File contains correspondence between Kevin Elliott (on behalf on Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia), and Hon. William Gillis, Minister of Justice, regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act stipulating protections for LGBTQ+ persons.
File contains correspondence between Jan Morrell (on behalf on Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia), and Hon. Eleanor Norrie, Minister of the Civil Service Commission, regarding proposed amendments to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act stipulating protections for LGBTQ+ persons.
File contains correspondence and legal documents regarding the same-sex marriage protection case of Ross Boutilier & Brian Mombourquette et al. versus the Attorney General of Canada and Attorney General of Nova Scotia.
File contains correspondence and legal documents regarding the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing of Ross Boutilier and the Treasury Board regarding same-sex marriage benefits. File includes correspondence, legal documents, a tribunal questionnaire, and schedule A.
Item consists of a hand-painted banner made of white cotton fabric covered in purple handprints and other colourful brush marks, and featuring the acronym "CODCO" in black text painted over a large pink triangle. The banner was likely produced in relation to the Newfoundland-based comedy troupe CODCO's participation in the 1992 Halifax Pride parade.
Item consists of a hand-painted banner. Banner is made of a white bedsheet decorated with a pink maple leaf and glitter glue with text that reads "CODCO" in the centre. Banner is was likely produced in relation to the Newfound-based comedy troupe CODCO's participation in the 1992 Halifax Pride parade.
File contains materials relating to the decision to close Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church. Materials include financial reports from 2010-2011; letters of interest from other community groups dated 2011; correspondence dated 2011; news clippings dated 2011; Board of Directors meeting minutes dated 2011; and notes.
File contains clippings, web print-outs, political cartoons, and other educational resources regarding same-sex marriage collected by Ross Boutilier. Materials primarily cover the same-sex marriage debate across Canada, with stories from Nova Scotia, Montreal, and Ottawa comprising the bulk of materials. Materials also document the response to this debate from American sources and the Catholic church.
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 clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1996 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to intersections between the LGBT and arts communities in Halifax. File consists of reviews on the theatre productions of the "Hanging garden"; "Angels among us" and "Lion in the winter". Also included are articles on female impersonator Laura Smith and musician Ashley MacIsaac.
File contains clippings regarding religion and the LGBT community, collected by Ross Boutilier. Subjects covered include conversion therapy, LGBT clergypeople and congregants, and theological arguments regarding homosexuality. Clippings are primarily taken from the Chronicle Herald, the Daily News, and the Advocate.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to the LGBT community and healthcare issues. Subjects include depression and suicide, the reluctance of LGBT medical professionals to come out, and conversion therapy. Materials primarily focus on Nova Scotia.
Series consists of clippings collected by Ross Boutilier concerning the LGBT community in the news. Subjects covered include same-sex marriage, homosexuality and religion, HIV/AIDS, Canadian politics, LGBT legal challenges, local arts news, and international celebrity news.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier relating to LGBT issues. Subjects covered include the deportation of Alla Pitcherskaia, LGBT inclusion efforts at Xerox, homophobia, LGBT terminology, the closure of the Red Herring Co-operative Book Store in Halifax, LGBT toys, and organ donations.
File contains photocopies of clippings regarding the Canadian blood ban, and the same-sex marriage protection legal challenge made by Ross Boutilier and David Mombourquette. Clippings are from the Dalhousie Gazette, the Daily News, and the Chronicle Herald.
File contains clippings regarding HIV/AIDS issues and activism in Canada, collected by Ross Boutilier. Materials primarily focus on Nova Scotia, with many clippings relating to HIV/AIDS activist Janet Conners, who contracted HIV after her husband Randy was treated with tainted blood and passed away. File also contains Chapter 214 of the Revised Statutes, 1989 of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, amended 1991.
File contains clippings collected by Ross Boutilier regarding anti-LGBT discrimination, same-sex spousal rights, legal appointments, and other LGBT social issues. Subjects covered by the clippings include acts of anti-LGBT discrimination in Wolfville, Queensland, and Shelburne, Nova Scotia, as well as Atlanta, Georgia; legal protections for same-sex spouses in British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia; child sexual abuse in Shelbourne; the appointment of Justice Ian Binnie to the Supreme Court of Canada; the appointment of Keith Norton as Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission; domestic abuse within the LGBT community; sex work in Nova Scotia; and other LGBT social issues.
File contains clippings and reference materials from July - December 2003 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Canada and abroad.
File contains two newspaper clippings from Wayves Magazine dated October 2005 and November 2008. File also contains two magnets, from 2008 and 2009, and one business card.
File consists of several newspaper articles collected by Ross Boutilier about Nova Scotia Member of Parliament Roseanne Skoke and her controversial remarks regarding homosexuality. File also contains political cartoons by Bruce Mackinnon for the Chronicle Herald and Theo Moudakis for the Daily News.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 2003 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 2002-2003 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 2001 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains one pamphlet about sexual assault.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 2000 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1999 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1998 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains one copy of the HIV, AIDS in Nova Scotia Surveillance Report 1998, published by the Nova Scotia Department of Health.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1997 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1995 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1994 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, flyers, and programs for AIDS-related events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1993 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1992 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1990 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1989 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains posters, programs, and pamphlets for AIDS-related causes and events in Nova Scotia.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotia newspapers dated 1988 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains two drafts of the Student Union of Nova Scotia's submission to the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS.
File contains clippings from Nova Scotian newspapers dated 1986- 1987 regarding AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention; the government's response to the AIDS crisis; and AIDS-related social issues in Nova Scotia. File also contains one copy of the Metro Area Committee on AIDS' Rumours questionnaire.
Series contains news clippings regarding LGBT social and political issues, culture, and events. Series contains four sub-series of clippings regarding LGBT social and political issues, culture, and events; the Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada [the Krever Inquiry]; HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia; and HIV/AIDS in Canada and Abroad.
File contains one draft of the proposed credentialling process process for the Clergy Credentials and Concerns Committee and associated correspondence. File also includes newsletters, notes, and correspondence from the Eastern Canadian District of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches.
Series contains materials from the organization Churchmembers Assembled to React to AIDS (CARA or CARAS) and includes meeting minutes, financial records, correspondence, and educational materials. Fonds also contains records from two projects run by CARA: Morton House, a hospice for people living with AIDS, and AIDS-LINK, a project aimed at connecting people with AIDS to resources and support.
