The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions

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Interview with Elgin Blair.JPG
In this oral history interview Elgin Blair and Richard Brown discuss their lives in Toronto as gay men. The interview begins with Elgin (58 years old) commenting on his coming out experience, his puritanical upbringing, his struggle to accept his…

Interview with George Hislop.JPG
In this oral history interview George Hislop, 59 years old, discusses growing up gay in Toronto from the 1930 until the 1980s. He describes his early life, first homosexual experiences, coming out, education, participation in the Toronto gay scene,…

Interview with Fred Sproule.JPG
In this oral history interview Frederick Sproule, 88 years old, discusses his life as a gay man in Toronto from the early twentieth century onwards. The interview begins with Sproule describing his coming out experience when he was 18 and lived in…

Toronto-based gay liberation activist George Hislop, interviewed by historian David Churchill in 1991. Interview is focused on mid-century gay life in Toronto.

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…

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A color poster with line drawing that reads, “Gay Softball: The Cabbagetown Group Softball League invites men and women to join in the 1980 season...” ; 28 x 43 cm.

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A white button badge, 6.5 cm in diameter, featuring a red and white Canada Flag, across which is printed: “Another hit, Canada Cup, Toronto, 1979, C.G.S.L.”

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A white button badge, 5.5 cm in diameter, on which is printed: “1979 Gay World Series, Y’all come back Saloon Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Wisc.”

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A green button badge, 5.5 cm in diameter, on which is printed in white letters: “C.G.S.L. Canada Cup, 1980, Toronto”.

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A green button badge, 5.5 cm in diameter, on which is printed in white letters: “CGSL Series V 81, Toronto, Canada”.
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