“Adam, Barry (b. 1952),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 5.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Scholar.
Aldrich, Robert, and Wotherspoon, Garry, eds.
Who’s Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II.
(502 p.; ISBN 0415159822)
Two entries of Canadian relevance were extracted from this volume and
given separate entry in BIOGRAPHY section.
Aldrich, Robert, and Wotherspoon, Garry, eds.
Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II
to the Present Day.
(460 p.; ISBN 041522974X)
Forty-six articles of Canadian relevance were extracted from this volume
and given separate entry in BIOGRAPHY and other relevant sections.
Alice.
Amour
en sursis: le témoignage d’Alice, homosexuelle.
Moncton,
N.B.: Editions d’Acadie, 1988.
(84 p.;
ISBN 2760001520)
“Anderson, Patrick (1915-79),” by Andrew Lesk. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 16.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Writer.
“Arthur Erickson, Jun 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009,” by Hugh Brewster.
Xtra! [Toronto], June 18, 2009, p. 37.
Lengthy obituary of the leading Canadian architect.
Barton, John.
“Balancing Acts: An Interview with John Barton.” Ottawater: 0.1 (January 2005),
pp. 4-15.
The interview appeared in the first issue of this periodical, which
is
an
Electronic article at: http://www.ottawater.com/ottawater01.pdf and
(printer-friendly version) at:
http://www.ottawater.com/ottawater01print.pdf
(viewed
“This interview was conducted over email from April 2003 to September
2004” – p. 4.
Barton, John.
“Silences Longer Than We Can
Bear.” Poetry
Barton
discusses development of his own writing towards being more
openly
gay, and “how I came to publish Great Men” (p. 6).
Barton, John.
“TDR Interview: John Barton (I).” Interviewed by Shane Neilson.
TDR: The Danforth Review, [2001/2002?].
Electronic article at:
http://www.danforthreview.com/features/interviews/barton/barton_interview.htm#barton
(viewed October 23, 2008).
Barton, John.
“TDR Interview: John Barton (II).” Interviewed by Shane Neilson.
TDR: The Danforth Review, [2003].
Electronic article at:
http://www.danforthreview.com/features/interviews/barton/john_barton2.htm
(viewed October 23, 2008).
Bélanger,
Denis, 1950-1992.
Les
jardins de Méru: récit. Montréal:
Boréal, 1993.
(137
p.; ISBN 2890525937)
Vedettes-matières:
“Homosexualité” et “Sidéens – Biographie” –
Bibliothèque
nationale du Québec.
Bendall,
Lisa.
“Label Me
(Summer 1996): 26-28.
Gay/lesbian,
disability, and women’s issues addressed.
Bertrand,
Mireille, and Boulanger, Luc.
L’obstacle
d’une difference: paroles de gais, réflexions et confidences.
Des
entretiens de Mireille Bertrand avec Luc Boulanger…[et al.] ; préface
du
Dr. Réjean Thomas. Montréal :
Québec Amérique, c2006.
(198 p.; ISBN 9782764405031, 2764405030)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 32630039, a descriptor in
which points to interviews of Québec gay men.
“Blais, Marie-Claire (b. 1939),” by Lee Arnold. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 38-39.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Writer.
“Blais, Marie-Claire
(1939- )” by Mary Jean Green. In Lesbian
Histories and
Cultures: An Encyclopedia,
p. 119. Edited by Bonnie Zimmerman.
Bociurkiw, Marusya.
Comfort Food for Breakups: The
Memoir of a Hungry Girl.
Pulp Press, 2007.
(171 p.; ISBN 1551522195 and 9781551522197)
“The
Body Politic Collective Members (1971-87),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 43-45. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry
Wotherspoon.
The
Body Politic was
the time of its folding in 1987. It played a crucial role in the gay liberation
movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
“Boulerice, André (b. 1946),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 49-50.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Politician.
Brandis, Marianne, 1938-
Finding Words: A Writer’s Memoir. Manotick, Ont.: Penumbra Press, c2000.
(240 p.; ISBN 1894131029)
One of
descriptors in AMICUS catalogue is “Lesbian authors –
Biography.”
“Brant, Beth (b. 1941),” by Karen Lee Osborne. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 53-54.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
First Nations writer. See LITERATURE section for some of her works.
“Brion Gysin.” In Writing At Risk: Interviews in
pp. 57-84. Edited by Jason Weiss.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 343.
Brock, Deborah.
“ ‘Workers of the World Caress’: An Interview with Gary Kinsman on Gay
and Lesbian Organizing in the 1970’s Toronto Left.” Left History 9(2)
(Spring/Summer 2004).
Electronic document at:
http://www.yorku.ca/lefthist/online/brock_kinsman.html#noteone
(viewed
“
An Encyclopedia, p.
133. Edited by Bonnie Zimmerman.
Publishing, 2000.
“
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 59-60.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Writer. See LITERATURE section for some of her works.
Brunet,
François, 1950-
L’acte
de folie. Montréal: Editions Les
Entretiens, 1992.
(208
p.; ISBN 2980273805)
Budde, Robert.
