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Red Spot Nights

Red Spot Nights

From: Any Other Way

Michéle Pearson Clarke recalls her experiences at the Red Spot, a vibrant venue. 2 $0.20 Add
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Relationship to Fear

Relationship to Fear

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter details the author’s sex education at school, her being tested with a friend for HIV, and how fear of AIDS influenced her romantic life as a lesbian. 7 $0.70 Add
Rooms
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Rooms

Women, Writing, Woolf

From LAMBDA Literary Award winner Sina Queyras, Rooms offers a peek into the defining spaces a young queer writer moved through as they found their way from a life of chaos to a life of the mind … 176 View
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Rosie

Rosie

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, Coyote describes their deep friendship with Rosie, a trans woman, set in Vancouver’s West End while they were nineteen. 8 $0.80 Add
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Route of Heros

Route of Heros

From: Any Other Way

Keith Cole recalls his experiences as a sex worker in Torontos boystown. 3 $0.30 Add
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Sara Ellen Dunlop and the Music Room: A Memory

Sara Ellen Dunlop and the Music Room: A Memory

From: Any Other Way

John Forbes remembers the Music Room on Yonge Street, an unliscened club that operated between 1962 and 1966. 2 $0.20 Add
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Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author discusses how he "grew up on a steady diet of AIDS fear," and the impact that has had on adult life. 10 $1.00 Add
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See: Sex Perverts

See: Sex Perverts

From: Any Other Way

An investigation into the case of Everett George Klippert leads Globe and Mail Researcher Stephanie Chambers on a journey through the paper’s coverage of homosexuality through the decades. 3 $0.30 Add
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Seized by the Cause: Glad Day and the Canada Customs Battle

Seized by the Cause: Glad Day and the Canada Customs Battle

From: Any Other Way

Elle Flanders recalls her experiences with censorship while working in a gay bookstore. 4 $0.40 Add
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Alexander Wood: The Invention of a Legend

Alexander Wood: The Invention of a Legend

From: Any Other Way

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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Oscar Wilde's Type (in Toronto)

Oscar Wilde’s Type (in Toronto)

From: Any Other Way

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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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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Speaking Up for the Gay Community, 1979

Speaking Up for the Gay Community, 1979

From: Any Other Way

Former Toronto Mayor John Sewell recalls his experience advocating for the gay community. 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
Staying Power
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Staying Power

On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose

Staying Power, Zena Sharman’s memoir in essays, is a beautiful and honest journey of care work, grief, parenting, and chosen family in the wake of intergenerational trauma. Exploring the … 224 View