Series contains copies of Gaezette, a publication which was originally published as the newsletter for the Gay Alliance for Equality. It was published by a non-profit collective between 1984-1995, when it changed its name to Wayves. 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.
Item consists of the fourth issue of the Gaezette : newsletter of the Gay Alliance for Equality. A written note on this issue indicates it was the October/November issue of the publication. Issue was likely published 1984-11-01.
File contains photographs of Juanita Pooley and her partner, Clairmarie Haley, dated 1984. Film also contains one undated news clipping about a legal dispute over unpaid taxes between the City of Halifax and the gay and lesbian nightclub Rumours, as well as an obituary for Carolyn Jean Hayes.
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 between 1984-1985.
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 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.
Series contains materials produced or collected as part of Larry Baxter's involvement with community HIV/AIDS organizations in Nova Scotia, including AIDS Nova Scotia [formerly MACAIDS], the Nova Scotia Persons With AIDS Coalition [NSPWAC], and the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia [ACNS]. Materials in this series document health and legal advocacy efforts for persons with HIV/AIDS, including research, lobbying, and community events.
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].
Subseries contains duplicate issues of Gaezette, a publication which was originally published as the newsletter for the Gay Alliance for Equality. It was published by a non-profit collective between 1984-1995, when it changed its name to Wayves. 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.
Series contains duplicate copies of magazines, periodicals, newsletters, and zines from the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive. Series primarily contains issues of Gaezette, Wayves, the Wayves literary supplement Punoqun, as well as zines.
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 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.
Item is a special edition re. Rumours published in April, 1986. It addresses the future of Rumours, a bar and social space owned and operated by the Gay Alliance for Equality whose lease was up for renewal as of July 1987.
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.
Collection is comprised of materials collected by Don Murchy as part of his involvement with the TightRope Leather Brotherhood, a men's leather and denim club that operated in Nova Scotia from the early 1990s to 2007. Materials document TightRope operations, as well as the involvement of TightRope members in Mr. Atlantic Canada [M.A.C.] Leather contests and Halifax Fetish Ball events. Materials in this collection include administrative records, by-laws and guiding documents, membership lists, posters and other promotional materials, and photographs.
Series includes photographs and textual materials related to gay pride marches and events in Nova Scotia as well as documentation from the 1987 March on Washington.
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.
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.
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.
Gaezette : newsletter of the Gay Alliance for Equality, issue 1, 1987. Issued was published 1987-01-15. Issue contains discussion regarding the future of Rumours, a bar and social space for members of the LGBT community in Halifax that was also operated by the Gay Alliance for Equality.
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 pamphlets produced by AIDS Nova Scotia / MACAIDS, including information about AIDS transmission, treatment, and prevention, and the AIDS Walk.