“Todd Bruce: The Word Inert, Expectant.” In In Muddy Water: Conversations
with 11 Poets, pp. 86-102. Edited by Robert Budde.
Shillingford Publishing, 2003.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 334.
Burns, Robert J.
“Queer Doings.” Beaver 83(2) (2003): 38-43.
Article about George Herchmer Markland, a prominent bureaucrat in the
1830s, Inspector
General of Public Accounts for
1838, he appeared before Executive Council on accusations of homosexual
liaisons. What followed led finally to his resignation from his positions.
Callwood, June.
Jim: A Life with AIDS.
(310 p.; ISBN 0886192242)
Account
of Jim St. James’s four-year struggle with AIDS. St. James, a
disfellowshipped
Jehovah’s Witness, struggled to reconcile his
homosexuality,
his dedication to Jehovah, and his family relationships.
Cameron, Elspeth, 1943-
And Beauty Answers: The Life of
Frances Loring and
(526 p.; 32 p. of plates; ISBNs 9781897151136 and 1897171136)
Biography of the two American-born Canadian sculptors who
lived together for over fifty years. Both died in 1968.
Cameron, Elspeth,
1943-
No Previous Experience: A
Memoir of Love and Change. Toronto: Viking, 1997.
(240
p.; ISBN 0670873764)
Caron,
Réjean, 1952-
L’amour
ultime. Moncton, N-B: Editions de la
Francophonie, c2004.
(274 p.; ISBN 2923016629)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 30684728, which applies
descriptors concerning gay couples, gay men, biography, Québec,
and the author.
Castle, Stephanie.
Feelings: A Transsexual’s
Explanation of a Baffling Condition.
Vancouver: Perceptions Press,
c1992.
(232 p.; ISBN 1895590035)
CelebrAsian: Shared
Lives: An Oral History of Gay Asians.
Toronto: Gay Asians Toronto,
c1996.
(158 p.)
Presents
biographies (approx. six to twelve pages each) of the
following: Alexis Carrington, Wayson Choy, Raymond Fong,
Richard
Fung, Englebert Gayagoy, Andre Goh, Peter Ho, Kirby Hsu,
Kai
Lau, Edward Lee, Alan Li, Duc Nyugen, and Chung Tang. Also
Gay
Asians Toronto (G.A.T.) chronology of events, 1979-1996, and
3-page
list of selected articles from CelebrAsian newsletter,
volume 2
(Spring 1984) through volume 20 (Fall 1995).
Champagne, Robert, comp.
Jim Egan: Canada’s Pioneer Gay Activist. Toronto: Canadian Lesbian and
Gay History Network, 1987.
(106 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 7863795, which notes that work
is chiefly letters
and articles by Egan.
Charest,
Madeleine, 1941-
Le dur combat d’une femme. [Chertsey, QC : Madeleine Charest, 2006?].
(274 p.; ISBN 2980936405)
Autobiography.
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 32474285, which applies
descriptors Sex change – Québec (Province) – Biography and
Transsexuals -- Québec (Province) – Biography
Choy, Wayson.
Paper Shadows: A Chinatown
Childhood. Toronto: Viking, 1999.
(342 p.; ISBN 0670877093)
No
direct presentation of gay material.
Please see note appended to
Hepburn article in LITERARY CRITICISM section
of this list for
some justification for inclusion. It is the compiler’s opinion that
a bibliography of this nature, or for that
matter, a general bibliography
of Canadian writing, would be seriously
incomplete if attention were
not directed to the quality work of this
writer.
Christopher, Nathaniel.
“Queer in Care: A First-hand Account of Being Queer in Foster Care.”
Relational Child and Youth Care
Practice [
25-28.
See also “Youth from Care, BA,” below.
Christopher, Nathaniel.
“Youth from Care, BA. : The Barriers to University Faced by a Former Youth
in Care.” Relational Child and Youth Care Practice
[
(Fall 2005): 19-28.
See also “Queer in Care” account, above.
“ClitLit: What Is It?” Herizons 15(2) (Fall 2001): 39-40.
Interview with Roewan Crowe, founder in 1998 of ClitLit, a Toronto
“theme-based free literary event…[providing] a dynamic and supportive
venue for emerging and established queer women writers” – CBCA
electronic index.
Colapinto, John, 1958-
As Nature Made Him: The Boy
Who Was Raised as a Girl.
Toronto: HarperCollins, c2000.
(279 p.; ISBN 0002000474)
Available also in abridged form as four
audiocassettes (5 hours).
Cooke, Nathalie.
“Energy, Emotion and
Perspective: An Interview with Nicole Brossard.”
ARC 32 (Spring 1994):
55-61.
Cormier, Frances
Olympe, 1937-
Frances with an “e”: Our
Story. Moose Creek, Ont.: Pilgrim
Publications, 1995.
(298 p.; ISBN 0969940904)
Published
also in French as: France avec un “s”
“Courte,
Bernard René (1949-91),” by Harold Averill.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian
History: From World War II to
the Present Day, p. 95. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon.
London; New York: Routledge, 2001.
“Canadian activist,
educationalist, writer.”
