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Harold Desmarais has been involved in lesbian and gay movements since November 1972 and was the first executive secretary for the Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario in 1980, when there was a push for an amendment to the Ontario Human Rights Code…

Hershel Russell is psychotherapist, a queer community activist, and political organizer. Russell was initially very involved in the lesbian and dyke community, began to identify as trans in the early 1990s, and stresses the importance of being…

Jane Farrow is a queer activist, community developer, storyteller, journalist, filmmaker, and was one of the first out CBC broadcasters. She has been a participant at demonstrations and protests, and an out queer in primarily straight places.…

Jearld Moldenhauer is an activist and artist who participated in the August 1971 march We Demand at Ottawa's Parliament Hill, danced in straight bars, and staged kiss-ins and zaps. Moldenhauer formed Toronto Gay Action, proposed and created The…

John Greyson is an artist and filmmaker who teaches film at York University. Greyson has been making films, videos, installations, and artist books that deal with Queer Liberation since the early 1980s. Discusses how the queer movement and…

John Wilson has been involved in the Queer Liberation Movement since the 1970s and was at the first gay protest on Parliament Hill, a member of Toronto Gay Action, Gay Alliance Toward Equality, Gays and Lesbians Against the Right Everywhere,…

Ken Popert was the editor and publisher of Pink Triangle Press and identifies as a sexual libertarian. Popert cites internal anger and sectarianism as a threat to the movement and emphasizes the need for leadership and planning in any organized…

Kristin Wong-Tam is a Toronto city councillor, a cultural activist, and an art dealer. Wong-Tam credits queer youth with pushing issues that had not previously been raised, and also cites the importance of seniors who continue to be active in the…

Lali Mohamad is a community builder, particularly with African, Black, and Caribbean communities. Mohamad has been influenced by Black lesbians like Audrey Lord, Barbara Smith, and Pat Parker, and this has pushed him to consider the…

Loree Erickson is an artist, academic, activist, and community organizer who works primarily on disability and sexuality issues. Erickson's focus is on what she calls ‘queer crip porn’ - pornography made by and for other queer disabled folks -…