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Ross Boutilier fonds Same-sex marriage
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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

Clippings regarding the LGBT community

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.

Clippings, web print-outs, and educational resources regarding same-sex marriage

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.

Records regarding Nova Scotia same-sex legal challenges

Series includes records derived from Ross Boutilier's legal challenge to the province of Nova Scotia regarding same-sex marriage protection and his Canadian Human Rights Tribunal challenge to have same-sex marriages acknowledged and declared eligible for relevant benefits. The series also includes documents derived from Wilson Hodder's legal challenge regarding same-sex benefits. Materials include legal documents, correspondence, notes, and clippings.

Records regarding the settlement between Wilson Hodder and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission and the Nova Scotia Department of Finance regarding same-sex partner benefits

File contains materials relating to the settlement between Wilson Hodder and the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission and the Nova Scotia Department of Finance regarding same-sex partner benefits. File contains the memorandum of settlement for the case, photocopies of clippings relating to the case from unknown publications, and one partial copy of Wilson Hodder's complaint under the Human Rights Act.

Clippings regarding anti-LGBT discrimination, same-sex spousal rights, legal appointments, LGBT social issues

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.

Clippings regarding the LGBT community

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.