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Clip features lawyer Susan Ursal explaining the history of Bill 167, An Act to Amend Ontario Statutes to Provide for the Equal Treatment of Persons in Spousal Relationships, in 1994 and the campaign for equal family rights in the LGBT community,…

Susan Ursel is a lawyer working in the areas of labour and human rights. She represents trade unions, individuals and other progressive organizations. Her parents were both from Saskatchewan. She credits this Prairie heritage and the strong women of…

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.…

MP Svend Robinson's address at the 1st annual Salaam Canada / 4th annual Al-Fatiha International Conference.

English version of the flyer for first meeting of The Sex Work Autonomous Committee (SWAC) / Le Comité autonome du travail du sexe (CATS) of Montreal.

Photograph of Jelena Vermilion with a representative of the Hamilton Public Library, having signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the HPL to take on and catalogue SWAP Hamilton’s archival collection of sex work books.

Photograph of button pins created by SWAP Hamilton. These button pins were distributed at the 2022 vigil and march in support of a recent victim of anti-sex worker violence.

Photograph of bagged button pins created by SWAP Hamilton. These button pins were distributed at the 2022 vigil and march in support of a recent victim of anti-sex worker violence.

Poster distributed by SWAP Hamilton to advertise the vigil and march to raise awareness of and funds for a victim of anti-sex worker violence. Participants are encouraged to wear red in support of sex workers' rights.

CHCH-TV segment on the assault and SWAP Hamilton vigil/demonstration.