“Damien, John (1933-86),” by Donald W. McLeod. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 102.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Activist who worked in the horse-racing industry in Ontario.
D’Amour,
Michel.
Michel,
gai dans le village. Montréal:
Editions MFR, c1989.
(145
p.; ISBN 2920220306)
Montreal anecdotes.
D’Anna, Lynnette.
“In Conversation with Dionne
Brand, Winnipeg, April 1995.” Prairie
Fire:
A Canadian Magazine of New
Writing 17(2) (Summer 1996): 9-19.
Brief
reference to lesbianism, p. 17.
De Poonani Posse.
“Flowing with Da Juice: Talking
with ‘De Poonani Posse.”
Kinesis, June 1995, p.
15.
Entry for
De Poonani Posse at www.gaycanada.com , last accessed
January
11, 2001 (at which time entry had been last modified Apr. 25,
1997), gives the following: De Poonani Posse is a “Black lesbian-focused
collective of four artists/writers/poets dedicated to cultural
production.
DA JUICE! Black lesbian
magazine, Blue Storm theatre company,
Blackberry workshops/talks, and BANSHII Blackcentric art & clothing
design collective.” A Toronto
address is given and the names Sherece
Taffe and Tonia Brown.
Deverell, William.
Fatal Cruise: The Trial of Robert Frisbee. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1991.
(384 p.; ISBN 0771026633)
Account of and background to murder trial of Frisbee, held in
Victoria, B.C. late 1986 and early 1987. Frisbee, a gay American
man, was accused of murder aboard an Alaska cruise ship in
Canadian waters.
“Don Casswell: Standing Up for Social
Justice.”
Spring 2008, pp. 4-9.
Article on the occasion of the retirement of Casswell from the University
of Victoria Faculty of Law. Many tributes from colleagues. Casswell
published groundbreaking work in Canadian gay/lesbian legal matters.
See elsewhere in this bibliography.
Dubois, René-Daniel.
“Réponse informulée à
quelques questions informelles.” Jeu
32 (1984): 76-78.
Dubois,
René-Daniel.
“Vivre
de sa plume au Québec: entrevue avec René-Daniel Dubois.”
Lettres québécoises 43 (automne 1986): 10-13.
Dugan, Mark, and Boessenecker, John.
The Grey Fox: The True Story of Bill Miner, Last of the Old-Time Bandits.
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, c1992.
(260 p.; ISBN 0806124350)
Miner, an American “idolized as Canada’s best-known outlaw”;
“authors contend that Bill Miner is the only proven homosexual
outlaw the West has known” – Perceptions [Saskatoon], vol. 11,
issue
1 (Jan. 27/93), p. 24.
Dupuis, Hervé, 1941-
Voir ailleurs: récit de voyage.
Montréal: Triptyque, 1995.
(211 p.; ISBN 2890312194)
About a
gay French professor’s travels in Asia, according to the
descriptors of the Bibliothèque
nationale du Québec.
Egan, Jim.
Challenging the Conspiracy of
Silence: My Life as a Canadian Gay Activist.
Compiled and edited by Donald W.
McLeod. Toronto: Canadian Lesbian
and Gay Archives and Homewood
Books, c1998.
(157 p.; ISBN 0968382908)
A legal
challenge by Mr. Egan was taken to the Supreme Court of Canada.
See also
the VIDEOS and the LAW sections.
“Egan, Jim (1921-2000),” by Donald W. McLeod. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 119.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Activist for benefits
for same-sex partners.
Elwin, Rosamund, ed.
Tongues on Fire: Caribbean
Lesbian Lives and Stories. Toronto: Women’s
Press, 1997.
(255 p.; ISBN 0889612269)
Erickson, Arthur.
See entry above in this section, at “Arthur Erickson, Jun 14, 1924 - May 20
2009”
Everett-Green, Robert.
“Prince of Homosexuals: The
Bravado of Bruce LaBruce Hides a More Private
Man. The Porno King of the Gay Set Riding
High.” Globe and Mail [Toronto]
June 19, 1998, n.p.
Ref.: CPI.Q
electronic index, from which full text of article was available
as of
November 11, 2000.
“Fernie, Lynne (b. 1946),” by Maureen FitzGerald. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 133.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Artist, filmmaker.
Ferry, James.
In the Courts of the Lord: A
Gay Minister’s Story.
Toronto: Key Porter Books,
c1993.
(231 p.; ISBN 1550134728;
1550134949)
Gay
clergyman in the Anglican Church of Canada, Unionville, Ontario.
Commentary:
“Ferry’s Experiences Subject of Book,” Anglican Journal ,
March
1993, p. 12 (517 words).
Filipenko, Cindy.
“Calling the Shots.” Herizons 10(4) (Fall 1996): 16-19 (1722 words).
About
Aerlyn Weissman, film director of, e.g., Fiction and Other
Truths
and Forbidden Love, for which see VIDEOS section of this
bibliography.
Findley, Timothy.
From Stone Orchard: A
Collection of Memories. Toronto:
HarperCollins, 1998.
(170 p.; ISBN 0002557290)
“Collection
of Findley’s writings including comic incidents and endearing
tales
surrounding ‘Stone Orchard,’ the name he and Bill Whitehead gave
their 19th-century farmhouse” –from website www.macabees.ab.ca,
viewed Nov.21/00.
