Clip features scenes from the 1994 pride week Toronto rally and march. Taking place shortly after the defeat of Bill 167, this was the largest LGBT political action at the time in Canada. The march included 50,000 marchers. Floats and protest…
This video is an excerpt of an interview with Nancy Rosenberg (2004) as she discusses her pension case, CUPE, and discrimination against LGBTQ+ peoples in trying to access legal and medical benefits with relation to their partners.
This video is an excerpt of an interview (2004) with Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto. He discusses his role in performing the first legal same-sex marriages in Canada, which he was able to perform by taking…
As an excerpt from the documentary Stand Together (2002), this video looks at lesbian and gay liberation in the 1960s-1970s in Canada. Through interviews, the video focuses on issues in Ontario such as police persecution (including blackmailing…
Douglas Stewart discusses his role in late 1970s- early 1980s activism in Toronto, including working with community groups ZAMI and Reunite Africa Youth (RAY).
Clip is an edited selection of primary source images, documents, and videos of the Pride movement in Toronto during the late 1970's, featuring rallies, protests, and marches against anti-gay activist Anita Bryant, police violence, and anti-gay…
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…
