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Lesbians Making History Collections
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The Lesbians Making History (LMH) collective came together in the mid-1980s and was inspired by oral history projects of gay lives coming out of Buffalo, Boston and San Francisco. The collective interviewed 9 women about their experiences as ‘out’ lesbians in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Collective members included:
Rachel Epstein
Maureen FitzGerald
Amy Gottlieb
Didi Khayatt
Mary Louise Noble
Lorie Rotenberg
Some of the women interviewed also appeared in Aerlyn Weissman and Lynne Fernie’s NFB-funded documentary Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. The 1992 film was out of print for many years until 2014, when the National Film Board released it in digital format.
Although the organizers of Lesbians Making History were committed to keeping the project a community-based initiative, and not one rooted in academic pursuit, they allowed Elise Chenier, now a professor at Simon Fraser University, to use the transcripts of the interviews for her MA thesis. Chenier’s work on lesbian bar culture in the 1950s and 60s is widely taught in Canadian universities. Interview material was also used by Cameron Duder and by Gary Kinsman and Patrizia Gentile.
In 2014 the original audio tapes were given to the CLGA via the LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory, a multi-institutional research project led by University of Toronto professor Elspeth Brown and funded by a 5-year SSRHC Insight grant.
Embedded at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA), Collaboratory members digitized LMH materials and created new verbatim transcriptions. Original LHM collective members assisted with editing transcripts, identifying key words and writing abstracts for each oral history interview.
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Lesbians Making History Collective
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1985-1987, 2000
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1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987
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Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
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Oral History with Jeanne Healy, Lois Stuart, and Jackie, 1985
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This interview begins as a conversation between Lois, a retired schoolteacher and activist in Southern Ontario, and Jeanne, a retired secretarial worker and activist. Partway through the interview, Jackie enters and dominates much of the discussion. Jackie was born in 1934 in Sudbury, Ontario to a large French and Native family. As a teenager, she ran away to Toronto multiple times. Following a marriage at 16, she moved to Toronto for a number of years, where she became part of the lesbian bar scene at The Continental Hotel. Jackie would have been considered a downtowner and a rounder, having spent time in and out of the Don Jail throughout her life. The majority of the interview concerns her coming out process as a butch; her work as a pickpocket and later a heroin dealer; her experiences of violence in the Lesbian bar scene; as well as her relationships with women, one of which was with an aspiring Hollywood starlet. The interview is framed by a larger conversation about police harassment, books published in the fifties featuring gay and lesbian characters, and Jeanne and Lois’ involvement in the Women’s Movement.
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Lesbians Making History Collective
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1985
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Lesbians Making History Collective
LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory
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oral history
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1950s to 1970s, 1985
bars
butch/femme
incarceration
lesbian
lesbian relationships
oral history
police brutality
Sudbury
The Continental
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Lesbians Making History Collections
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The Lesbians Making History (LMH) collective came together in the mid-1980s and was inspired by oral history projects of gay lives coming out of Buffalo, Boston and San Francisco. The collective interviewed 9 women about their experiences as ‘out’ lesbians in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Collective members included:
Rachel Epstein
Maureen FitzGerald
Amy Gottlieb
Didi Khayatt
Mary Louise Noble
Lorie Rotenberg
Some of the women interviewed also appeared in Aerlyn Weissman and Lynne Fernie’s NFB-funded documentary Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. The 1992 film was out of print for many years until 2014, when the National Film Board released it in digital format.
Although the organizers of Lesbians Making History were committed to keeping the project a community-based initiative, and not one rooted in academic pursuit, they allowed Elise Chenier, now a professor at Simon Fraser University, to use the transcripts of the interviews for her MA thesis. Chenier’s work on lesbian bar culture in the 1950s and 60s is widely taught in Canadian universities. Interview material was also used by Cameron Duder and by Gary Kinsman and Patrizia Gentile.
In 2014 the original audio tapes were given to the CLGA via the LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory, a multi-institutional research project led by University of Toronto professor Elspeth Brown and funded by a 5-year SSRHC Insight grant.
Embedded at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA), Collaboratory members digitized LMH materials and created new verbatim transcriptions. Original LHM collective members assisted with editing transcripts, identifying key words and writing abstracts for each oral history interview.