Findley, Timothy.
Inside Memory: Pages from a
Writer’s Workbook. Toronto:
HarperCollins, 1990.
(325 p.; ISBN 0002156970)
“Findley, Timothy (b. 1930),” by Laurie Kruk. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 135.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Writer.
Fleming, Lee, ed.
To Sappho, My Sister: Lesbian
Sisters Write about Their Lives.
Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Gynergy
Books, 1995.
(243 p.; ISBN 0921881363)
“Flood, Maurice (1941-91),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 137-138.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
“Canadian activist…best known for pioneering gay liberation activism
in Vancouver.”
“Forrest, Katherine
V.” In Completely Queer: The Gay and
Lesbian Encyclopedia,
p. 217. By Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson. New York: Henry Holt, 1998.
Canadian-born
writer who has spent most of her adult life in the United
States.
Foster, Clarise.
“An Interview with John Barton.” Contemporary Verse 2 27 (2004): 11-24.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 330.
Friedenberg, Edgar Z.
“The Resources of Gaiety: A Professor’s
Retrospective.” Sexualities:
Studies in Culture
and Society [London, England] 1(3)(August 1998):
361-375.
Memoir. Friedenberg was for many years, until his death in 2000,
a professor at Dalhousie University.
Journal
sometimes cited as Sexualities Journal.
See
also chapter on Friedenberg in Michael Riordon’s Eating Fire.
Gawthrop, Daniel.
Affirmation: The AIDS
Odyssey of Dr. Peter. Vancouver,
B.C: New Star
Books, 1994.
(267 p.; ISBN
0921586353)
Author
interviews Dr. Peter Jepson-Young’s family, friends,
lovers,
colleagues; Jepson-Young presented a 2-year, 111-episode
series
on his personal fight against AIDS.
Ref.:
Perceptions [Saskatoon], no. 93, p. 27.
Geiger, John.
Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted: The Life of Brion Gysin.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 343.
“George Hislop, Gay Activist,
1927-2005.” Globe & Mail [
no pagination [electronic version viewed Sept. 22/08]
This obituary provides considerable detail about Mr. Hislop’s life.
Giasson,
Sylvie, 1957-
À
l’ombre d’un doute: de la dépression à l’équilibre. Mont-Royal, Québec:
Novalis,
1999.
(143
p.; ISBN 289507013X)
Lesbiennes;
dépressifs.
Gidlow,
Elsa.
Elsa:
I Come with My Songs: The Autobiography of Elsa Gidlow. San
Francisco:
Bootlegger Press/Druid Heights
Books, 1986. (422 p.; ISBN 0912932120)
Included
because of her time as a youth in Tetreauville and Montreal,
Quebec. Most of her adult life was spent in the
United States.
Review:
David Jarraway, ARC 32 (Spring 1994): 43-49.
“Gidlow, Elsa.” In Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian
Encyclopedia,
pp. 248-249. By
Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson. New York:
Henry Holt, 1998.
Described
here as an “Anglo-Canadian-American poet and philosopher.”
She
spent many of her younger years in Quebec.
“Gidlow, Elsa
(1898-1986),” by Eloise Klein Healy. In Lesbian
Histories and Cultures:
An Encyclopedia, pp.
333-334. Edited by Bonnie
Zimmerman. New York:
Garland Publishing, 2000.
Gilbert, Sky.
“Diary of a (Reluctant)
Radical.” This Magazine [Toronto]
30(6)
(May/June 1997): 34-37 (2671 words).
Gilbert, Sky.
Ejaculations from the Charm
Factory. Toronto: ECW Press, [2000?]
(ISBN 1550224328)
Gilbert, Sky.
“What’s Eating Sky Gilbert? Gay
Theatre Has Finally Moved into the Mainstream,
But the Man Who Helped Make It
Possible Is Not Impressed.”
Toronto Life, March 1997,
pp. 45-51 (4757 words).
“Gilbert, Sky (b. 1952),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 159-160.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Writer.
Givner, Joan.
Mazo de la Roche: The
Hidden Life. Toronto: Oxford
University Press, 1989.
(273 p.; ISBN
0195407059)
“The
centre of her [de la Roche’s] life was her overwhelming love
for
her cousin, Caroline Clement, whom she adopted as a sister and
who
was her life-long companion, soul-mate, and muse. The core
of
their existence was a secret unwritten play….” – quoted from
dust jacket.
“Glassco, John (Buffy) (1909-1981),” by Justin D. Edwards. In Who’s Who in Gay
and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II, pp. 182-183. Edited by
Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York: Routledge, 2001
Writer.
Goldie, Terry.
Queersexlife: Autobiographical Notes on Sexuality, Gender & Identity.
(255 p.; ISBN 9781551522364)
Ref.: AMICUS no.
33859348, which assigns descriptors Gays –
Biography, Gender identity, and Homosexuality, among others.
Graham, Candis J., 1949-
“Baby Fingers.” In Finding the Lesbians: Personal Accounts from around the
World, pp. 94-100. Edited by Julia Penelope & Sarah Valentine.
Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, c1990.
Graham is identified in the notes, p. 251, as Canadian.
Gray, R. W.
“ ‘…in My Writing I See Myself as a Community Worker…’ : An Interview
with Gregory Scofield.” Arc 43 (Autumn 1999): 21-29.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 353.
Gray, R. W.
“ ‘The Nice Thing about Being Two-spirited Is It Exists Despite the Patriarchy’:
An Interview with Daniel David Moses.” Arc 42 (1999): 29-39.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 347.
Gray, R. W.
“…We Have to Think in Communities Now…”: An Interview with Robin
Blaser.” Arc 44 (2000): 24-36.
Greenland, Cyril, and
Colombo, John Robert, comps.
Walt Whitman’s Canada. Willowdale, Ont.: Hounslow Press, c1992.
(245 columns; ISBN 0888821565)
Limited
edition of 125 copies; includes facsimile reproduction of
first
edition of Whitman’s diary (Boston: Small, Maynard, 1904).
Greer, Darren.
Strange Ghosts: Essays.
(174 p.; ISBNs 1896951635 and 9781896951638)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 28838454, in which Biography
descriptor is applied.
“Grove, Frederick Philip (1879-1948),” by Andrew Lesk. In Who’s Who in Gay
and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II, pp. 193-194. Edited
by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York: Routledge,
2001.
Writer.
Hagen, Darrin, 1964-
An Edmonton Queen: Not a
Riverboat Story: Inside a Dynasty of Drag.
Edmonton: Slipstream Books,
1997.
(166 p.; ISBN 1895836468)
Review: NeWest
Review 23(5) (June-July 1998): 32-33.
Hamel,
Nicole, 1948-
Du
caillou au sequoia = From Stone to Sequoia. Saint-Prosper, QC :
Éditions
du Mécène, 2007.
(141
p.; ISBN 9782923150420)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
AMICUS catalogue record no. 33251177.
Subjects: Lesbians; Cancer.
Hampson, Sarah.
“The Singer Formerly Seen as She: She Was a Classically Trained Musician
with a Career in Children’s Entertainment, Until Her Life ‘Burned Up’ and She
Became a He with a New Professional
Name.” Globe & Mail [
Ref.: CPI.Q index notes that this is an interview with Phynix
“Hannon, Gerald (b. 1944),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 177.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Writer and activist.
Article makes reference to: Sandra Martin, “In Your Face,”
Toronto Life, June 1996 (no pagination given).
Hawaleshka, Danylo.
“A ‘Fantasy Thing’: The Comedian and TV Host Comments on Lesbian Chic.”
Maclean’s,
Concerns Maggie Casella, Canadian-American; comments on Canadian
attitudes compared with American on glbt issues. Brief interview.
Heald, Susan.
“Sex and Pleasure, Art and
Politics, and Trying to Get Some Rest: An Interview
with Shawna Dempsey and Lorri
Millan, Performance Artists.”
Atlantis: A Women’s Studies
Journal 23 (Fall 1998): 80-90.
“Herbert, John (b. 1926),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 185.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Writer (play Fortune and Men’s Eyes is his best known work).
Higgins, Ross, 1948-
Peter Flinsch: The Body in
Question.
(ISBN 9781551522371)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue prepublication record no. 33890339,
in which a descriptor
Gay artists –
“Hill,
Charles C. (b. 1945).” In Who’s Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History:
From World War II to the Present Day, p. 188. Edited by Robert Aldrich and
Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.
Art curator, activist.
Hinton, Peter
“Richard Monette,
2008, p. 37.
Obituary. “Funny and sad. Sexy and confounding. A gay man and a gay
artist who was reticent to identify himself as one….”
“Hislop, George (b. 1927),” by Donald W. McLeod. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, pp. 189-190.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Early gay activist in Toronto; helped found Community Homophile
Association of
Toronto (CHAT).
Hughes, Susan, 1960-
No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring
Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom
and Adventure. Written by Susan Hughes; illustrated by Willow Dawson.
(80 p.; ISBN 9781554531776, 9781554531783)
“Interest age level: Ages 9-12 years.”
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33663695, which assigns
descriptors Male impersonators – Biography – Juvenile literature,
Transgender people – Biography – Juvenile literature, and
Transvestities – Biography – Juvenile literature.
Hume, Mark, and Taber, Jane.
“ The ‘Nightmare’ Fall of Svend Robinson: The Incident: Gay-rights Pioneer
Says He Stole Jewellery, Blames
Inner Demons.” Globe & Mail [
Ref.: CPI.Q index; see also related article in this section, under
author Mickleburgh.
Johnson, Katherine,
1949-
Prisoner of Gender: A
Transsexual and the System.
Katherine Johnson and
Stephanie Castle. Vancouver: Perceptions Press, c1997.
(248 p.; ISBN 1895590183)
Kester, Norman G.,
1962-
From Here to District Six: A
South African Memoir with New Poetry, Prose
And Other Writings. Toronto: District Six Press, 2000.
