Interview with Tom Warner, discussing the civil rights strategy and Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario
Equal rights, Activism
This video is an excerpt from an interview with Tom Warner (2001-11-03) as he discusses the civil rights strategy of including sexual orientation into Human Rights legislation in the 1970s. He also talks about founding the Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario, bringing together 11 groups across the province in the face of public discrimination and harassment.
Nancy Nicol
Clip is original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html
2001-11-03, 1970s
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English
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2016-074
1970s, Ontario
Supreme Court hearing on equal marriage, Reference
Marriage Equality, Human Rights,
This video is a excerpt from the Reference period for the Supreme Court hearing on equal marriage on October 6-7, 2004. With speakers from both sides of the case, some state that equal marriage is a human rights issue according to the Charter of Human Right, while others assert that it is not and the institution of marriage should not change in definition.
Speakers include Lauri Arron, Director of Advocacy for Egale Canada Inc.; Derek Roguski; Janet Epp-Buckingham, Director of Law and Policy for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada; Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, Senior Pastor for the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCCT) and the first pastor to perform same sex marriages in Ontario; R. Douglas Elliott, lawyer for MCCT.
Nancy Nicol
Clip is original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html
2004-10-06, 2004-10-07
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English, French
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2016-074
2004, Ottawa
Interview with Barbara Thornborrow, on anti-gay discrimination in the Canadian military
Legal rights, Anti-gay Discrimination, Coming out
This video is an excerpt from an interview with Barbara Thornborrow (2001), the first person to go public with case of anti-gay discrimination in the Canadian military. She discusses her treatment in the military and her subsequent legal case on anti-gay discrimination.
Nancy Nicol
Clip is original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html
2001
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English
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2016-074
1970s, 2001, Ontario
Canadian Supreme Court ruling on equal marriage, Reference
Equal Rights, Equal Marriage
This clip is an excerpt from Reference period for the Canadian Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage in Ottawa on December 9, 2004. This commentary discusses how the ruling determined that equal civil marriage for gays and lesbians is a constitutional right, and that religious officials who were morally against it still have religious freedom to refuse to perform ceremonies. Speakers include: Alex Munter, National co-chair for Canadians for Equal Marriage; Martha McCarthy, the lawyer for the Ontario and Quebec couples; R. Douglas Elliott, the lawyer for Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (MCCT); and Cynthia Peterson of Egale Canada.
Nancy Nicol
Clip is original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html
2004-12-09
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English, French
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2016-074
2004-12-09, Ottawa
Proud Lives: George Hislop Tribute
Memorial, Activist
Video is a memorial tribute to George Hislop, a leader in the gay and lesbian rights movement. The clips include documentary footage and interviews with George describing some of his experiences as a gay man and as an activist.
Nancy Nicol
2005
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English
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2016-074
Toronto
Stand Together, Part One: Men of the Shadows
Gay Liberation History, Discrimination, Police Mistreatment
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 members of the gay community), job discrimination within civil service positions, and the equal rights movement.
Nancy Nicol
Original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html
2002
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English
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2016-074
1960s-1970s, Ontario