309 10 3176 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/0dc98ec7398c9f89c09bd638b054a279.jpg 721783c267e24cfb1f7511eb131f1cdd 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 John Alan Lee (1933-2013) Description An account of the resource John was born in Maxville, Ontario but was a Torontonian since his boyhood days. John’s contribution to our gay and lesbian heritage spanned four decades and encompassed many roles. He was a pioneering activist, a tireless organizer, an inspiring writer, an out teacher, a dedicated volunteer and an articulate spokesperson for the community at a time when ‘going public’ was rife with risk. In the sixties John published articles in the early Toronto gay periodical TWO and was the “gay sociologist” published in the Toronto Telegram, protesting their coverage of the gay “sick world”. He was the first Canadian professional to come out publicly on TV (The Judy LaMarsh Show, Valentine’s Day 1974) John organized and was the first chair of the Gay Academic Union in 1975. Later the group changed its name to LGAS and ran programs at the U of T for the next decade . A Quaker, he had civil disobedience training, and organized a successful gay sit-in of the chief law officer of Ontario, and a gay Kiss-in in the Ontario Legislature . Following the notorious 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids, John served as chair of the Right to Privacy Committee. For four decades John was a prolific author of books ands scholarly articles on gay life. His works brought discussion of gay and lesbian issues to the forefront of mainstream media. He published nine books and more than three hundred articles, and appeared more than fifty times on television. His works range from The Colours of Love (A Psychology Today book) published in 1976, to his autobiographical Love’s Gay Fool (www.johnalanlee.ca) John ran for office in Canada’s Parliament, and served on the executive of many organizations including trade union and socialist groups, anti-war movements, the Canadian Sierra Club, and the local Amnesty International. He retired from the University of Toronto where he was a professor of sociology. In personal life, John followed the advice of the ancient Greek poet, Homer: “Let love be the business of our lives.” (2005 Induction Statement) Né à Maxville (Ontario), John vit à Toronto depuis son enfance. Sa contribution à notre patrimoine gai et lesbien couvre quatre décennies et englobe plusieurs rôles. Il est tour à tour militant pionnier, organisateur infatigable, auteur stimulant, enseignant hors du placard, bénévole dévoué et porte-parole articulé de la communauté à une époque où « s’afficher » rime alors avec risque. Dans les années 1960, John publie des articles dans TWO, un périodique gai de Toronto, et est le « sociologue gai » publiant dans le Toronto Telegram pour protester contre la couverture du « monde malade » gai. Il est le premier professionnel canadien à faire sa sortie à la télé, durant le The Judy LaMarsh Show, le jour de la Saint-Valentin, en 1974. John organise et préside la Gay Academic Union en 1975. Le groupe devient plus tard LGAS et offre des programmes à l’Université de Toronto pendant une décennie. Un Quaker formé à la désobéissance civile, il tient avec succès un sit-in gai au bureau du Procureur général de l’Ontario et un kiss-in à l’Assemblée législative. Après les fameuses descentes dans les saunas de Toronto en 1981, John préside le Right to Privacy Committee. Pendant quarante ans, John publie livres et articles académiques sur la vie gaie. Ses travaux placent la discussion des questions gaies et lesbiennes à l’avant-scène des médias de masse. Il publie neuf livres et plus de trois cents articles, et il passe plus de cinquante fois à la télé. Ses titres vont de Colours of Love (collection Psychology Today, 1976) à Love’s Gay Fool (autobiographie, voir www.johnalanlee.ca). John cherche à se faire élire au Parlement canadien et siège au comité exécutif de plusieurs organismes, y compris des syndicats et groupes socialistes, des mouvements anti-guerre, le Club Sierra du Canada et le groupe local d’Amnistie Internationale. Il est aujourd’hui professeur émérite de l’Université de Toronto où il a enseigné la sociologie. Dans sa vie privée, John suit le mot d’ordre du poète de l’Antiquité grecque, Homère : « Que l’amour conduise les affaires de votre vie ». (2005 Déclaration d’induction) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Norman Hatton Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: photo jet d'encre qualité archive Dimensions: 20 x 30 cm (L x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 077 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/27f0bca3e301ff36f6afe81d48f0f245.jpg a70c570717a761da714e2282a6cc3592 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 Denis LeBlanc (1951-2019) Description An account of the resource Gay activist, twenty year volunteer with Gays of Ottawa; co-author of Gays and the Law, founding member of the Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Rights in Ontario and the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Rights Coalition, recipient of the John Damien Award in 1992, past president of EGALE. Denis LeBlanc was born in 1951 in Moncton N.B. to Acadian