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John Nixon, 52 years old at the time of this oral history interview, discusses his facing charges for having sex with young guys, the trial process, and his imprisonment in the Saint John mental hospital in New Brunswick. He also discusses coping…

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 -…

Marcel Grimard is a francophone queer. He critiques what have been termed respectable gays and their desire for normalizing conformity found within heteronormative couplings. Grimard cites the importance of intergenerationality within the Queer…

Marie Robertson is a therapist, community developer, and senior LGBT activist. Robertson critiques the desire for marriage equality with the desire to assimilate, and instead encourages young people to recognize the gains achieved by previous…

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.

Mark discusses his sexuality, his relationship to the community, the night of the raids, the…

Clip is an excerpt from an interview with Toronto family lawyer Martha McCarthy discussing the case "M v H", a challenge for spousal support following the dissolution of a same-sex partnership. The case resulted in a landmark decision of the Supreme…