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Gerald Hannon describes himself as a semi-retired activist and was deeply involved in the Gay Liberation Movement in the 1970s and 1980s. Hannon has been involved in the Queer Liberation Movement as a journalist, photographer, and through…

Gilles Marchildon is a francophone activist and was the executive director of Action Positive VIH/SIDA. Marchildon stresses the importance of diversity, and visibility for French queers in the Queer Liberation Movement. Interview conducted on…

Clip is an excerpt of an interview with Harold Desmarais. Desmarais speaks on the 1981 protest in the Ontario legislature after the defeat of the amendment to include sexual orientation in the Ontario Human Rights act, and the eventual passage of the…

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…

Part of an oral history project that collected stories from anonymous men who were arrested as found-ins during the 1981 Bathhouse Raids in Toronto.

Jack discusses his sexuality, socializing in the gay community, gay bars and bathhouses and their…

Clip is an excerpt of an interview with Surrey, British Columbia primary school teachers James Chamberlain and Donelda Henderson. They discuss the Chamberlain v Surrey School District No 36 Case, in which Chamberlain challenged the school board's…

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…