File contains a list of all members of the executive of the Gay Alliance for Equality [GAE] from 1985-1988, including positions and approximate terms. File also contains a first draft of Christians Assembled to Respond to AIDS (CARAS) "Brief to the Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS".
File contains posters for events held at Rumours bar. Materials include one poster for A holiday season gathering, held 1985-12-19; one poster for the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) general meeting held on 1992-05-06; and one poster for Jest for laughs, a show featuring the Fabulous Fakes and Friends, held on 1993-09-06.
File contains four posters produced by AIDS Calgary and the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia encouraging safe sex, two posters advertising events connected to the AIDS Vigil, and one copy of the 1995 Kumbaya Festival calendar featuring photographs by Andrew McNaughton.
File contains acetate negatives of posters for events held at Rumours bar. File includes one negative for the New Years party, held 1985-12-31; one negative for the Black magic ball men's dance / Girlz just wanna have fun women's dance, held on 1993-08-13; and one negative for The birthday bash, held in 1993-11-20.
File contains materials realting to meetings of Atlantic Gay and Lesbian Professional in Health Care and Social Services. Materials include a report from the first meeting of the group, held March 30-31, 1985. File also contains meeting agenda from September 5, 1985, and 1 page of handwritten notes.
File contains one banner produced 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 made of white fabric, and is drawn in the style of a Gaezette article. The banner features a drawing of a person standing in front of a windmill proclaiming with a headline that reads "Send a Dyke to Holland".
File contains one banner for Atlantic Provinces Political Lesbians for Equality (APPLE), used in a Pride parade, march, or demonstration and collected by the Gay and Lesbian Association. Banner is made of a white bedsheet with black fabric letters reading "APPLE" sewn on.
File contains correspondence, news releases, notes, news articles, breief titled "Keeping up the pressure at Queen's Park", excerpts from the legislative assembly, copies of clippings.
File contains documents regarding amendments to Ontario's Bill 7 which would include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination, documents regarding the Right to Privacy law in Ontario, pamphlets regarding anti-discrimination, and correspondence regarding anti-discrimination and support for the amendments.
File contains one pamphlet for the Dignity Canada Lesbian and Gay Catholic Association and accompanying correspondence from the Dartmouth chapter of the organization.
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 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.
File contains copies of Gaezette, a periodical which was originally published as the newsletter for the Gay Alliance for Equality. It existed to inform lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people across Atlantic Canada of activities in their communities, and to promote those activities and support their aims and objectives. Issues in this file were published in 1986.
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.
File contains one cassette tape recording of performance of the Ottawa-based choral group Women of Note. The group was a predecessor to the Halifax-based group The Secret Furies, and featured three Nova Scotian members, Anne Bishop, Barbara MacDonald, and Pat Brennan. The tape features a performance of the song This is Not a Bingo at the Women's Health Interaction fundraiser in Ottawa on April 1, 1987. The tape also contains recordings of the songs La Andina ; Divide and Rule ; Roly Poly People ; The Spelling Song ; Period Piece ; This is Not a Bingo.
File contains printed flyer and mock up for the Come as Your Favourite Sinner! Halloween party, which took placed October 31, 1987 at Rumours gay and lesbian bar in Halifax.
File contains 47 colour photographs documenting the presence of Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS] at the March on Washington in October of 1987. Caption on front page of the album read "Washington, D.C. October 1987, 600,000 folks showed up". See also Box 3, Folder 1 for a related letter.
File contains a one-page letter of support for an anti-discrimination law. Originally found in photo album "LGRNS March on Washington 1987" located in Box 1, Folder 1.
File contains materials such as correspondence, notices, and briefs from organizations fighting for equal rights and protection under the human rights code in Manitoba.
File contains a notice of a meeting from Coalition for Human Rights Reform New Brunswick 1988 and several documents titled "Strategy for Gay Rights", "AIDS, Human Rights and the Revival of Lesbian/Gay Politics in the Maritimes" by Anne Bishop, 1989, "Rights Now" Strategy for Gay and Lesbian Rights", a paper on discrimination against Gay and Lesbians, and a paper titled "Sexual Orientation and Human Rights in Nova Scotia". File also contains LGRNS missions statement.
File contains meeting minutes from Lesbian Gay Rights Nova Scotia (LGRNS) dating from 1987 - 1990. File also contains committee member roles and contact information.
File contains one copy of the 1987 Gaia's Guide International, which provide a directory to LGBT services in Canada , the United States, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia.
File contains posters for LGBT events in Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.. File contains one poster for an AIDS Vigil held at Grand Parade in Halifax; one poster advertising viewings of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at Gorsebrook School in Halifax from 1990-11-30 to 1990-12-3; one poster for a vigil commemorating the one year anniversary of the Polytechnique Massacre held at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design on 1990-12-6; one poster for the Black and Blue Party hosted by Bad Boy Club Montreal in October, 1994; one poster for the We're Funny That Way in Toronto during April, 1990; one poster for the 1989 Seattle Queen City Cruise; and one poster for National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights held 1987-10-11.
File contains copies of Gaezette, a periodical which was originally published as the newsletter for the Gay Alliance for Equality. It existed to inform lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people across Atlantic Canada of activities in their communities, and to promote those activities and support their aims and objectives. Issues in this file were published in 1987.
File contains a document regarding the inclusion of the term "sexual orientation" in Newfoundland and Labrador, and a copy of an article titled "Protection of homosexual minority not a concern, health minister says".
File contains pamphlets produced by AIDS Nova Scotia / MACAIDS, including information about AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention, and the AIDS Walk.
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 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 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 copies of Gaezette, a periodical which was originally published as the newsletter for the Gay Alliance for Equality. It existed to inform lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people across Atlantic Canada of activities in their communities, and to promote those activities and support their aims and objectives. Issues in this file were published in 1988.
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 one white canvas banner with black text that read "Gay and Lesbian Association of Nova Scotia". Banner was produced by GALA for use in a Halifax Pride parade.
File contains documentation and correspondence regarding 2277 Brunswick Street, which became the site of Morton House. Materials include the Morton House proposal, property deed, correspondence regarding mortgage guarantees, and rental policy documents.
File contains administrative records, including one policy protocol, one organization chart, one document outlining meeting protocols, a certificate of incorporation, a memorandum of association, and bi-laws.
File contains the CARAS memorandum of association submitted to legal services and municipal affairs. File also contains the incorporation of CARAS under the societies act.
File contains issues of the New Brunswick Coalition for Human Rights reform newsletters, correspondence, a copy of the New Brunswick Human Rights Code, and a brief from the New Brunswick Coalition for Human Rights to the Government of New Brunswick.
File contains posters for Halifax lesbian and gay pride week 1988, held between 1988-06-25 and 1988-07-04; and Images of lesbian sexuality, a slide presentation and talk by Cyndra MacDowall featuring images from 1850-1990, held at Rumours bar on 1991-05-06.
File contains one copy of Places for Men Guide 1988, which provides a directory of businesses for gay men in the United States, Canada, Caribbean, and Mexico.
