253 10 3303 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/3c4ed937011c1b1384fe4667611ef0b0.pdf 8f8ba4d75d8e6d9406ecf26cf67ff17b https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/6cee769db0dcf245ec312efe4f6fed13.png 0ef354d6fa85bb900676655cbac40c7a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Not a Place on the Map: The Desh Pardesh Project Subject The topic of the resource diaspora, artists, South Asian, people of colour, festivals, identity, racism Description An account of the resource Toronto’s Desh Pardesh festival (1988–2001) was a multidisciplinary arts festival that showcased underrepresented and marginalized voices within the South Asian diaspora. These oral history interviews with artists and organizers involved in the festival were created by the South Asian Visual Arts Centre in 2016. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre Relation A related resource CLGA holds additional records related to Desh Pardesh and Khush Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF, WAV Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Add CLGA accession # once donated Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1988–2001, Toronto, South Asia Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource LGBTQ Oral HIstory Digital Collaboratory, SAVAC Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/325143844&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Interview with Shelly Bahl (2015) Subject The topic of the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre, Art Galleries, Visual Arts, Collectives, SAVAC, Desh Pardesh, oral history Description An account of the resource Shelly Bahl was one of the founders of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC). In this interview she discusses her role in several small collectives prior to her full involvement in SAVAC, and how these collectives worked hand in hand with the Desh Pardesh group. She discusses her vision for what SAVAC should be, and how they manifested this in their grant applications. One thing that she was consistently pushing was artistic professionalism. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-17 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anna Malla LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF, MP3 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound, Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 1990s Toronto artist artistic professionalism arts festival collectives community organization Desh Pardesh Identity politics oral history SAVAC South Asian South Asian Visual Arts Centre https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/1f82e8970c60e76bc75431837d663eeb.pdf c26edff142d6f05287564f1f9f072767 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/4c37258ca364d9189d499e7f8a04e065.png 042b876a942d38768ee375aa040c7217 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Not a Place on the Map: The Desh Pardesh Project Subject The topic of the resource diaspora, artists, South Asian, people of colour, festivals, identity, racism Description An account of the resource Toronto’s Desh Pardesh festival (1988–2001) was a multidisciplinary arts festival that showcased underrepresented and marginalized voices within the South Asian diaspora. These oral history interviews with artists and organizers involved in the festival were created by the South Asian Visual Arts Centre in 2016. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre Relation A related resource CLGA holds additional records related to Desh Pardesh and Khush Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF, WAV Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Add CLGA accession # once donated Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1988–2001, Toronto, South Asia Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource LGBTQ Oral HIstory Digital Collaboratory, SAVAC Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/325025568&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Interview with Shyam Selvadurai (2015) Subject The topic of the resource Khush, Salaam Toronto, Gay men, Identity, Racism, Politics, Desh Pardesh, South Asian, arts festival, Sri Lanka Description An account of the resource Selvadurai, a writer and cartoonist, discusses his involvement with the Desh Pardesh festival and analyzes the deep identity politics that permeated every conversation held at the festival. He is a Sri Lankan born gay man in a festival where Sri Lankan people are largely “othered”, this plus his interracial relationship with a white man became part of an ongoing discomfort among the participants of Desh with both white people and the “othered” South Asian. He also discusses the effect of new media, the age of performatism and the impossibility of Desh being remade in modern day. He also touches on how fiction and reality can blend in a holistic way, and how artistry does not necessarily have to be continually drawn from personal experience. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-05-13 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anna Malla LGBTQ Oral History DIgital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF, WAV Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound, Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 1990s, 2000s Toronto arts festival Desh Pardesh exclusion oral history otherness SAVAC South Asian South Asian Visual Arts Centre Sri Lanka writing https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/32e841503e431a9c5221832be9a4dd7f.pdf 7999ee3afe71113243144c87eedad509 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/ebd372105ab023074a04bdbfb4b3120e.png 54e2bf4644f4a3d50a339cdfee42d8c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Not a Place on the Map: The Desh Pardesh Project Subject The topic of the resource diaspora, artists, South Asian, people of colour, festivals, identity, racism Description An account of the resource Toronto’s Desh Pardesh festival (1988–2001) was a multidisciplinary arts festival that showcased underrepresented and marginalized voices within the South Asian diaspora. These oral history interviews with artists and organizers involved in the festival were created by the South Asian Visual Arts Centre in 2016. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre Relation A related resource CLGA holds additional records related to Desh Pardesh and Khush Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF, WAV Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Add CLGA accession # once donated Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1988–2001, Toronto, South Asia Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource LGBTQ Oral HIstory Digital Collaboratory, SAVAC Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/325025581&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Interview with Zainab Verjee (2015) Subject The topic of the resource Politics, Discrimination, Activism, Identity Politics, Desh Pardesh, arts festival, Invisible Colours, Western Front, Vancouver Art Gallery, oral history Description An account of the resource Verjee talks about her experience interacting with the Desh Pardesh festival in the late 1990s. She was not involved directly at an organizational level, but comes from a background in community organization because of her involvement in groups such as Invisible Colours, the Western Front and Vancouver Art Gallery. Verjee discusses her understanding of the collapse of the Desh Pardesh festival, and equates it to the excessive intervention of politics in the organizational hierarchy of the festival. