The only Lesbian in Canada
Re-meet Jane Rule. Jane Rule wrote the book that the 1985 film Desert Hearts was based on, but Jane Rule was so much more. Jane Rule was a writer, a teacher, a proud Canadian, an outspoken lesbian role...
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Re-meet the CLGA. Founded in 1973, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA) has grown to become the second-largest LGBT archive in the world. After years of operating in tiny, cramped offices, the...
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Remembering Siren magazine
Irresistibly tempting for lesbians. From Toronto’s first Dyke March to Bill C-33 to the burgeoning drag-king scene right on up to the challenges of finding a lady-date on that newfangled thing called...
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The Dyke March – looking back
These boots were made for walking. While many folks regard the Dyke March as just another branch of the Pride tree, it’s worth noting that it has its own unique history, purpose and problems. So ditch...
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Awfully Devoted Women
Book review – Awfully Devoted Women: Lesbian Lives in Canada, 1900–65 Author: Cameron Duder University of British Columbia Press 2010 . Hardcover, $85; paperback (2011), $32.95 Awfully Devoted...
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Public Sins / Private Desires:
Tracing Lesbian Lives in the Archives, 1950–1980 While the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA) has made a lot of progress building its queer women’s material over the past several years, there is...
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Forbidden Love 20 years later
I first saw Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives in a U of T class dedicated to lesbian short story, fiction and film. The course was a short-lived seminar populated almost entirely...
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