(113 p.; ISBN 0968634206)
Kester, Norman
G., 1962-
Liberating Minds: The Stories and Professional Lives of Gay, Lesbian and
Bisexual Librarians and Their
Advocates. Jefferson, NC: McFarland,
1997.
(256 p.; ISBN 0786403632)
Some
Canadian information – e.g., interview at Glad Day, Toronto gay
bookstore; Kester is a Canadian librarian.
Review: Feliciter
[Canadian Library Association] 43(6)(June 1997):14.
Khan, Badruddin,
pseud.
Sex, Longing & Not
Belonging. Oakland, CA: Floating
Lotus USA; Bangkok,
Thailand: Floating Lotus
Communications Co., 1997.
(238 p.; ISBN 0942777166)
Autobiography
of a man who is gay and who grew up in Pakistan. The
author emigrated to North American in his teens, was educated at
Columbia University, and at time of publication was living in suburban
Toronto with his lover (p. 6). He is identified as “a Canadian business
consultant” on verso of title page. Stephen O. Murray, the writer of the
Afterword, “earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Toronto”
(title page verso).
Khayatt, Didi.
“Jeri Wine: Out and Proud.” Resources for Feminist Research 32 (1/2): 166-168.
Kin, Yanni, 1960-
Regarde-moi, maman!: témoignage d’un transsexuel. Outremont, QC :
Lanctôt
éditeur; Boisbriand, QC : Diffusion Prologue, 2002.
(302 p.; ISBN 2894852355)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 27864390, which applies
descriptor Transsexuals – Québec (Province) –
Biography.
“Kinsman, Gary (b. 1955),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, pp. 230-231.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Scholar, activist.
Kivi, K. Linda, 1962-
Fidelity. By K. Linda Kivi…et al. Nelson,
B.C.: Maa Press, 1999.
(159 p.; ISBN 0968530206)
Korinek, Valerie J.
“‘The Most Openly Gay Person for At Least a
Thousand Miles’: Doug Wilson
and the Politicization of a Province, 1975-83”.
Canadian Historical Review 84(4)(December 2003): [517]-550.
The province is Saskatchewan.
Labelle, Anne-Marie, 1961-
Scènes de vies conjugaies.
Récits et photos d’Anne-Marie Labelle; préface
de
Jean Fugère. Montréal: Labelle, [2001?].
(156 p.; ISBN 2980713309)
AMICUS catalogue record applies descriptors concerning gay men and
gay male couples in
Québec, including interviews.
Labelle,
Anne-Marie, 1961-
Scènes
de vies conjugaies : les femmes.
Montréal: Labelle, 2002.
(154
p.; ISBN 2980713317)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 27196177. See separate Labelle
listing for a combined translation into English of this and
another of Labelle’s works.
Labelle, Anne-Marie, 1961-
Scenes in the Lives of Gays and Lesbians. Interviews and photographs:
Anne-Marie Labelle; translators: David Homel and Garrett Montgomery.
Montréal: Labelle, 2003.
(115 p.; ISBN 2980713325)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 27980476, which notes that this is a
translation of two works; namely, Scènes de vies conjugaies and
Scènes de vies conjugaies: les femmes. The first of these titles was listed
in an earlier edition of the Gay Canada bibliography, whereas the second
is listed in the current updating. Descriptors in the AMICUS catalogue
record indicate this to concern gay men, lesbians, and gay couples in the
province of Québec.
Labonté, Richard, and Schimel, Lawrence, eds.
First Person
Queer: Who We Are (So Far).
2007.
(223 p.; ISBN 9781551522272)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33529858.
Essay anthology of first-person accounts of range of queer experience.
AMICUS record descriptors indicate biographies of gays, bisexuals,
and transsexuals.
Although
this work is published in
of Canadian aspects with respect to contributors or contents.
LaBruce, Bruce.
The Reluctant Pornographer. Toronto: Gutter Press, c1997.
(207 p.; ISBN 1896356125)
Laframboise,
Philippe, 1924-
La
marginale solitude des gais.
Boucherville, Québec: Editions des Amitiés
Franco-québécoises,
2000.
(ISBN 2921729490)
“lang, k. d. (b. 1961),” by Susan Taylor. In Who’s Who in Contemporary Gay and
Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 238. Edited by
Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York: Routledge, 2001.
Popular musician.
Article makes reference to: Brendon Lemon, “k.d. lang,” The Advocate
[
Lang, K.D. (Kathy
Dawn), 1961-
k. d. lang: In Her Own Words. Compiled by David
Bennahum.
Press, c1995.
(96 p.; ISBN 0711943079)
“Lavoie, René (b. 1955),” by Michael Hendricks. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 239.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Montréal activist.
Leduc, Mark.
See entry below in this section, at “Mark Leduc, 1962-2009.”
Lee, John Alan.
Love’s Gay Fool: Autobiography of John Alan Lee.
(Electronic document, viewed
Quotation from the Preface of the document:
“This is not the whole story. For that, you will need to visit the Canadian
Lesbian and Gay
Archives in
kept since age 22….They total three million words. My story here is
edited to 120,000 words….”
Leiss McKellar, Elisabeth.
“Out of Order: Florence Carlyle and the Challenge of Identity, 1864-1923.”