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-18 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anna Malla LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF, WAV Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound, Text Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant ||||osm 1980s Vancouver, 1990s Toronto community organizing Desh Pardesh Identity politics inter-politics Invisible Colours SAVAC South Asian Visual Arts Centre The Western Front Vancouver Art Gallery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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 The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 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 Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. URL <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/389148896" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Anthony Mohamed Description An account of the resource <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/389148896" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/389401201" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> Anthony Mohamed is an activist in Toronto, and was an integral part of groups such as Zami, Lesbian and Gay Youth of Toronto and Khush. As an Indo-Caribbean LGBTQ leader, Mohamed describes the search for community when coming of age in the late 70s and 80s. Highlighting untold stories, he discusses the linguistic and cultural barriers in HIV/AIDS activism from which ASAAP, along with other organizations for queer and trans communities of colour sprung forth. Mohamed explores the reconciliation of race, spirituality and sexuality, including the distinction between personal faith and organized religious spaces. Interview conducted on September 10th and November 1st 2019 by Jennifer Aja Fernandes. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1-Nov-2019 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Oral history with Anthony Mohamed (1 November 2019) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LGBTQ+ Oral Histories Caribbean-Canadian oral history queer history https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/f2a401165276c86435c6d2814a3ed711.pdf 5ad93481c200e8fc2c17f0d18cdeca08 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lesbians Making History Collections Description 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985-1987, 2000 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CLGA holds non-exclusive rights Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007345&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007343&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007342&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Betty Burrows & Shirley Shea, 1987 Description An account of the resource Betty was born on a farm just outside in Sydney, Australia and Shirley was born in Sudbury in 1924. The two meet in Toronto in the 1960s, where they were apart of the lesbian bar scene that gravitated around The Continental. At the time of the interview in 1985, both Shirley and Betty are retired. The interview covers their early lives in Australia and Sudbury, Ontario; their coming-out experiences and various men and women they have dated; Betty’s travels around the world and Shirley’s work for CBC; their first encounter; and life in the lesbian bar scene in Toronto. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lesbians Making History Collective LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CLGA does not hold copyright. Type The nature or genre of the resource oral history Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1987 bars coming out lesbian lesbian relationships oral history Sudbury The Continental https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/875772123ae7d3cb947e3e50d0e0ba7d.pdf a4adcd897ae08aad90c668d934554132 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lesbians Making History Collections Description 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985-1987, 2000 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CLGA holds non-exclusive rights Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275923891&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275925519&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275925605&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275925660&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275925927&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/275925978&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Cheryl Freeman, 1987 Description An account of the resource Cheryl Freeman was born in 1949, adopted by a working class Baptist family. She grew up in Toronto. Her biological mother was Jewish but she was not informed until she was in her 30s. Her father was an alcoholic. Her mother was very controlling but often very supportive. Her mother committed her to a mental hospital at 16 years of age, because she was rebellious. Between 16 and 18 she was in and out of mental hospitals but there she discovered that her sexual attraction to girls was “normal” and she was introduced to lesbian culture through other lesbians in those institutions. When she was out of those institutions, she started going to gay and lesbian bars. She made money by dealing drugs, robbery and protecting prostitutes. She was married to a gay man and had a daughter intentionally in 1971. Between the ages of 19 and 21, she lived with a woman lover who had a child. At that time she switched from butch to femme. After 21, she lived in several co-op houses and went on welfare. Post-1969, she participated in several gay rights organizations, including CHAT and LOOT. She speaks of encountering prejudice from lesbian-feminists around butch/femme roles. She lived off and on with at least three women lovers. She experienced abuse from a sister and one woman lover. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lesbians Making History Collective, LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CLGA does not hold copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource oral history Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1987 abuse butch/femme incarceration lesbian lesbian mothers mental health poverty https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/836b758fe29db9b114ffe183be87f3d7.pdf 41ae86c437b7a77ab47a87af67bdb719 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/5593c04a8f2d0b431b05a4d21e775486.pdf 7741aa41077eac264161b9cbac51adf1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lesbians Making History Collections Description 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985-1987, 2000 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CLGA holds non-exclusive rights Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Dorothy Knight, 2000 Description An account of the resource This series of two interviews with Dorothy Knight accounts for one linear life story, but split into two parts because of a recording error during the first interview. The second interview done on May 24, 2000, attempts to replace a part of Knight’s narrative (approx. 