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Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.) LGBTQ people and culture
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Anne Bishop fonds

  • MS-15-5
  • Fonds
  • [198-?] - 1998
Fonds includes materials created by, collected or about Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia [LGRNS], including a collection of pins.

Bishop, Anne Charlotte

Halifax Rainbow Health Project final report drafts, presentation slides, and assessment tool

File contains two draft copies of the report Halifax Rainbow Health Project: Improving Access to Primary Health Care for the Rainbow Community with revisions, as well as one report summary, dated March, 2005; one set of copies of slides for a presentation entitled Inclusion Program In-service, printed on computer paper; and a copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Inclusion Program Assessment Tool.

Syphilis Network

File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement in the Syphilis Network health initiative via its participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include one pamphlet published by Capital Health entitled Syphilis: A Primer for Physicians, meeting agendas, correspondence, notes; and one copy of the proposed action plan.

Halifax Rainbow Health Project Assessment Tool Guidelines, press releases, resources, and notes

File contains one full draft and one partial draft copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project Assessment Tool; two press releases from Capital Health relating to LGBT health care initiatives; one volume of the workbook Practical Coaching Skills for Managers, by Rick Seymour; one flyer for the children's book Uncle Aiden by Laurel Dykstra; notes; and three copies of a list of appendices for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project final report.

Halifax Rainbow Health Project Inclusion Program reports

File contains drafts of reports and tools published by the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, including the Family Services Association Assessment Report dated November, 2005; the Phoenix Youth Programs Assessment Report dated December, 2005; and the Assessment Tool Guidelines dated January, 2006.

Proposals, budgets, partnership agreements, letters of support, and correspondence

File contains two copies of project proposal for the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, entitled The Halifax Rainbow Health Project: Improving Access to Primary Health Care Services for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Two-Spirited, Transgender and Queer People, published April, 2004. File also contains excerpts from the proposal; two coordinator's reports, dated July and August, 2004; one interim financial report, dated October 31, 2004; one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project work plan for 2004-2005; Steering Committee terms of reference; one copy of the partnership agreement between the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition and the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project; letters of support; two copies of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project Director's Resolution in support of the creation of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project; and notes.

Reports, notes, reference materials, and correspondence

File contains materials relating to the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project. Materials include copies of the coordinator's reports from 2004-2005; one copy of the essay Queer Health Matters: Transgender healthcare needs by Eric MacDonald and Dawn Archibald, dated June 27, 2005; a summary of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project final report; one copy of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition Improved Access to Care 2005 reporting guidelines; correspondence dated 2004-2005; and notes.

LGBT health care reports, correspondence, notes, and training materials

File contains materials relating to Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's involvement in various healthcare initiatives, including the Halifax Rainbow Health Project and the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project. Materials include one copy of the Halifax Rainbow Health Project's report Improving Access to Primary Health Care for the Rainbow Community; one blank copy of the Spiritual Care and AIDS Project Survey Anonymous Questionnaire for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS; correspondence regarding Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project, the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, and Spiritual Care and AIDS project dated 2005; objectives for the Improving Access to Care 2005 project report; three copies of the report Health and Wellness in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Two-Spirit Communities, published April, 2005 by the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition; one speaker information for Bob Fougere's participation in the Momentum 2005 health conference; three copies of training notes for the workshop "An Introduction to the Rainbow Community", held October 11, 2005; one map of Capital Health districts; and notes.

HIV/AIDS activism reports, correspondence, and notes

File contains materials relating to HIV/AIDS activism in Nova Scotia. Materials include copies of The Nova Scotia AIDS Survey: An Invitation Draft Report, published January, 2006. File also contains one copy of the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia Evaluation 2005: Community Partners Interview Questions, as well as correspondence, notes, and the AIDS Community Action Program Regional Funding application form and guidelines.

Halifax Rainbow Health Project

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.

Roundtables, workshops, and focus groups

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.

Advocacy for transgender Nova Scotians

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.

Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project [NSRAP]

Series contains materials documenting the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project administrative activities, research and advocacy work. Records pertain to NSRAP's advocacy work for transgender Nova Scotians, participation in the Halifax Rainbow Health Project, and research and advocacy work related to gay men's health and HIV/AIDS. Record types include meeting minutes and agendas, job postings, reports, reference and research materials, planning materials, workshop and lobbying materials, correspondence, and notes.

Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project

Gay men's health and HIV/AIDS

Subseries contains materials documenting NSRAP's research and support work related to HIV/AIDS, including the Gay Men's Health Research Project, and NSRAPS's response to Nova Scotia's Strategy for HIV/AIDS. Materials in subseries include Gay Men's Health Research Project planning and research materials, HIV/AIDS related government policy documents, meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, and notes.

Correspondence, meeting minutes, and certificate of incorporation regarding name change from GayLine to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Line

File contains correspondence regarding the 1993 annual report and meeting minutes from the 1993 general meeting, held 1993-01-11, which outline plans to rename the GayLine to the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Line. File also contains one copy of the special resolution related to the renaming that was passed at the general meeting, the certificate of incorporation for the new business name, and associated correspondence and paperwork.

Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church annual congregational business meeting notes

File contains materials relating to the annual congressional business meeting of the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, held on 1994-02-06. Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence from Reverend Darlene Young to Safe Harbour congregants, and a seventeen page booklet of agendas, reports, and membership lists.

Bob Fougere fonds

  • MS-15-18
  • Fonds
  • 1990-2017
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.

Fougere, Bob

Morton House property deeds and operating documents

Subseries contains documents relating to the operation of Morton House, a residence and hospice in Halifax operated by CARAS for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Morton House was established in 1988 and closed in the early 2000s.

Ross Boutilier fonds

  • MS-15-1
  • Fonds
  • 1984 - 2015
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.

Boutilier, Ross

Alan (Al) Roy Stewart fonds

  • MS-15-21
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2019
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.

Stewart, Alan Roy

Ron and Bryan Garnett-Doucette fonds

  • MS-15-11
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1996
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.

Garnett-Doucette, Ron

GayLine administrative records

Series contains administrative records for the GayLine, established in 1972. GayLine was renamed to the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Line in 1994. Materials in this series include GayLine monthly and annual reports; call logs and templates; staff notebooks; correspondence; memos, minutes, and a certificate of incorporation relating to the name change; and notes.

GayLine