LGBTQIA Nonfiction

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Fairy Tales of Two Cities:

Fairy Tales of Two Cities:

or Queer Nation(s)-National Cinema(s)

From: In a Queer Country

Thomas Waugh’s "Fairy Tales of Two Cities: Queer Nation(s)-National Cinema(s)" considers examples from a past when Canadian cinema in general was defining itself, in response to … 26 $0.52 Add
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Family as a Site of Contestation:

Family as a Site of Contestation:

Queering the Normal or Normalizing the Queer?

From: In a Queer Country

Michelle K. Owen’s essay looks at what recently has become the most prominent aspect of this struggle for recognition. Owen ‘s response is informed and polemical; a scholarship that … 22 $0.44 Add
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Foreword

Foreword

From: Any Other Way

In the foreword, Kristyn Wong-Tam recounds her arrival in Toronto from Hong Kong and describes the diversity of the city’s queer community, which is often overshadowed by the predominantly … 2 $0.20 Add
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Foreword

Foreword

From: You Only Live Twice

Chase Joynt explains the reasons for the book, how he met the co-author, and the form and structure of the book. 2 $0.20 Add
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Foreword by Patty Berne

Foreword by Patty Berne

From: Crip Kinship

Foreword by Patty Berne. 4 $0.40 Add
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An Unsurpassed Rabble-Rouser: Chris Bearchell

An Unsurpassed Rabble-Rouser: Chris Bearchell

From: Any Other Way

Gillian Rodgerson recounds how Chris Bearchell became the outspoken face of Canadian lesbians in the 1970’s and ’80s 3 $0.30 Add
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'Why Do You go There?' Struggle, Faith, and Love at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto

‘Why Do You go There?’ Struggle, Faith, and Love at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto

From: Any Other Way

David K. Seitz describes his connection to the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, a protestant church with a primarily LGBT cogregation 4 $0.40 Add
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The Collective House on Dewson Street

The Collective House on Dewson Street

From: Any Other Way

Debbie Douglas tells how a house on Dawson Street became the epicentre for groups of queer black women for decades. 2 $0.20 Add
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International Ms Leather 2000 Comes to Toronto

International Ms Leather 2000 Comes to Toronto

From: Any Other Way

Hilary Cook and Karleen Pendleton Jiménez recall the agony and ecstacy of attenting an S&M party. ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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A Literary Breakthrough: Glad Day's Origins

A Literary Breakthrough: Glad Day’s Origins

From: Any Other Way

Jerald Moldenhauer recalls his involvement in the gay rights movement in Toronto in the 1970’s 4 $0.40 Add
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A Bastion of Straight Male Privilege: OCA in the 1970's

A Bastion of Straight Male Privilege: OCA in the 1970’s

From: Any Other Way

Richard Fung describes the experience of being a gay student at the Ontario College of Arts in the 1970s. 3 $0.30 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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Halloween Balls: From Letros to the St. Charles

Halloween Balls: From Letros to the St. Charles

From: Any Other Way

Christine Sismondo tells the story of Toronto’s Halloween drag balls. 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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Hanna and Saied's Story

Hanna and Saied’s Story

From: Any Other Way

Kamal Al-Solaylee tells the story of Hanna and Saied, two Syrian refugees who discovered community and acceptance in Toronto’s LGBTQ community after arriving in the city in 2016. 3 $0.30 Add
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Having a Gay Old Time in Paris:

Having a Gay Old Time in Paris:

John Glassco's Not-50-Queer Adventures

From: In a Queer Country

It is a common concern in literary studies of homosexuality to ascertain the sexuality of the author, but Glassco’s autobiographical Memoirs of Montparnasse presents a special case. Much … 18 $0.18 Add