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 materials related to the operations of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth Project, a community support group founded in Halifax in 1993. The Youth Project is a community space that provides free counselling, leadership opportunities, and other supports for members of the LGBTQ+ community under the age of 25. Materials include retreat planning materials, budgets, meeting notes, educational resources, reports, policies and procedures documents, correspondence, and clippings.
File contains one leather vest adorned with pins from various LGBT and leather community events. The leather patches on the back, which read "Mr Atlantic Leather 99", were made from the sash awarded to Don Murchy for winning the M.A.C. Leather competition in 1999. File also contains one t-shirt from the 2004 M.A.C. Leather competition.
File contains one web print-out from 2004 entitled Same-Sex Marriage for Transsexuals?; one sheet of information regarding Ontario's 2005 tribunal on sexual reassignment surgery; correspondence from 2005; one copy of the essay An Introduction to Transgender Women by participants of the 1999 Women's Legal Education and Action Fund forum; and one package of slides from the presentation Transsexual Health Care in Nova Scotia.
File contains materials relating to roundtables and workshops conducted as part of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include agenda and minutes from the Nova Scotia Roundtable on Youth Sexual Health, held on November 3, 2004; facilitator's notes; participant evaluations from the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Future Directions workshop; Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project correspondence dated 2004-2005; one set of presentation slides for the Future Directions workshop, printed on computer paper; two copies of a promotional flyer for the Future Directions workshop; focus group guidelines; one set of presentation slides for the Capital Health/Halifax Rainbow Health Project Focus Group and Survey Data Summary presentation; Halifax Rainbow Health Project/Capital Health Data Collection Committee meeting agendas; Halifax Rainbow Health Project events calendars for September to October 2004; one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Focus Group Guide; one flyer for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project; one copy of the Improving Access to Primary Health Care for the Rainbow Community in Capital Health Anonymous Questionnaire; and one copy of the draft list of invitees for a primary care providers focus group.
File contains a list of non-fiction resources available at the Halifax Regional Library regarding HIV/AIDS, a services support guide, and a 68 page document titled "AIDS 101".
Subseries contains materials related to NSRAP's advocacy efforts for members of the transgender community in Nova Scotia, including lobbying and research related to gender confirming treatments and procedures, and planning and promotional materials for Transgender Day of Remembrance events. Series also includes workshop materials, educational resources, clippings, and correspondence.
File contains committee record for Halifax Pride 1998. Materials include financial records, notes, correspondence, schedules and other planning materials, invoices, logo mock-ups, advertisements, and advertisement submission forms.
File contains three copies of a poster for Awake the world, a multimedia presentation on AIDS hosted by AIDS-Link, held at St. Matthew's Church in Halifax on November 29, 1998.
File contains flyers for Awake the world, a multimedia presentation on AIDS hosted by AIDS-Link, held at St. Matthew's Church in Halifax on November 29, 1998.
File contains three copies of the program for Awake the world, a multimedia presentation on AIDS hosted by AIDS-Link, held at St. Matthew's Church in Halifax on November 29, 1998.
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 printouts from the TightRope website containing information about TightRope's purpose, membership rules and regulations, and events; two TightRope pamphlets; one certificate of participation in the McNab's Island Massacre 2000 awarded by TightRope to Mask and a thank you card from Mask; two certificate of participation awarded to TightRope by the Mr. Leather Ottawa-Hull organization for participation in their 1999 and 2001 contests; and correspondence between TightRope and Mr. Leather Ottawa-Hull.
File contains materials relating to Bob Fougere's participation in the distribution of the First National Survey of Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals in Canada in 1998. Materials include correspondence, one copy of the survey distribution kit, one copy of the media kit, and one copy of the distribution tracking form.
File contains materials relating to both provincial and federal supreme court rulings relating to spousal benefits for same-sex couples. Materials include one report from Nova Scotia Member of Parliament Alexa McDonough dated May, 1998 regarding declining living standards and accompanying correspondence; clippings from the Cape Breton Post; correspondence; and one oversized meeting agenda and guidelines.
