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Sky Gilbert is the co-founder of Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. As the theatre's Artistic Director for almost two decades, he has written, produced and directed dozens of LGBT-themed plays, which fearlessly explored queer sexuality, gender…

Richard Fung, a Trinidadian who came to Toronto via Ireland in 1973, is a video artist, writer and filmmaker, who has been engaged with questions of sexism and racism for most of his artistic career. These questions were examined in Orientations, his…

Janine was born and raised in Toronto before moving west in 1989. After catching the last Via Rail train across Canada, she settled in Vancouver, landing there mostly as a result of two root canals and poor cash flow. Over the years she has written…

John Fisher is Executive Director of EGALE (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere). John holds the degrees of B.A., LL.B. (Hons) (Auck.) and LL.M. (Queen's), where he wrote his thesis on lesbian and gay rights under international law. He also…

Lynne Fernie is a widely respected film-maker, multi-disciplinary artist and cultural activist. A prolific cultural producer, Lynne is best known for her films, which include the much-loved lesbian classic Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of…

Born and raised on Wikwemikong Unceded Territory, Manitoulin Island, Gloria Eshkibok is a Two-Spirited actor, singer, and community activist. Her theatre credits include acting in Billy Merasty's Fireweed, Alanis Odjig's Manitoulin Incident, Audrey…

Jim Egan is one of the heroes in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights in Canada. Starting in 1949, he began to publicly challenge the view that homosexuality was an illness or worse. In those early years, Jim was a lone voice demanding equality…

Sara Ellen Dunlop, beloved Toronto lesbian, singer and personality, died of cancer in February 1978. A true force in women's music, she was a founder of the original Mama Quilla band. During the 1960's, Sara was a co-creator and co-owner of the Music…

John Duggan grew up on an Ontario farm, moved to Ottawa in 1970 and became involved in Gays of Ottawa (GO) in 1974. At GO, John worked tirelessly on the peer-counselling, public education, and political action committees; wrote for GO’s newspaper (…

Michelle Douglas never imagined herself as an activist, yet that was exactly what she became after being fired by the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989 for being a lesbian. Michelle joined the military in 1986 and, by all accounts, was at the beginning…