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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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Bev Lepischak was born in 1953 on a small farm in rural Manitoba, where she learned that hard work and careful nurturing could make things grow under even the harshest conditions. Bev studied Social Work at the University of Manitoba and worked in…

Dr. Alan Li, an immigrant from Hong Kong, is a Toronto-based physician, community organizer and human rights activist. Since the early 1980s, he has been the driving force behind Gay Asians Toronto. He co-founded Hong Kong 10%,Club, the first…

Dr. Michael Lynch, Canadian-American university professor, activist, writer, scholar, father and centerfold model for both Honcho and Mandate magazines, was struck down by AIDS. He taught modern poetry, fiction and writing at St. Michael's College in…

Ann-Marie MacDonald is a writer and actor. Her work for the theatre includes the play Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) and the script and lyrics for the musical comedy, Anything That Moves. She plays the comic role of Frances in the recent…