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Stand Together, Part One: Men of the Shadows

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Title

Stand Together, Part One: Men of the Shadows

Subject

Gay Liberation History, Discrimination, Police Mistreatment

Description

As an excerpt from the documentary Stand Together (2002), this video looks at lesbian and gay liberation in the 1960s-1970s in Canada. Through interviews, the video focuses on issues in Ontario such as police persecution (including blackmailing members of the gay community), job discrimination within civil service positions, and the equal rights movement.

Creator

Nancy Nicol

Source

Original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html

Date

2002

Rights

Copyright held by Nancy Nicol

Format

.mp4

Language

English

Type

Moving image

Identifier

2016-074

Coverage

1960s-1970s, Ontario

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Citation

Nancy Nicol, “Stand Together, Part One: Men of the Shadows,” The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/660.