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Dublin Core
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Title
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LGBTQ+ Oral Histories
Description
An account of the resource
A selection of oral histories from The ArQuives collections.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1970-2005
Format
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Cassette tapes, digital video
Language
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English
Contributor
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LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Hyperlink
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URL
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Oral History with Philip McLeod (July 1991)
Description
An account of the resource
Toronto-based gay liberation activist and community organizer Philip McLeod, interviewed by historian David Churchill in July 1991, at the University of Toronto. The first fifteen minutes of the tape features still shots of gay liberation ephemera filmed by Churchill prior to the interview with McLeod, and shots of the University of Toronto campus.
This is an interview with Philip McLeod, a gay liberationist. In this interview, Mcleod describes his early life. He was born in Montreal in 19XX, the son of Mae Moreash. He was raised in the city's Protestant Infants' Home, where his mother worked. In 1943, Mcleod enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Mcleod describes his time in the Second World War, framing the war as a critical juncture in the rise of homoerotic sentiments, but not behaviours, for many men who were conscripted or enlisted.
McLeod discusses his move to Southern Ontario following the war in the early 1950s, where he worked at the Ajax Public Library, Ryerson Polytechnic, the Toronto public school system, the London (Ontario) public library system and eventually for XYZ. He retired in 1982 and resided in Toronto, where he owned a number of houses, which he rented out to supplement his income.
Mcleod recounts the social life of gay men in Toronto at mid-century in some detail. His experience as a professional offers insight into the restrictions that working life placed on cruising. The interview documents the bars, clubs, parks, and neighbourhoods gay men congregated in during the 1950s onwards.
The interview documents various strategies of signification for gay men. McLeod recounts being cruised as a librarian in London, ON public library system, as well as the role bodybuilding periodicals played in gay life at mid-century.
The interview documents McLeod’s own shift in political consciousness following the 1981 police raids on gay bathhouses in Toronto. He offers a discussion of how the coming out process for men coming of age in the 1970s was shaped by the political movements.
Creator
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Churchill, David;
McLeod, Philip
Publisher
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Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940-1970
Contributor
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Churchill, David (interviewer)
McKinney, Cait (digitizer)
Rights
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Churchill, David
Format
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mp4
Language
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English
Type
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video
community organizing
cruising
gay history
gay liberation
Hanlan’s Point
Hart House
oral history
physique magazines
Ryerson University
The Plaza
Tomorrow's Man
Toronto
University of Toronto
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Title
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Foolscap Oral History Project
Subject
The topic of the resource
gay men
Toronto
bars
oral history
HIV/AIDS
military occupations
family members
Description
An account of the resource
The Foolscap Oral History Project, also known as the Toronto Gay History Project, was undertaken by John Grube and Ed Jackson in order to collect and preserve histories of everyday gay life and social culture in Toronto. The project produced a collection of 42 interviews on 52 cassette tapes that provide a rich picture of the lives and histories of men in Grube and Jackson's social circle.
Interviews took place from 1981-1987, and cover gay life in Toronto from the 1940s until that time. Topics include the men's early life, coming out, relationships, friendships, sex lives, careers, military service, community organizing, political actions, religion, bar culture, and experiences with psychiatry.
The tapes and transcripts comprising the Foolscap Project were donated to the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in 2016, and are currently being processed by the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory.
Creator
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John Grube
Format
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Cassette Tapes
Interview Transcripts
Language
A language of the resource
English
Identifier
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2016-034
Contributor
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LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Hyperlink
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URL
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Interview with Phil Conron
Subject
The topic of the resource
oral history, gay culture, cruising
Description
An account of the resource
In this oral history interview, Phil Conron, 53 years old, discusses growing up in Toronto in the 1940s, trying to fit in with other boys in school, and early adolescent sexual experiences with other young men. He discusses his involvement with the gay social scene in Toronto in the 1950s and 60s, touching on topics that include cruising in Queen’s Park, going to parties and other gay social spaces on Toronto Island, bar culture, group sex parties, bath houses, police harassment, and a brief stint living in Vancouver in the late 1950s. Conron had long-term relationships with several men, which he outlines in brief. He also discusses his developing taste, later in life, for intergenerational relationships with young men in their early 20s. Conron briefly discusses his career, which is not identified in specific terms, and his growing participation as an actor in community theatre after his retirement.
Creator
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Foolscap Oral History Project
Date
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1985-05-22
Contributor
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Anna Malla
Rights
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CLGA
Format
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PDF, WAV
Language
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English
Type
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Sound, text
Identifier
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2016-034
Coverage
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Toronto, Vancouver, 1950s, 1960s
baths
cruising
Hanlan’s Point
intergenerational relationships
King Cole Room
Oakleaf
oral history
police entrapment
Toronto Island
Vancouver