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Pink circular button with a triangle in black, and black text.

Harold Desmarais has been an active community organizer in Ontario since 1970, taking a leading role in numerous organizations, starting with Windsor Gay Unity (1972 - 1980). He was one of the founders of the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in…

A brief written for the Ontario legislature by CLGRO for the legal recognition of queer relationships.

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,…

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."

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.

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…