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Group photograph of CLGRO steering meeting attendees. Back row: Geoff Gibson, Chris Veldhoven, Tom Warner, Basil Girgrah, Kathleen Holland. Front row: Paul Pasanen, Julia Lipinska

Square white pin with pink triangle and interlocking male and female symbols in black and white. Text in black.

As part of Community Ties: Our Future Together, The ArQuives hosted a community conversation that brought together 2SLGBTQIA+ community members, activists, artists, and organizers to share insights into local histories, current initiatives, and the…

Hamilton Evening Times spread from 1893, including a short article entitled "John Street Dive Raided: A Brace of Soiled Doves in the Prisoner’s Dock". This article describes a raid on a brothel, the arrests of a madam and sex worker, and their…

Hamilton Evening Times spread from 1907, including a short article entitled "Want Inspector", reporting on a recommendation from the Hamilton Citizen's League to introduce a separate office enforcing laws on public morality.

This image is a collage of cut out text glued onto white paper. The letters, in a variety of colours and fonts, read "h[ey] hom[o] pigs keep your gross hands off our culture queer doesn't mean gay testicle brains."

Letter from Johnny Austen discusses the costs of his dues, newsletter back issues, and a copy of The Uninvited Dilemma. He asks to be added to the pen-pal list under his pen name "Romeo Bliss." He also wrote under the names Charles John Austen III,…