'P. Gallant' in OBA Collectie

In 1981 deed de politie van Toronto zulke op razzia's gelijkende invallen in homosauna's, dat de homo/lesbische gemeenschap in protest kwam en een onderzoek eiste. De uitkomsten daarvan staan in het Bruner-report (1981), dat concludeert dat er voortdure...

With the rate of HIV infection in Ontario on the increase, the AIDS Committe of Toronto launched a safe sex campaign: "Welcome to Condom Country." The ads are a take-off on the familiar "Marlboro Man" cigarette ads; several men give their reactions to t...

17-year-old Marc Hall went from being a shy teenager to a media celebrity in Canada when he sued his Catholic school for the right to attend the school prom with his boyfriend and won.

Canadian customs is empowered to prevent the import of materials considered obscene; it seized copies of lesbian and gay erotic novels by Charlotte Cooper and Ben Elliott which had been ordered by Toronto's Glad Day Bookshop and Victoria's Bleeding Rose.

Non-biological parents are not allowed to be recognized on birth registration forms in Canada; lesbian couples in Canada are encountering difficulty having the non-biological co-mother officially recognized on birth records (the only way to accomplish t...

A strategic discussion of the pro's and con's of various approaches to lobbying for the repeal of laws in the Canadian criminal code that criminalize certain consensual sexual acts.