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Lesbians Making History Collective
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1985-1987, 2000
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1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987
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Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
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Oral History with Lois Stewart, 1985
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Born in 1920, Lois Stewart is a political activist and retired schoolteacher who grew up in Victoria, British Columbia. After teaching in Victoria during World War 2, Lois moved to Southern Ontario, where she taught in a number of cities and towns outside of Toronto. At the time of the interview in 1985, Lois is 65 years old and living in Toronto. The interview’s themes and topics vary widely, spanning Lois’ life from roughly 1943 to 1985. She recounts her long- and short-term relationships with women her experiences in the Toronto lesbian bar culture, primarily around The Continental Hotel; her connection to and thoughts on socialism, feminism and the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation/New Democratic Party; and her perspectives on lesbian and same-sex intimacy, sex, and love in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Lesbians Making History Collective
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1985
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Lesbians Making History Collective
LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory
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1950 and 1960s, 1985
activism
feminism
lesbian
lesbian relationships
socialism
teacher
The Continental
Vancouver
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Lesbians Making History Collections
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An account of the resource
The Lesbians Making History (LMH) collective came together in the mid-1980s and was inspired by oral history projects of gay lives coming out of Buffalo, Boston and San Francisco. The collective interviewed 9 women about their experiences as ‘out’ lesbians in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Collective members included:
Rachel Epstein
Maureen FitzGerald
Amy Gottlieb
Didi Khayatt
Mary Louise Noble
Lorie Rotenberg
Some of the women interviewed also appeared in Aerlyn Weissman and Lynne Fernie’s NFB-funded documentary Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives. The 1992 film was out of print for many years until 2014, when the National Film Board released it in digital format.
Although the organizers of Lesbians Making History were committed to keeping the project a community-based initiative, and not one rooted in academic pursuit, they allowed Elise Chenier, now a professor at Simon Fraser University, to use the transcripts of the interviews for her MA thesis. Chenier’s work on lesbian bar culture in the 1950s and 60s is widely taught in Canadian universities. Interview material was also used by Cameron Duder and by Gary Kinsman and Patrizia Gentile.
In 2014 the original audio tapes were given to the CLGA via the LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory, a multi-institutional research project led by University of Toronto professor Elspeth Brown and funded by a 5-year SSRHC Insight grant.
Embedded at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA), Collaboratory members digitized LMH materials and created new verbatim transcriptions. Original LHM collective members assisted with editing transcripts, identifying key words and writing abstracts for each oral history interview.
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Lesbians Making History Collective
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1985-1987, 2000
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1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987
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Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
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Oral History with Pat Murphy, 1986
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Pat Murphy was born in 1941 to an Irish-Catholic working-class family in Toronto, Canada. Murphy trained as a nurse and worked initially at Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in 1964, where she had her first lesbian relationship with a co-worker. The interview covers Murphy’s transition to activism and community work initially through Canadian Homophile Association of Toronto. The interview examines dissensions between lesbians and gay men in the political movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Murphy outlines her role as a public figure of the lesbian movement; her activism in WAVAW (Women Against Violence Against Women); and the opening of the bar, The Fly-By-Night. Murphy also details her involvement as one of the Brunswick Four, a popularly-reported series of arrests which informed the Royal Commission on Toronto Police Practices.
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Lesbians Making History Collective
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1986
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Lesbians Making History Collective
LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory
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oral history
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1950s to 1970s, 1986
activism
Canadian Homophile Association of Toronto
catholic
Irish
lesbian
lesbian relationships
Royal Commission on Toronto Police Practices
The Fly-By-Night
Women Against Violence Against Women
working-class
-
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Shyam Selvadurai (1965 - )
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Shyam Selvadurai is the author of the brilliant, ground-breaking and internationally acclaimed novel Funny Boy, a story of growing up gay in Sri Lanka amidst the long-standing conflict between the Tamil and Sinhalese communities. "It is difficult to evaluate one's significant contribution. If I was to say what mine has been, it is that, perhaps, I have given voice to the hidden lives of gay people in Sri Lanka through my novel, Funny Boy." Shyani has recently completed his second novel, Cinnamon Gardens, a work about personal courage and liberation that captures the fear, problems and joys of living as a gay person in Sri Lanka. (1998 Induction Statement)
Auteur du brillant roman Funny Boy, sur grandir et devenir gai au Sri Lanka; cet ouvrage précurseur a reçu un accueil international.