working-class parents. An activist since his teen years, Denis participated in his first demonstration in 1968 to protest the prohibition of the French language at Moncton City Hall. He moved to Ontario in 1969 and by 1971 was out of the closet and involved with the Waterloo Universities' Gay Liberation Movement. His subsequent move to Ottawa in 1972 was the beginning of his twenty year involvement with Gays of Ottawa (later known as the Association of Lesbians and Gays of Ottawa). Active on virtually every committee, he served on the Board of Directors for ten years, as vice-president from 1973-75 and as president in 1975-1976. Denis found his gay liberation activist vocation with the group's Political Action Committee that he chaired from 1973 to 1980. He worked every local, provincial and national campaign and project, helping to organize demonstrations and protests on dozens of issues. Representing Gays of Ottawa, he presented briefs to Parliament on dangerous sexual offenders and on the Canadian Human Rights Act. In 1973, he co-wrote Gays and the Law, an inventory of criminal code laws affecting gays. In 1974, he helped organize the national conference at which the National Gay Election Coalition was hatched. Later that year, he became a founding member of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Coalition and helped draft the founding constitution and the Coalition's list of demands. Denis was also a founding member of the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario in 1975, served on CLGRO's steering committee for ten years, and worked on numerous CLGRO projects until 1989. His incredible achievements were honoured by CLGRO in 1992 when Denis received the John Damien Award. From 1982 until 1988, Denis wrote and edited regularly for GO INFO. The first openly gay candidate for Ottawa City Council in 1985, he was defeated by only 36 votes. As EGALE's 2nd president from 1992 until 1994, he helped to democratize the group and to provide EGALE with a formal mandate and structure, while assuring the financial integrity of it's Court Challenges Program. HIV positive since at least 1988, Denis volunteered with the AIDS Committee of Ottawa for 7 years in the 1990's. "Lesbians and gay men working together since the 1970's have transformed Canada, for the better, forever. I treasure my good fortune to have worked and played with so many marvelous and challenging people. They have enriched my life immeasurably." (2003 Induction Statement) Militant gai, bénévole pendant vingt ans au sein de Gais de l'Outaouais, coauteur de Les Gais et la loi, membre fondateur de la Coalition ontarienne pour les droits des lesbiennes et des gais et de la Coalition canadienne pour les droits des lesbiennes et des gais, lauréat du prix John-Damien en 1992 et ancien président d'ÉGALE. Né de parents acadiens de la classe ouvrière, Denis LeBlanc voit le jour en 1951 à Moncton (N.-B.). Militant dès son adolescence, il participe à sa première manif en 1968 pour dénoncer l'Hôtel de Ville de Moncton qui interdit l'usage du français. Il déménage en Ontario en 1969 et sort du placard deux ans plus tard en s'engageant dans le mouvement de libération homosexuelle aux universités de Waterloo. Lorsqu'il s'établit à Ottawa en 1972, Denis se joint à GO (Gais de l'Outaouais, devenus l'Association des gais et lesbiennes d'Ottawa) et entame une longue période de militantisme. Actif au sein de tous les comités de GO, il siège au conseil d'administration pendant dix ans, occupant la vice-présidence de 1973 à 1975 et la présidence en 1975-76. Denis a trouvé sa vocation de militant gai en présidant le comité d'action politique de GO, de 1973 à 1980. Il a œuvré dans des campagnes et projets aux niveaux local, provincial et national, aidant à organiser des manifs dans une douzaine de dossiers. Porte-parole de GO, il a présenté des mémoires au Parlement sur les délinquants sexuels dangereux et sur la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne. En 1973, il a co-écrit, Les gais et la loi, un inventaire des lois du code criminel qui touchent les gais. En 1974, il coordonne l'organisation de la conférence nationale qui a vu naître la Coalition électorale pour les droits des homosexuels. La même année, il est membre fondateur de la Coalition canadienne pour les droits des lesbiennes et des gais; il a contribué à esquisser ses statuts et règlement ainsi que la liste de ses revendications. Denis fut aussi un membre fondateur de la Coalition ontarienne pour les droits des lesbiennes et des gais, en 1975. Il a siégé à son comité directeur pendant dix ans et a piloté plusieurs de ses projets jusqu'en 1989. Ses nombreux accomplissements furent reconnus en 1992 lorsque la Coalition lui décerna le John Damien Award. De 1982 à 1988. Denis a écrit régulièrement pour Go Info. Premier candidat ouvertement gai sur la scène municipale d'Ottawa, en 1985, il fut défait par seulement 36 voix. À titre de 2ième président d'EGALE, de 1992 à 1994, il a aidé à démocratiser l'organisme, à lui donner une structure et un mandat formels, tout en maintenant l'intégrité financière de son Programme de contestation judiciaire. Séropositif depuis au moins 1988, Denis a été un bénévole du Comité du sida d'Ottawa pendant sept ans durant les années 