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Dyke night at Pimblet's
A pink poster for BGALOR's Dyke Night event at Pimblets.
Tags: 1990s, 1995, bars, BGALOR, lesbians, Ryerson University, the Village
Oral History with Betty Burrows & Shirley Shea, 1987
Betty was born on a farm just outside in Sydney, Australia and Shirley was born in Sudbury in 1924. The two meet in Toronto in the 1960s, where they were apart of the lesbian bar scene that gravitated around The Continental. At the time of the…
Oral History with Jeanne Healy, 1985
Jeanne is an activist and retired bookkeeper and secretary. She was born in 1924, the youngest and only girl of five siblings and grew up and lived for a major part of her life in Toronto. At the time of the interview she was back living with her…
Tags: 1940s, bars, class, homophobia, lesbian, oral history
Oral History with Jeanne Healy, Lois Stuart, and Jackie, 1985
This interview begins as a conversation between Lois, a retired schoolteacher and activist in Southern Ontario, and Jeanne, a retired secretarial worker and activist. Partway through the interview, Jackie enters and dominates much of the discussion.…
Interview with Jack
Part of an oral history project that collected stories from anonymous men who were arrested as found-ins during the 1981 Bathhouse Raids in Toronto.
Jack discusses his sexuality, socializing in the gay community, gay bars and bathhouses and their…
Jack discusses his sexuality, socializing in the gay community, gay bars and bathhouses and their…
Tags: bars, bathhouse raids, gay men, police, police brutality, Toronto
Interview with Phillip
Part of an oral history project that collected stories from anonymous men who were arrested as found-ins during the 1981 Bathhouse Raids in Toronto.
Phillip, who was the treasurer of the Right to Privacy Committee, discusses his sexuality and…
Phillip, who was the treasurer of the Right to Privacy Committee, discusses his sexuality and…
Interview with David Allandyle
Oral history interview with a gay man, David, completed as part of the Foolscap project.
David, a 60 year old gay man at the time of the interview, discusses his long-term relationships and friendships in Toronto after World War II. He came out in…
David, a 60 year old gay man at the time of the interview, discusses his long-term relationships and friendships in Toronto after World War II. He came out in…
Interview with Bob Grimson
Oral history interview with a gay man, Bob, completed as part of the Foolscap project.
Bob discusses growing up Jewish and gay in Toronto from pre-World War II onwards. He begins the interview by recounting his entrance into the Toronto gay scene…
Bob discusses growing up Jewish and gay in Toronto from pre-World War II onwards. He begins the interview by recounting his entrance into the Toronto gay scene…
Tags: bars, cruising, gay culture, gay identity, Jews., military service, parks, parties, religions, work situation
Interview with Del Newbigging
In this oral history interview, Del Newbigging, 50 years old, discusses his experience with psychiatric therapy, marriage counselling, and sex therapy, as well as his constant thought of committing suicide before coming to terms with his sexuality…
Interview with John Nixon
John Nixon, 52 years old at the time of this oral history interview, discusses his facing charges for having sex with young guys, the trial process, and his imprisonment in the Saint John mental hospital in New Brunswick. He also discusses coping…