LGBTQIA

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Toronto City Council in Motion: Three Tentative Steps Toward Recognition

Toronto City Council in Motion: Three Tentative Steps Toward Recognition

From: Any Other Way

Three key motions made by the Toronto City council to pave the way towards and end to discrimination against LGBTQ people. 1 $0.10 Add
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Sex, Scandal, and Punishment in Early Toronto

Sex, Scandal, and Punishment in Early Toronto

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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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Six Nights in the Albert Lane, 1917

Six Nights in the Albert Lane, 1917

From: Any Other Way

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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Slow Season

Slow Season

Part 5: Surfacing

From: This is My Real Name

Chapter 15 concludes the book with Brunet’s return to Montreal, work at Sally’s Club and giving up stripping. 12 $1.20 Add
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An Experiment in Alternative Living: Washington Avenue

An Experiment in Alternative Living: Washington Avenue

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Diana Meridith recalls the experience of livng in a lesbian collective house in downtown Toronto in the 1980s. 3 $0.30 Add
Special Topics in Being a Human

Special Topics in Being a Human

A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring For People, Including Myself

S. Bear Bergman’s illustrated guide to practical advice for the modern age, filtered through a queer lens. As an author, educator, and public speaker, S. Bear Bergman has documented his … ; 272 View
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Status Symbol

Status Symbol

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter explores St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, where the author has regular blood work. He writes that it inspires a sense of community, and it is where he feels safest from stigma. 5 $0.50 Add
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Steps to Gentrification

Steps to Gentrification

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Allison Bergess recounts the story of The Steps, which were constructed in 1984 and became a victim of gentrification twenty years later. 3 $0.30 Add
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Surviving My Cousin

Surviving My Cousin

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this essay, the author writes about his childhood relationship with his close cousin Dee, who was also gay, and Dee’s death of AIDS-related penumonia in 1998. He posits that Dee’s … 15 $1.50 Add
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Tabloid Journalism and the Rise of a Gay Press in Toronto

Tabloid Journalism and the Rise of a Gay Press in Toronto

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Donald McLeod describes how the first queer representation in the city’s press occurred in the tabloids. 3 $0.30 Add
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Take Me Away to Another World

Take Me Away to Another World

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Rebecka Sheffield recalls the role that Ellen Degeneres and Anne Heche played in her life and an encounter she had with Heche after moving to Toronto from Saskatoon. 2 $0.20 Add
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Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker

Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, Lemoon discusses the impact of her bipolar disorder on her life as a sex worker, and how the public dialogue about safe sex needs to expand beyond exhortations to use condoms. 8 $0.80 Add
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The Best Strip Club in Canada

The Best Strip Club in Canada

Part 4: Selling the Fantasy

From: This is My Real Name

Chapter 11 explores Brunet’s time at the club Moonlighter & Sirens in Niagara. Topics discussed include legality of stripping and protections for strippers, perfect clients, confidence, hotel … 31 $3.10 Add
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Hanlan's Point

Hanlan’s Point

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Ed Jackson recounds the evolution of Hanlan’s point on Toronto Island from queer gathering place to the city’s first oficially designated clothing optional beach. 1 $0.10 Add
The Care We Dream Of

The Care We Dream Of

Liberatory & Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health

What if you could trust in getting the health care you need in ways that felt good and helped you thrive? What if the health system honoured and valued queer and trans people’s lives, … 352 View
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The Raid on The Body Politic

The Raid on The Body Politic

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Ed Jackson recalls a raid on the Body Politic newspaper by the police’s anti-pornography unit, and the fight for the freedom of the press that ensued. 5 $0.50 Add