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Jock MacRae
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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1998
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Medium: acrylic on board
Dimensions: 26.5 x 41.5cm (W x H)
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159
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Makeda Silvera (1955 - )
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Writer, editor, political activist and mother of two wonderful daughters, Jamaican born Makeda Silvera is a visionary who has revolutionized Canadian literature. In 1985, she and partner Stephanie Martin co-founded Sister Vision Press, the first and currently the only press in North America dedicated to publishing writing by and for women of colour. Makeda has written three books, Silenced: Conversations with Domestic Workers in Canada, Her Head a Village and Other Stories, and Remembering G and Other Stories. Her editorial work has included Piece of My Heart: A Lesbian of Colour Anthology, Pearls of Passion: A Treasury of Lesbian Erotica and more recently Ma-ka, Diasporic Juks: Contemporary Writing by Queers of African Descent. She is now completing a novel, The Revenge of Maria. (1998 Induction Statement)
Écrivaine, éditrice, militante politique, cette visionnaire a révolutionné la littérature canadienne; cofondatrice de Sister Vision Press.
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Stephenie Martin
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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1998
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Medium: mixed media
Dimensions: 28.5 x 42.5cm (W x H)
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160
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Mary-Woo Sims (1956 - )
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Mary-Woo Sims has worked to further lesbian and gay and same-sex spousal rights for many years. She was co-chair of the Campaign for Equal Families, and took great joy in witnessing the determination and cohesion of the lesbian and gay community during the fight for the passage of Bill 167 (Ontario legislation that would have recognized same-sex couples). She is proud to be part of an Asian lesbian and gay community that has grown enormously in visibility and strength, and is challenging stereotypes and prejudice in both the Asian and the queer communities. She is currently the Chief Commissioner of the B.C. Human Rights Commission in Vancouver, where she helped found a rape crisis centre and was awarded the Chinese Canadian National Council's Chinese Canadian Pioneer Award. (1998 Induction Statement)
Militante, coprésidente de la Campagne pour les familles égales, présidente de la Commission des droits de la personne de la Colombie-Britannique.
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Alex Liros
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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1998
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Medium: mixed media on paper
Dimensions: 26 x 32.5cm (W x H)
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145
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Tim Stevenson (1945 - )
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The mix of spirituality, politics, and social justice are what makes Tim Stevenson such an important trailblazer for the LGBT community on Canada's west coast. Tim was the first openly gay person ordained by a mainstream Christian denomination in Canada - the United Church of Canada. In 1996, after being elected British Columbia MLA for Vancouver - Burrard, Tim was the first openly gay provincial Cabinet Minister, serving as Deputy Speaker and then Minister of Employment and Investment. In 2002, he was elected to the Vancouver City Council.
Prior to his active life in politics, Tim was the minister at St. Paul's United Church in Burnaby. He spent several years in Vancouver's downtown eastside working with the inner city poor while sitting on the board of the First United Church. Tim has also worked in the Philippines and South Africa, where he was involved with liberation organizations working to overcome social injustice. He was also an international observer in the South African elections in 1994.
Born and raised in Vancouver, Tim attended the University of British Columbia (BA), Holy Names College in Oakland, CA (MA, Spirituality) and the Vancouver School of Theology (M.Div). Tim also teaches religious studies at Langara College. Tim lives in Vancouver with his long-time partner, Gary Paterson. They have three grown daughters. (2003 Induction Statement)
Tim Stevenson est un coquetel de spiritualité, de politique et de justice sociale qui font de lui une importante locomotive pour la communauté LGBT de la côte ouest canadienne. Première personne ouvertement gaie à être ordonnée par l'Église unie du Canada, une foi chrétienne largement reconnue au pays, Tim se fait élire député provincial de Vancouver-Burrard en 1996. Il est le premier gai à siéger au cabinet, d'abord comme vice-président des débats, puis comme ministre de l'Emploi et des Investissements. En 2002, il fut élu conseiller municipal de Vancouver.
Avant sa carrière politique, Tim fut curé de St. Paul's United Church à Burnaby. Il a passé plusieurs années dans le secteur de Vancouver-Est à travailler avec les pauvres du centre-ville et a siégé au conseil de First United Church. Tim a aussi travaillé aux Philippines et en Afrique du Sud où il a œuvré avec des organismes de libération voués à la justice sociale. Il fut observateur international lors des élections de 1994 en Afrique du Sud.
