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Neil has been involved with Saskatoon's lesbian and gay communities since the early 1970s. In 1975, Neil and others joined to form the Committee to Defend Doug Wilson. During this struggle, Neil enlisted the support of the University of…

Marie Robertson is an outspoken lipstick lesbian. A community activist since the early 70's, Marie has never been afraid to rock the boat and challenge both those within and outside the LGBT community. For many years, she was one of the few…

Svend Robinson, politician and activist, has been one of the key figures of Canadian political life since his election as a New Democratic Party MP to the House of Commons in 1979. In 1988, he became the first MP to publicly declare that he was gay.…

Gerry Rogers, is a person who gives from her heart as well as her mind. She has shared her humanistic and activist concerns in her work as well as in her personal life. Gerry is an accomplished filmmaker with many award-winning films to her credit,…

A torch-bearer for several generations of lesbian writers and activists, Jane Rule has written 12 critically acclaimed books and created a legacy of active engagement in the pursuit of lesbian and gay rights. Her beautifully crafted, pioneering first…

Craig Russell, Canadian female impersonator, stage actor and entertainer, writer and movie star, was born in Toronto. At 13, Mr. Russell formed the Mae West International Fan Club and by 15, he made the first of several trips to California to work…

A native of Hamilton, Kyle Scanlon was a member of the queer students’ organization at McMaster University. A move to Toronto led Kyle into the Lesbian Gay Bi Youth Line, where he became the first openly transsexual man to be the Executive Director…

Betty was born on a farm just outside in Sydney, Australia and Shirley was born in Sudbury in 1924. The two meet in Toronto in the 1960s, where they were apart of the lesbian bar scene that gravitated around The Continental. At the time of the…

Eve Zaremba was born in Poland in 1930. The Second World War displaced her family to Scotland and England, where she was sent to a boarding school in Reading until the age of 15. Zaremba leaves school in 1945 and moves with her family to Southern…

Jeanne is an activist and retired bookkeeper and secretary. She was born in 1924, the youngest and only girl of five siblings and grew up and lived for a major part of her life in Toronto. At the time of the interview she was back living with her…