1990. « En travaillant ensemble depuis les années 1970, les lesbiennes et les hommes gais ont transformé le Canada pour le meilleur, pour toujours. J'ai été privilégié d'avoir œuvré et joué avec des gens aussi merveilleux et stimulants. Ils ont enrichi ma vie sans commune mesure. » (2003 Déclaration d’Induction) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Evergon Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: black and white photograph Dimensions: 52 x 41 cm (W x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 131 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/ed0bd1917909be6eddf3e6a6de83ec96.jpg da4531a30f8760d152249f643f0fdcee 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 k.d. lang (1961- ) Description An account of the resource Singer, composer and actor, k.d. lang is a lesbian icon whose influence reaches far beyond Canada's borders. Born in Consort, Alberta, lang was the first mainstream celebrity in North America to come out as a lesbian, against the advice of many who predicted dire consequences. The notorious, sexy photo of lang with Cindy Crawford on the cover of Vanity Fair remains one of the most famous images of "lesbian chic." She has won three Grammy awards and a Juno award, which she playfully accepted while wearing a wedding dress and cowboy boots. k.d. lang continues to make popular music while paving the way for other famous women to be open about their sexuality, thus expanding the limits of mainstream acceptance for lesbians. (1998 Induction Statement) Interprète, compositrice, comédienne, gloire lesbienne; première vedette nord-américaine à s’afficher publiquement. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maurice Vellekoop Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: watercolour Dimensions: 27 x 42 cm (W x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 155 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/ed87162a495eec7db0c3bb257da64bb2.jpg c153af54f05dbd7586856b57953f2016 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 Robert Laliberté (1951- ) Description An account of the resource Robert Laliberté, a Montreal-based photographer, has established an international reputation as a photographer of the male nude. Since 1987, his evocative male nudes have appeared on each cover of Montreal's Fugues magazine. He has served as a freelance photographer for numerous Quebec theatre groups such as, Théâtre de Qtat'Sous, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, La nouvelle Compagnie Théâtrale and others. Since 1985, Robert Laliberté has been the official photographer for the Association des petits frères des Pauvres à Montréal and a member of the Fédération internationale des petits frères des Pauvres. (1998 Induction Statement) Photographe établi à Montréal, qui s’est taillé une réputation internationale comme photographe du nu masculin. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zilon Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 20 x 20 cm (W x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 157 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/7bbd2b7a244f40115438c89d89951798.jpg 151a775686bd6efb087116ac69f9832e 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 David Kelley (1951-1996) Description An account of the resource Born in 1951 in Aylmer, Quebec, David Kelley began working for the Ottawa Youth Services Bureau upon graduation from Carleton University in 1972. It was at the bureau, in 1977, that he met Tom Stewart, the man who would be his life partner for 19 years. Upon moving to Toronto, David worked professionally with a myriad of organizations, including Central Toronto Youth Services, the Ministry of Community and Social Services, the Ministry of Health's AIDS Bureau, and the People With AIDS Foundation (where he spent a year as Executive Director). As a volunteer he was an integral part of a staggering number of organizations, both as a founder and participant: Coalition for Services for Gay and Lesbian Youth, Gays and Lesbians in Health Care, Toronto Area Gays and Lesbians, the HIV Mental Health Group, the United Way, AIDS Committee of Toronto, and Positive Youth Outreach. With Tom, he founded a Gay Men's Couples Support Group, and a Gay & Lesbian Bridge Players Group. As a volunteer with the Lesbian Gay Community Appeal, he was an early supporter of the Appeal's Fruit Cocktail productions, and performed in four of those productions as The Apple. David Douglas Kelley died of AIDS on April 25, 1996. In keeping with his generosity and unrelenting support to the community, he bequeathed money to the Toronto Counseling Centre for Lesbians & Gays, which merged with the Toronto Family Services Association, and now offers services to the gay, lesbian and HIV communities known as the David Kelley Program. It is a wonderful and fitting tribute to his life and work. Né en 1951 à Aylmer (Québec), David Kelley a commencé à travailler pour le Bureau des services à la jeunesse d'Ottawa après l'obtention de son diplôme de l'Université Carleton en 1972. C'est à ce Bureau, en 1977, qu'il a rencontré Tom Stewart, l'homme qui devait devenir son partenaire pendant 19 ans. Une fois installé à Toronto, David a œuvré de façon professionnelle auprès d'organismes tels que Central Toronto