MA thesis, University of Western Ontario, 1995.
(179 p.)
“This thesis intends to survey first the unique background of
Woodstock [Ontario] and the Carlyle family; second, the general art
milieu; and finally Carlyle’s life as a painter and lesbian….As
a…practising lesbian, Florence Carlyle required the respectability that her
relationship to British man-of-letters Thomas Carlyle provided” – abstract
from Canadian Research Index.
Lennad, Pascal.
Bordeaux Beach: le manuel du parfait
détenu. Montréal: Presses libres, c1984.
(141 p.; ISBN 2891170202)
Autobiography.
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography and AMICUS
catalogue
“LePan, Douglas V. (1914-98),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, pp. 245-246.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Diplomat, soldier, academic, and poet.
Article makes reference to: Jeffrey Round, “Douglas Valentine
LePan,” Xtra!, Dec. 31, 1998 (no pagination given).
“Li, Alan (b. 1960),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, pp. 247-248.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Activist and physician.
Liberating Minds.
SEE entry at Kester,
Norman G., in this section.
Lorrain,
Roland, 1919-
À moi ma chair, à moi
mon âme! Tôme 1: Du cloître au
ballet.
Montréal: VLB, 1985.
(ISBN 2890052052: t. 1)
From
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec catalogue.
“Lynch,
Michael (1944-91),” by Donald W. McLeod.
In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, pp. 252-253.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New
York: Routledge, 2001.
Teacher, activist, writer.
Article makes reference to his paper, “Here is Adhesiveness: From
Friendship to Homosexuality,” which was awarded the first Crompton-
Noll Award from the Lesbian and Gay Caucus of the Modern
Language Association in 1981.
MacIsaac, Ashley, with
Francis Condron.
Fiddling with Disaster. Toronto: Warwick Publishing, 2003.
(ISBN 1894622332)
Mackenzie, Hilary.
“Homosexual Revelations [Svend Robinson;
Laurier LaPierre].”
Maclean’s, March 14, 1988, pp. 13-14.
Malone, Greg.
You Better Watch Out: A Memoir Toronto: Knopf Canada, c2009.
(366p.; ISBN 9780307396747; AMICUS catalogue no. 34305402)
Codco, Newfoundland-based comedy troupe of the 1980s.
Review: Paul Bellini, Fab [Toronto], April 1, 2009, p. 25.
Manji, Irshad.
“Allach, Lesbos & Me
[Being a Muslim Lesbian].” Herizons 8(4)
(Winter
1995): 39-40.
“Mark Leduc, 1962-2009,” by Xtra staff. Xtra! [Toronto], July 30, 2009, p. 18
Olympics in Barcelona….”
Compiler note: items from gay press normally not included in this
bibliography. Exception here because of relative rarity of sports-related
items.
Martel, Brigitte, 1949-
Né homme, comment je suis devenu femme.
Montréal: Québécor, 1981.
(155
p.; ISBN 2890891313)
Autobiography of transsexual.
Martinac, Paula, 1954-
k.d. lang. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House, c1995.
(135 p.; ISBN 0791028720;
0791028992)
Lesbian
Canadian musician.
“McCaskell, Tim (b. 1951),” by David Rayside. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, pp. 269-270.
Edited by Robert Aldrich
and Garry Wotherspoon.
Routledge, 2001.
Activist.
Meigs, Mary, 1917-2002.
Beyond Recall. Mary Meigs ;
edited by Lise Weil. Vancouver, BC : Talonbooks,
2005.
(156
p.; ISBN 0889225052 ;
Refs.: N. Richards communication; AMICUS
catalogue record
no. 30706614
Meigs, Mary.
Lily Briscoe: un autoportrait. Traduit de l’anglais par Michelle Thériault.
La
Salle, Québec: HMH, 1984.
(367
p.; ISBN 2890456331)
Translation of: Lily Briscoe: A Self
Portrait (Vancouver: Talonbooks,
1981), which is listed in Homosexuality in
Canada, 2nd ed., 1984, p. 117.
Meigs,
Mary.
La
tête de Méduse: [récit]. Traduit de
l’anglais par Pierre Desruisseaux.
Montréal:
VLB éditeur, 1987.
(240
p.; ISBN 2890052761)
Translation of The Medusa Head, listed
in Homosexuality in Canada,
2nd
ed., p. 118.
“Metcalfe, Robin (b. 1954),” by Harold Averill. In Who’s Who in Contemporary
Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, p. 277.
Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London; New York:
Routledge, 2001.
Activist, writer,
curator.
Mickleburgh, Rod.
“The ‘Nightmare’ Fall of Svend Robinson: The Man: Substance Abuse, Innuendo
and Brush with Death Left Lasting
Scars.” Globe & Mail [
Ref.: CPI.Q index; see also related article in this section, under author
Hume, Mark.
“Millard, Peter,” by Neil Richards. In Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Regina: Canadian
Plains Research Center, 2005.
English professor; activist.
“Moldenhauer,
Jearld (b. 1946),” by Donald W. McLeod.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 288-289. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Activist and bookseller. Founder of Glad Day Bookshop.
