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2.0 Café of Silence

From: You Only Live Twice

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Mike and Chase meet at near their favourite filmmaker’s home and find it easier to write than to talk, as the café they are in is robbed by an armed man. ; 1 $0.10 Add
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Looking for Gaëtan

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter explores the historicization of the AIDS epidemic, and discusses some myths about Gaëtan Dugas, the so-called "Patient Zero." 9 $0.90 Add
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The World’s Largest Lesbian Hockey League

From: Any Other Way

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Margaret Webb describes how the Women’s Hockey Club of Toronto gave lesbians from disparate backgrounds a space of their own to connect and compete. 4 $0.40 Add
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2.1 Funeral

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase reflects on his grandmother’s death. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Jason & David

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author discusses his attempts to create a performance piece that juxtaposed images from his childhood with stories and images from the lives of gay artists who had died of … 11 $1.10 Add
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Sex, Scandal, and Punishment in Early Toronto

From: Any Other Way

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Looking back to pre-confederation Ontario, this section provides accounts of the scandals and political machinations that ensued when prominent gentlemen were found to be consorting with other men. ; 5 $0.50 Add
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2.2 Mark

From: You Only Live Twice

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Mike shares a reflection of his friend Mark, who despite working at being exceptionally positive and kind, died of suicide when he was 35. Chase reflects back the story of Mark, which is also … ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Alexander Wood: The Invention of a Legend

From: Any Other Way

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Ed Jackson explores the truth behind the legend of Alexander Wood, a merchant and prominent Torontonian who was embroiled in a sex scandal in the early 1800’s 2 $0.20 Add
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Homeless Youth Are Still Dying of AIDS

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This essay describes the author’s experiences as a homeless "baby dyke," and how terror surrounding AIDS effected her at a young age. She later received the kind of sex eduation … 7 $0.70 Add
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2.3 How Could You Ever Leave Me?

From: You Only Live Twice

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Mike considers how people in their second lives often plan their funerals, like his mother. He continues to share about Mark’s death and funeral. ; 3 $0.30 Add
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Leftover Lovers

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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This chapter details the author’s experience with his school’s abstinance only sex education, which was stigmatizing, and the structural oppression that governed the lives of queer … 11 $1.10 Add
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Six Nights in the Albert Lane, 1917

From: Any Other Way

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The transcription of police testimony given in court after a series of arrests were made in the Albert Lane in the spring of 1917 3 $0.30 Add
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2.4 Imperfect

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase reflects on Mike’s telling of Mark’s funeral. They both grapple with the ideas of perfection and vulnerability. ; 3 $0.30 Add
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Elders

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this chapter, the author examines the deaths of her two uncles from AIDS, and the stigma and shame that charactarized her family’s response to this tragedy. 11 $1.10 Add
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Oscar Wilde’s Type (in Toronto)

From: Any Other Way

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An excerpt from Of Toronto the Good: a Social Study: The Queen City of Canada as It Is , 1898. 1 $0.10 Add
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2.5 Tears

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase reflects on stereotypes of trans men and shares more details of his transition. Mike wonders about the ways his favourite filmmaker makes him feel and react. Chase reflects on the function … ; 4 $0.40 Add