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Text
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Original Format
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paper
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Title
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Letters to the Editor from Rupert Raj and His Sister
Subject
The topic of the resource
Transgender history
Description
An account of the resource
Letters from Rupert Raj and his sister addressing the editor of the Global and Mail as well as Sally Jessy Raphael in reaction to article "Altered States" by Ian Brown (included). The siblings express their disapproval of offensive descriptions concerning Rupert Raj's identity.
Creator
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Raj, Rupert
Sulima, Alama
Brown, Ian
Format
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pdf
Type
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Article
Correspondence
Identifier
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F0021-01-171_01 (Compressed)_OCR
FtMs
Rupert Raj Fonds
South Asian bisexual people
South Asian transgender people
Susan Huxford
trans men
transgender activism
Transgender people's writings
transphobia
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Title
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LGBTQ+ Oral Histories
Description
An account of the resource
A selection of oral histories from The ArQuives collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1970-2005
Format
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Cassette tapes, digital video
Language
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English
Contributor
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LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Hyperlink
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Interviewer
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Brown, Elspeth
Interviewee
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Lee Kam, Lezlie
Location
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Original Format
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moving image
Duration
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1 hr 20 minutes (PT 1)
URL
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/253802550" frameborder="0" width="640" height="360"></iframe>
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Title
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Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 1 (27 April, 2017)
Creator
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Brown, Elspeth;
Lee Kam, Lezlie
Publisher
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Date
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1970s-1980s
Contributor
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Lee Kam, Lezlie
Brown, Elspeth
Rights
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CLGA
Format
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mp4
Language
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English
Type
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video
Subject
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dyke; lesbian; black power; Carib; Callaloo; world majority; activism; LOOT; Lesbian Organization of Toronto; Carnaval; Mas; migration; immigration; racism; Caribbean-Canadian; Trinidad; butch fem; lesbian separatism; Michigan Womyn's Music Festival; transphobia; coming out; Catholicism; York University; 1970s
Description
An account of the resource
This is the first of two oral histories with Lezlie Lee Kam, a 55+, gender-mysterious, world majority person and dyke; a Trini; a Carib; Brown; and a Callaloo-a mix of Chinese, Carib, Indian, Portuguese, and Venezuelan. She was born in Trinidad and left for Toronto in 1970. In this interview, Lezlie discusses her childhood in Trinidad with her 3 brothers with her working-class father and her more well-off mom; at age 11, when she was beginning her education in a convent school, her parents separated. Lezlie stayed with her father and 3 brothers, while her mother moved to Toronto in 1968. Lezlie was involved with Mas, as was her dad, who was a band leader; she's continued to be involved with Carnaval since. When Lezlie was 16, she moved to Toronto to be with her mother in Toronto, despite not wanting to leave. Discusses her attraction to girls from a young age, while also at the same time dating boys. Two of her brothers emigrated in 1976; she describes the debates she had with her mother around her mother's expectations that she do gendered labour in the household, while her brothers did nothing.
Lezlie was only one of four non-white kids in high school in 1970: she describes racism, being called a 'monkey' by the boys, and her (humorous) response, her accent, and her efforts to modulate it once in Canada. Lezlie came out, to herself, while she was at York U 1972-1976. She discusses radical student politics at York, and the expectation that all non-whites sit at the 'black table' in solidarity with black power. She learned about Cuba, South American indigenous issues, and Caribbean literature.
Discusses her first relationship with a woman, Sonia, a mixed race Trinidadian who attended Ryerson, and the physical passion that ensued after figuring it all out for the first time; they were together for 3 years, when they were caught kissing, and Sonia's family shipped her back to Trinidad.
Lezlie describes her activism with LOOT, the Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT), in the late 1970s. She worked at the coffee house, on the phones, and wanted to be a person of colour for other lesbians who looked like her. Describes her work at LOOT and encountering butch-fem roles and lesbian separatism in the contemporary scene. Race and racism was not a topic of discussion among the white LOOT activists. Discusses the transphobia she encountered at the Michigan Womyn's Musical Festival, as well as how very few other women of color were there.
