefit for Nova Scotians; one copy of draft 13 of Understanding Transsexuality: A Workshop; one packet of information regarding transgender youth and their involvement with the Youth Project; budgets for May 2012; one copy of the Trans Pride Canada: Style Guide; correspondence 2010-2012; news clippings dated 2011; notes; and educational materials relating to transgender health.
Subseries contains materials relating to NSRAP's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Operating between 2004-2006, the Halifax Rainbow Health Project was formed by Capital Health to research ways of increasing access to primary care services for members of Nova Scotia's LGBTQ community. It was a joint effort between the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project, the the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia, and the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Project. Materials in subseries include meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, project proposals, reference and planning materials, job postings, notes, and reports.
Series contains duplicate pamphlets and outreach materials from fonds in the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Materials in series include anti-discrimination pamphlets produced by Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS], and pamphlets produced by Churchmembers Assembled to Respond to AIDS [CARAS].
Files contains a series of four pamphlets produced by the Gay and Lesbian Association [GALA] to provide resources to individuals questioning their sexuality.
File contains one pamphlet for the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia's Gay Men and Alcohol Project [GMAP], and one ACNS pamphlet regarding anonymous AIDS testing.
File contains pamphlets produced by AIDS Nova Scotia / MACAIDS, including information about AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention, and the AIDS Walk.
File contains pamphlets produced by Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] advocating for the inclusion of protections relating to sexual orientation in the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act. These protections were successfully added to the Act in 1991.
File contains pamphlets about the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, homophobic abuse in Nova Scotia, EGALE, male circumcision, gay bashing, and the Reconciling Congregation Program. File also contains notes regarding homosexuality.
File contains resources produced by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project, including one pamphlets, flyers, forms, one poster, one copy of the 2001 report Stories From the Silent: Young Gay and Bisexual Men and Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment, and three chapters excerpted from Pride and Prejudice: Working with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth by Margaret Schneider, 1997.
File contains one copy of the 2005 Halifax Regional Health Project report Improving Access to Primary Health Care in the Rainbow Community, one copy of the 2009 discussion paper Links Between the LGBT Community and Injury by the Nova Scotia Department of Health, and one pamphlet for parents of LGBT youth produced by the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project.
File contains clippings, memos, notes, pamphlet mock-ups, registration forms, group guidelines, and flyers for a Capital Health-run bereavement support group for same sex partners.
File contains posters for three HIV/AIDS related events in Halifax, one pamphlet regarding health services for Black women in rural Nova Scotia, and one copy of the zine Militant Queer Insurrection.
File contains pamphlets, fliers, guides, and other reference materials produced by the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS] regarding AIDS and safe sex. File also contains press releases and update bulletins dated 2002-2005, as well as reports, articles, and pamphlets related to HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia produced by other AIDS advocacy groups and health organizations.
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 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 pamphlets and resource guides; correspondence between AIDS Nova Scotia and other AIDS organizations; briefs, reports, and recommendations from other community groups; lobbying materials; press releases; news clippings; funding proposals and guidelines; one AIDS adult case report form.
File contains materials related to the Are You Ready for AIDS in the Workplace conference, held March 31 1989 by the Metro Area Committee on AIDS. Materials include agendas and preparatory information for conference attendees, one conference pamphlet mock-up, and correspondence with conference speakers.
File contains records related to the 1998 AIDS Awake the World event, including one red ribbon, handwritten notes regarding AIDS-AWAKE event planning, one card, 1998 event pamphlets and schedule, a list of participants, performer biographies, Safe Harbour Church and AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia brochures, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
File contains documents, pamphlets, notes, and operating budgets from AIDS-specific Hospice programs across Canada and the United States including Casey House in Toronto, Barrett House in Toronto, and The Shanti Project in San Francisco. File also contains pamphlets regarding workshops and resources for people with AIDS, and correspondence to the Attorney General regarding a list of directors.
File contains AIDS-LINK administrative records and planning materials, including notes, steering committee terms of reference, sponsor lists, job descriptions, correspondence, evaluation forms, and pamphlet mock-ups.
File contains pamphlets and clippings from 1991 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1987 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1989 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
File contains pamphlets, information sheets, and other reference materials from 1986 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; living with AIDS; and AIDS-related social issues.