Né et élevé à Vancouver, Tim a fréquenté l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique (baccalauréat), le collège Holy Name à Oakland, Californie (maîtrise en spiritualité) et l'École de théologie de Vancouver (maîtrise en divinité). Tim enseigne les études religieuses au collège Langara. Il vit à Vancouver avec son partenaire de longe date, Gary Paterson. Ils ont trois filles adultes. (2003 Déclaration d'Induction).
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Steven Dwayne Bryk
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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2003
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Medium: digital photography on velvet fine art paper, 100% cotton rag (acid free), archival inks
Dimensions: 39 x 29 cm (W x H)
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141
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Douglas Stewart (1962 - )
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Douglas Stewart is a gay rights activist who has focused much of his energy on working with the Black community, especially as project co-ordinator with the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP). For Stewart, "Finding language between the covers of a dusty encyclopedia during library time amidst a crowd of noisy classmates inquiring...'what are you doing?' and me lying 'nothing...' knowing full well that from that moment on the word 'homosexual' had significantly altered the way I saw myself." (1998 Induction Statement)
Directeur général fondateur de Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention.
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Mark Reid
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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1998
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Medium: graphite
Dimensions: 24 x 36cm (W x H)
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162
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Barbara Thornborrow (1951 - )
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Barbara Thornborrow came out in 1977, when she was threatened with dismissal from the Canadian Armed Forces, where she was a Private in the photographic department. Following a search of her barracks room, questioning of her roommate and confiscation of personal belongings, she was questioned by an SIU Sergeant and a policewoman. The then-25 year old acknowledged her lesbianism, upon which she was offered a choice: either sign a document admitting that fact or agree to psychiatric counseling. She refused both options, asked for a lawyer, and found herself not only stating her case in the press, but sitting in on a House of Commons Committee on justice and legal affairs, where opposition MPs urged the government to prohibit discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. Her contention that her lesbianism had no effect on her ability to do her job was unprecedented, and she loudly disregarded the military stance that homosexuals were susceptible to blackmail, and thus a security risk. As she put it: "It's totally irrelevant. My private thoughts and feelings are my own business. They don't threaten anyone." At a time prior to any human rights legislation protecting gays and lesbians, Barbara's actions were incredible, heroic, and courageous. (2003 Induction Statement)
Barbara Thornborrow est sortie du placard en 1977 lorsqu'on l'a menacée de renvoi des Forces armées canadiennes où elle travaillait comme soldat dans le département de photographie. Suite à une fouille de sa chambre dans la caserne, à un interrogatoire auprès de sa coloc et à une confiscation de ses biens personnels, elle fut elle-même interrogée par un sergent et par une policière. Âgée de 25 ans, elle a reconnu son lesbianisme et eut à faire un choix : signer un document attestant ce fait ou accepter de suivre des consultations psychiatriques. Elle a refusé l'un et l'autre, a demandé les conseils d'un avocat et s'est retrouvée, du coup, à révéler sa situation aux médias et à siéger à un Comité de la justice et des affaires juridiques de la Chambre des communes où des députés de l'opposition enjoignaient le gouvernement de bannir la discrimination basée sur l'orientation sexuelle. Elle a clairement démontré que son lesbianisme ne l'empêchait pas de faire son travail et elle a vertement dénoncé la prétention militaire que les homosexuels sont sujets au chantage et qu'ils constituent donc un risque à la sécurité. À son avis, « c'est absolument non pertinent : mes pensées et sentiments personnels ne regardent que moi; ils constituent une menace pour personne. » À une époque où il n'y avait pas encore de protection des gais et lesbiennes dans la loi sur les droits de la personne, les gestes de Barbara furent incroyables, héroïques et courageux. (2003 Déclaration d'Induction).
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Barbara Augustine
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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2003
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Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 26 x 31 cm (L x H)
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Shelley Tremain (1960 - )
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"Because disabled people are assumed to be asexual, and lesbian identities are sexual identities, disabled lesbians have been rendered non-existent. Much of the work I have done has derived from an urgent desire to wrestle sole ownership of lesbian (sexual) identity from non-disabled lesbians. I have worked to produce cultural contexts within which disabled dykes could create self representations, including radio programming, curating a multidisciplinary show for A Space Gallery (Toronto), and editing the first ever disabled dyke anthology, Pushing the Limits: Disabled Dykes Produce Culture. Recently, I edited a queer issue of Disabled Studies Quarterly (forthcoming)". (1998 Induction Statement)
Artiste et militante, voix puissante des lesbiennes handicapées.
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Bruce Jones
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
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1998
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Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 14 x 36cm (W x H)
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