Night life, late 1970s: describes the 4 women of colour in the scene, who went to The Studio, a bar where gay men and lesbians mixed. They stood out, and became disco queens; they checked out the Camu (sp?) on Trinity, near Eastern. The Camu was a working class butch-fem bar, with tuxedos and ball gowns, the whole thing; they were the only people of colour. Discusses her own sense of gender then, and more recently. She was never butch or fem herself.
This interview continues in a second interview on June 16, 2017.
butch fem
Callaloo
Carib
Caribbean
Carnaval
coming out
dyke
immigration
lesbian
Lesbian Organization of Toronto
lesbian separatism
LOOT
Mas
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
migration
oral history
racism
Toronto
transphobia
Trinidad
York University
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Title
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Mirha-Soleil Ross fonds (f0033)
Description
An account of the resource
The fonds consists of materials related to Mirha-Soleil Ross’ time living in Toronto, from the early 1990s until 2008, and include published work and drafts in multiple formats, correspondence, press materials, notes, financial records, and clippings. These materials document several aspects of Ms. Ross’ life and work, including her activism, art-practice, community outreach, sex work, and interviews, as well as representing the type of media she herself was consuming and which in turn informed her work. Records are mostly focused on Toronto, Montreal, and Canada.
The fonds consists of the following series:
1- Correspondence and Interviews
2- Artwork
3- Activism
4- GenderTrash / GenderPress
5- Clippings
6 - Counting Past 2
Creator
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Mirha-Soleil Ross
Source
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Mirha-Soleil Ross fonds (f0033) at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Publisher
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1993-2008
Contributor
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Xanthra-Phillipa MacKay
Mark Karbusicky
Rights
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Mirha-Soleil Ross retains rights to all her materials, but has granted the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives permission to licence materials from her fonds. Researchers wishing to publish materials must obtain permission in writing from the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives as the physical owner. Researchers must also obtain clearance from the holder(s) of any copyrights in the materials. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials directly from the copyright holder(s).
Format
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Multiple formats
Language
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English; French
Coverage
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Title
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Dicks & Weewees
Subject
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Transsexual people
Transgender publisher
Zines
Description
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This image is a collage of letters cut out and clued on white paper. The letters, in a variety of colours and fonts, read "hey faggots, if you're going to call us trannies or transies then we'll call you stupid dicks and wee-wees, time for you to grow up."
Creator
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genderpress
Mirha-Soleil Ross
Xanthra-Phillippa MacKay
Source
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genderpress
Publisher
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CLGA
Date
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1993
Rights
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Mirha-Soleil Ross
Format
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JPG
Language
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English
Type
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Text, image
Identifier
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2008-073
Coverage
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||||osm
Toronto
paste up
transgender publishers
transphobia
transsexual people
zines
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Title
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LGBTQ+ Buttons
Contributor
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Ryerson University Library and Archives
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Physical Object
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Title
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Trans Activism: trans folks & allies working together
Subject
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transgender people
allies
activists
Description
An account of the resource
Circular green button with text in black with white borders.
Rights
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CLGA does not hold copyright
Format
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button
Language
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English
Type
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button
trans
transphobia
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Title
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LGBTQ+ Buttons
Contributor
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Ryerson University Library and Archives
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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Title
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Genderfree Washrooms Now!
Subject
The topic of the resource
transgender people
transphobia
visibility
Description
An account of the resource
Circular black button with an illustration of a toilet in blue, and white text.