Youth Services, le ministère des Services sociaux et communautaires, le Bureau du SIDA du ministère de la Santé et la Fondation de People With AIDS (où il fut directeur général pendant un an). En tant que bénévole, il a été intimement associé à une foule d'organismes, soit comme fondateur, soit comme participant, notamment : Coalition for Services for Gay and Lesbian Youth, Gays and Lesbians in Health Care, Toronto Area Gays and Lesbians, HIV Mental Health Group, Centraide, Comité du sida de Toronto et Positive Youth Outreach. Avec Tom, il a fondé un groupe d'appui pour les couples gais et un groupe de gais et lesbiennes jouant au bridge. Son rôle de bénévole auprès de Lesbian Gay Community Appeal l'a amené à appuyer dès ses débuts les productions d'Appeal's Fruit Cocktail et à jouer le rôle de La Pomme dans quatre de ces productions. David Douglas Kelley est mort du sida le 25 avril 1996. Conformément à sa générosité et à son appui continu à la communauté, il a laissé une somme d'argent au Toronto Counseling Centre for Lesbians & Gays, qui a fusionné avec Toronto Family Services Association et qui offre maintenant des services aux communautés de gais, lesbiennes et personnes atteintes du VIH. Ces services portent le nom de Programme David Kelley, un hommage bien mérité qui souligne sa vie et son œuvre. (2003 Déclaration d’Induction) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Barbara Augustine Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: watercolour Dimensions: 24 x 20 cm (L x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 142 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/091aa8f9207101b92cb482f0fdee01a4.jpeg 1ee5d7d4542f96ff421c65350d1a565c 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 Richard Hudler (1942- ) Description An account of the resource Born in the United States in 1942, Richard Hudler is a social worker and an activist who has been working tirelessly to advocate for gay and lesbian rights since immigrating to Canada in 1971. Working for 5 years in Goderich as a counsellor for the Ontario ministry of Community and Social Services, Hudler moved to London Ontario where he pursued a career as a social worker, entering private practice in 1985. In 1980 Hudler joined the board of HALO, and starting in 1981, became the long serving board president. He represented HALO through the Project Guardian scandal with the local police, and in 1995 Hudler filed an official complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission against London Mayor Diane Haskett when she refused to issue a Gay Pride Proclamation. An early member of the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario, Hudler continues his activism through Queer Ontario, a provincial network of individuals — and their allies committed to questioning, challenging, and reforming the laws, institutional practices, and social norms that regulate queer people. He has a BA (Roosevelt University, 1965) and a Master in Social Work (Wilfred Laurier University, 1978). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matthew Tarina Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/de36694c523e1fe7b16abe088719d137.jpg 5854f79c340292abd05c09b73f3e217f 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 George Hislop (1927-2005) Description An account of the resource "Thirty years ago I didn't want tolerance. I didn't want my lover and companion Ron Shearer and I to be tolerated. Nor did I want other lesbians and gay men to be merely tolerated. I wanted us, all of us, to be understood and acknowledged and yes, loved, in our sexual orientation. Through the efforts of thousands of lesbians and gay men and our straight friends, family, and supporters, much has been accomplished in Canada and around the world to achieve those goals. But there is still much to do. Today I am much more tolerant of the word and concept of tolerance, but we must constantly be on guard to maintain our hard-won gains, for they can be easily lost." (George Hislop, Toronto, 1999 Induction Statement) Confondateur de Community Homophile Association of Toronto, le premier organisme communautaire de libération homosexuelle au Canada, et de Toronto Lambda Business Council; première ouvertement gaie à se lancer en politique au Canada. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Norman Hatton Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: exhibition quality black and white photographic print Dimensions: 22.5 x 28 cm (W x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 083 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/923e75e4199c1fe69c552e1fdc67461a.jpg 17e4857f9afc00c8123e27dd4a667c26 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 Charlie Hill (1945- ) Description An account of the resource "In 1969 when I became President of the University of Toronto Homophile Association, I identified myself, both personally and publicly, as a gay male. In my work in the gay movement in Toronto and Ottawa up to the mid 1970s I sought to come to terms with that identity and counter those forces which saw me, and my sisters and brothers, only in those terms. For the National Gallery of Canada I have organized exhibitions of Canadian Painting in the Thirties (1975), of the photographs of John Vanderpant (1976), of the paintings of James Wilson Morrice (1992) and of The Group of Seven (1995) among others. I now identify myself as a gay, male, middle-class art historian and civil servant with numerous, additional, qualifying adjectives, both positive and more dubious." (Charlie Hill, Ottawa, 2000 Induction Statement) Conservateur d’art, confondateur du premier organisme ouvertement gai au Canada (University of Toronto Homophile Association) en 1969 et confondateur de Gays of Ottawa/Gais de l’Outaouais. