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The Original LGBT Liberation Song from Vancouver, 1979

Posted by Mark Janssen
| Date: January 18, 2017

The Original LGBT Liberation Song from Vancouver, 1979

Words to Break the Spell Thanks to Richard Summerbell for posting this video on YouTube. https://youtu.be ...

Words to Break the Spell Thanks to Richard Summerbell for posting this video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/lfBvt3XcirY Historic Coming Out program, first LGBT radio show in Vancouver, Canada, on Cooper ...

January 18, 2017
| by Mark Janssen

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WHY PRIDE STILL MATTERS

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: August 14, 2016

WHY PRIDE STILL MATTERS

As the Vancouver Pride Parade celebrates its 38th year, the LGBTQ rights movement continues to evolve, wi ...

As the Vancouver Pride Parade celebrates its 38th year, the LGBTQ rights movement continues to evolve, with many battles still to be fought Forty-seven years ago, Martin Boyce had just come out and w ...

August 14, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Before the parade

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: August 13, 2016

Before the parade

Halifax's first generation of queer elders forged a rainbow path that LGBTQIA and Two-Spirited activists ...

Halifax's first generation of queer elders forged a rainbow path that LGBTQIA and Two-Spirited activists continue to march down today. It was spring of 1972 when Anne Fulton stumbled upon a poster tha ...

August 13, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Today In History, 1976: Toronto’s Gay Kiss-In

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 18, 2016

Today In History, 1976: Toronto’s Gay Kiss-In

40 YEARS AGO: On February 12, Bill Holloway and Tom Field were in front of a Hudson Bay store in Toronto, ...

40 YEARS AGO: On February 12, Bill Holloway and Tom Field were in front of a Hudson Bay store in Toronto, posing for photos for an article on homophobia. The photos were to depict the two of them kiss ...

July 18, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Raiding History

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 05, 2016

Raiding History

Why can’t Canada’s LGBTQ community tell its story correctly? In 1981, police stormed various bathhouses i ...

Why can’t Canada’s LGBTQ community tell its story correctly? In 1981, police stormed various bathhouses in Toronto. Locked doors were opened with crowbars and sledgehammers. Hundreds were rounded up, ...

July 05, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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How bellhops and newsboys turned tricks in old Toronto

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 07, 2016

How bellhops and newsboys turned tricks in old Toronto

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . In August 1917, 15-year-old Arnold chatted up T ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . In August 1917, 15-year-old Arnold chatted up Thomas C outside of the Star Burlesque on Temperance Street, near the corner of Adelaide and Yon ...

June 07, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Liberals face powder keg with gay apology

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: April 18, 2016

Liberals face powder keg with gay apology

Last week the city of Philadelphia issued an apology to Jackie Robinson. After breaking the colour barrie ...

Last week the city of Philadelphia issued an apology to Jackie Robinson. After breaking the colour barrier in major league baseball in 1947, Mr. Robinson endured racist taunts, particularly from Phila ...

April 18, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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