1950–60) accidently erased from the first tapes. Dorothy Knight talks about coming of age in Toronto in the 1930s and 40s, falling in love for the first time at 19, and training to become a nurse. Knight discusses early sexual experiences with several women, and her subsequent engagement to a man in 1959, called off before their wedding. Knight describes feeling isolated from lesbian community until a trip to New York in the late 1960s when she visits a lesbian bar, sees Butch/Femme aesthetics for the first time, and finds that they are not a fit for her. Returning to Toronto, she is nonetheless inspired to look up the local homophile association where she meets new friends who introduce her to the local bar scene. At the age of 42, at the Blue Jay, she meets B.L., who would become her most significant relationship. Later in the 1970s and 80s, Knight preferred to socialize with other lesbians at house parties. Working as a nurse until the early 1970s, Knight eventually transitioned into working as an “association consultant,” and then started her own business. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lesbians Making History Collective, LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The CLGA does not hold copyright Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1930s–1970s, Toronto https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/1214a1fc0de00f7849fccc8d9471e2d0.pdf fe3c21b679e3da24673270cc1ec78cb1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lesbians Making History Collections Description 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985-1987, 2000 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CLGA holds non-exclusive rights Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007333&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007332&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007331&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Eve Zaremba, 1986 Description An account of the resource Eve Zaremba was born in Poland in 1930. The Second World War displaced her family to Scotland and England, where she was sent to a boarding school in Reading until the age of 15. Zaremba leaves school in 1945 and moves with her family to Southern Ontario. When she comes to Toronto in 1954, Zaremba becomes an advertising and marketing executive, and later becomes an important figure in the Women’s Movement. The interview concerns Eve’s coming out process from the 1960s, charting her lesbian relationships through the Women’s Movement in Toronto. At the time of the interview, Zaremba had became a noted writer. Her best-known works are The Privilege of Sex and The Helen Karemos Detective Series. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lesbians Making History Collective LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The CLGA does not own copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource oral history Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1986 coming out feminism lesbian lesbian writers oral history women's movement Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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 The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 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 A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/209407154" frameborder="0" width="640" height="360"></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/209407154">George Hislop Interview (1991)</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/clgarchives">Canadian Lesbian + Gay Archives</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with George Hislop (1991) Description An account of the resource Toronto-based gay liberation activist George Hislop, interviewed by historian David Churchill in 1991. Interview is focused on mid-century gay life in Toronto. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Churchill, David; Hislop, George Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940s-1970s Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Churchill, David McKinney, Cait Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Churchill, David Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource mp4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Video Alfred Kinsey David Churchill gay history gay liberation gay Toronto George Hislop oral history sex education Toronto https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/e6a610574e84958ca697f05e74cd1372.pdf a0434bcaa0b562223877f3709d74cf33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lesbians Making History Collections Description 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985-1987, 2000 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1985-1987 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CLGA holds non-exclusive rights Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Fitzgerald; LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI) Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007330&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> <iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/239007329&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="100%" height="20"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Jeanne Healy, 1985 Description An account of the resource Jeanne is an activist and retired bookkeeper and secretary. She was born in 1924, the youngest and only girl of five siblings and grew up and lived for a major part of her life in Toronto. At the time of the interview she was back living with her ex-lover, Lois Stewart and Lois’s husband. The interview covers Jeanne’s lesbian relationships from 1948 up to the time of the interview. She discusses the bar scene in Toronto and Detroit as well as house parties and friendships with other lesbians in Toronto. Topics discussed include dealing with homophobia from the 40’s to the present as well as thoughts on the intersection of class, gender and sex. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lesbians Making History Collective Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lesbians Making History Collective LGBTQ Digital Oral History Collaboratory Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The CLGA does not own the copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource oral history Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1950s to 1970s, 1985 1940s bars class homophobia lesbian oral history