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Evergon Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: black and white photographic print, silver gelatin-toned Dimensions: 31.5 x 46 cm (W x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 091 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/ba4b5983b65e6452ac410c08c0f80da8.jpg 5e0aeb5689f7489bada9af9a51188fb6 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 Tomson Highway (1951- ) Description An account of the resource Tolerance, for me, is sitting on a subway train in the middle of the day right here in Toronto, the city of my choice, and to look up from my reading and realize, out of the blue, that everyone in this car is of a different colour, of skin I mean, of a different race, from a different part of the world. There are, I swear to myself, people here from at least twenty countries on six continents - not bad when you consider that there are only about -fifty people, in total, in this particular car. And I can hear the muted ebb and flow of at least a dozen different languages. Music to my ears. Music to my soul. And all these people? They're not killing each other, not like they are in so many countries the whole world over. They're not shooting each other, not chopping off each other's limbs with machetes, not blowing up each other's pubs, cars, or children with bombs, grenades or land mines. They're standing and sitting right here together, respecting each other's sense of privacy, each other's differentness. And me, as a Cree-Canadian with very brown skin? I fit right in. I'm just a regular, ordinary part of this fabulous tapestry. And I love it. This is my home, I say to myself, my city, my country. It may not be perfect. But it sure is pretty darn good. Hey. Know what? I think they should re-name "Toronto" "Tolerance". Wouldn't that be neat? I mean, think of it. As you travel the world, whenever you are asked where you come from, you could turn to them and say, "Me? I come from Tolerance. Tolerance, Ontario. Tolerance, Ontario, Canada." (Tomson Highway, Tolerance, Ontario, May 24, 2000 Induction Statement) Dramaturge, romancier et musicien. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stephen Yeates Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: watercolour Dimensions: 25 x 39.5 cm (W x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 095 https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/files/original/e2853e1f79f65f6289bf5b546d77857e.jpg e00f99226d9c3673805db0a57182d12d 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 Gens Hellquist (1946-2013) Description An account of the resource Gens Hellquist is a pioneer of gay liberation in Canada having started the first queer organization in Saskatoon in 1971. He is currently executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition, a national non-profit addressing the health disparities faced by queer Canadians. He was the founding director of Gay & Lesbian Health Services of Saskatoon (now called the Avenue Community Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity) and served in that capacity from 1991 to 2003. He has been involved in the formation of numerous queer community organizations in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Canada. In the 1970's he was the executive director of the Gay/Lesbian Community Centre of Saskatoon, one of Canada's earliest gay/lesbian community centres addressing the range of health and rights issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. Gens has served on the board of directors of the Canadian AIDS Society, the Saskatchewan AIDS Network and was a founding board member of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. He has worked in the human service field in Saskatoon since 1971 and has served on the board of numerous local, provincial and national non-profits addressing homecare, literacy, volunteerism, HIV/AIDS, and equality issues. Currently he sits on the Saskatoon Police Advisory Committee on Diversity and the Saskatchewan Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS. Gens is the founder and current editor of Perceptions Newsmagazine, the Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine of the Prairies, Canadian's longest operating gay/lesbian publication. Besides writing extensively for Perceptions he has also written for The Body Politic, Xtra, and Briarpatch and his articles have been reprinted in numerous other publications. (2005 Induction Statement) Hellquist died on September 28, 2013. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Duncan Campbell Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Medium: acrylic on rag paper Dimensions: 30.5 x 38 cm (W x H) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2005-101