Publisher
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FtM Safer Shelter Research Project
Rights
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CLGA does not hold copyright
Format
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button
Language
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English
Type
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button
trans
transphobia
visibility
washrooms
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Title
A name given to the resource
LGBTQ+ Oral Histories
Description
An account of the resource
A selection of oral histories from The ArQuives collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1970-2005
Format
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Cassette tapes, digital video
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Hyperlink
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URL
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/261024568&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/thearquives" title="The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/thearquives/2005-135-02t-round-table-talk-with-mitchel-raphael-wayson-choy-and-rinaldo-walcott-part-1" title="2005-135-02T Round Table Talk With Mitchel Raphael, Wayson Choy, And Rinaldo Walcott Part 1" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">2005-135-02T Round Table Talk With Mitchel Raphael, Wayson Choy, And Rinaldo Walcott Part 1</a></div>
<iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/261024583&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe><div style="font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/thearquives" title="The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/thearquives/2005-135-02t-round-table-talk-with-mitchel-raphael-wayson-choy-and-rinaldo-walcott-part-2" title="2005-135-02T Round Table Talk With Mitchel Raphael, Wayson Choy, And Rinaldo Walcott Part 2" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;">2005-135-02T Round Table Talk With Mitchel Raphael, Wayson Choy, And Rinaldo Walcott Part 2</a></div>
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Title
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Round Table Talk (2005)
Subject
The topic of the resource
gay liberation
politics
transgender people
HIV/AIDS
racism
sexism
Description
An account of the resource
Mitchel Raphael, Rinaldo Walcott, and Wayson Choy reflect on histories of LGBT activism and discuss the future of queer politics.
Part 1 asks what the next "queer war" is, what liberation means now, and how young people feel about queerness. The group talks about where queers of colour and trans people fit in gay politics, and how black, Jewish, Latina, and drag queen stories have been written out of history. The dangers of wanting to change the world.
Part 2 addresses the differences between gay and lesbian politics and trans politics and the "civil wars" among queers who are working out racism, ageism, transphobia, and sexism. How gay people often do not connect accross different groups.
Part 3 reflects on the importance of queer histories and how we can celebrate our successes while remembering their costs.
Date
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2005-01-12
Format
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Cassette Tape
Language
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English
Identifier
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2005-135/02T
2005-135/03T
ageism
drag
futurity
gay liberation
politics
queers of colour
racism
sexism
trans
transphobia
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Title
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LGBTQ+ Buttons
Contributor
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Ryerson University Library and Archives
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Physical Object
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Title
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transphobia SUCKS (and not in a good way)
Subject
The topic of the resource
transphobia
transgender people
Description
An account of the resource
Circular green button with black and white text.
Publisher
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Planned Parenthood Toronto
Rights
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CLGA does not hold copyright
Format
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button
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
button
trans
transphobia
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Title
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LGBTQ+ Buttons
Contributor
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Ryerson University Library and Archives
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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Title
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TDOR: Until the Violence Ends
Subject
The topic of the resource
transgender people
transphobia
anti-transgender violence
commemorations of the death
Description
An account of the resource
Circular white button with two teardrops and the trans symbol in a pink triangle, with text in black and pink.
Note: TDOR is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which happens on November 20th and is a day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia and to bring attention to violence against the Trans community.
Rights
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CLGA does not hold copyright
Format
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button
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
button
trans
transphobia
violence
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Title
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LGBTQ+ Buttons
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Ryerson University Library and Archives
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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Title
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think transpositively fight transphobia
Subject
The topic of the resource
transgender people
transphobia
Description
An account of the resource
Circular white and black button with text in black, white, and red.
Rights
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CLGA does not hold copyright
Format
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button
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
button
trans
transphobia
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LGBTQ+ Buttons
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Ryerson University Library and Archives
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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Title
A name given to the resource
Unlearn Transphobia
Subject
The topic of the resource
transgender people
transphobia
visibility
Description
An account of the resource
Circular white button with yellow text and crosshatching design.
Publisher
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Ryerson Students' Union
Rights
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CLGA does not hold copyright
Format
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button
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
button
Ryerson Students' Union
trans
transphobia
visibility