“Monroe,
Armand (b. 1935),” by Michael Hendricks.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 292. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Entertainer, actor, activist.
Montmorency,
André, 1939-
De
la ruelle au boulevard.
Saint-Laurent, Québec: Editions du Club Québec loisirs,
1993.
(275
p.; ISBN 2894300670)
Edition
originale: Montréal: Leméac, 1992 (ISBN 2760951324).
Morrisseau, Miles S.
“Girlie Boy! Billy Merasty Was
Born in a Cabin, Raised to Be a Hunter and a
Trapper and Grew Up to Be a
Flaming Queer.” Aboriginal Voices
[Toronto]
3(3) (July-Sept. 1996): 22-25.
“Mossop,
Brian (b. 1946),” by Harold Averill. In Who’s
Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 294. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Activist,
translator.
“Murray,
Stephen O. (b. 1950),” by Gerard Sullivan.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 297-298. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
American scholar with Canadian connections. Received Ph.D. in
sociology from University of Toronto. Has conducted ethnographic
fieldwork in Canada
and in many other countries.
Niemi, Judith.
“Hudson Bay Journal.” In
The Lesbian Path, rev. and enlarged ed., pp. [203]-213.
Edited by Margaret
Cruikshank. San Francisco: Grey Fox
Press, 1985.
(ISBN 0912516968)
Account
of July 1978 canoe trip of “six Minnesota dykes” to
Hudson
Bay.
Olson, Nancy Louise.
“Assembling a Life: The
(Auto)Biography of Alexis Amelia Alvey, 1942-1945.”
MA thesis, Simon Fraser
University, 1998.
(102 p.)
This
thesis uses [the papers of Alexis Alvey] to make two arguments.
First,
it was Alexis Alvey’s atypical femininity and ‘deviant’ sexuality that
put an
end to her military career. Second,
Alvey’s sexuality is implicit in
her collection [of papers],
present everywhere but never articulated”
– ref: ProQuest Digital Disserations abstract.
Onodera, Midi.
“Midi Onodera: Interview with Helen Lee.” Border/Lines [Toronto] 32 (1994):
14-18.
Onodera
is a Toronto-based filmmaker. See
VIDEOS/FILMS
section
for some of her works.
Onodera, Midi.
“Trying to Film without
Compromise: Interview with Midi Onodera.”
Kinesis, October 1995,
pp. 17, 20.
By
Laiwan? Onodera is a film director. See, e.g.,
Skin Deep, listed
in
“Videos” section.
O’Toole, Lawrence,
1951-
Heart’s Longing:
Newfoundland, New York and the Distance Home.
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, c1994.
(200
p.; ISBN 1550541161)
Our Lives: Lesbian Personal Writings.
SEE entry at Rooney, Frances, ed., in this section.
Paquette,
Marie-Claude, 1955-
17:
Marie-Claude Paquette: autobiographie.
Longueuil, QC: Editions Médialib,
impression
2002.
(126 p.; ISBN 2980773700)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue no. 28007213, which applies a descriptor
noting that item is a biography of a Québec transsexual.
Parady, Jocelyn.
Mon
combat contre le SIDA: je ne veux pas mourir. Montréal: Editions de
l’Epoque,
1987.
(235
p.; ISBN 2893010792)
Ref.:
Archives gaies du Québec online bibliography
“Straying from the Gender Pack.” Herizons 17(1) (Summer 2003): 32+
(2 pages; 966 words)
Profile of Ivan E. Coyote.
“‘Patient Zero’ (a.k.a. Gaëtan Dugas),” by Mark Edwards. In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 318-319. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
“Canadian AIDS figure.”
Pearlman, Lynne.
“Through Jewish Lesbian Eyes:
Rethinking Clara Brett Martin.”
Canadian Journal of Women
and the Law 5 (1992): 317-350.
Relevance
here uncertain.
Perdue, Katherine.
“Passion and Profession, Doctors in Skirts: The Letters of Doctors Frieda
Fraser and Edith Bickerton Williams.” Canadian Bulletin of Medical History
22(2) (2005):271-280.
Ref.:
“explores the lives of these two Canadian women who were lovers from
1924 and life partners from 1937, until the death of Williams in 1979….
The article demonstrates that the same-sex relationship and identity…
proved a primary source of strength in the face of the doctors’
tribulations and triumphs as professionals in the medical field.”
Persky, Stan, 1941-
Autobiography of a Tattoo.
Vancouver: New Star Books, 1997.
(226 p.; ISBN 0921586620)
Persky, Stan, 1941-
Boyopolis.
SEE his Then We
Take Berlin, in this section.
Persky, Stan, 1941-
Buddy’s: Meditations on
Desire. Vancouver: New Star Books,
1989. (134 p.)
Review:
Thomas Hastings, Canadian Literature 128 (Spring 1991):
174-176.
Persky, Stan, 1941-
Then We Take Berlin:
Stories from the Other Side of Europe.
Toronto: Knopf Canada, c1995.
(390 p.; ISBN 0394281055)
Subsequently
published as: Boyopolis: Sex and Politics in Gay Eastern
Europe
(New York: The Overlook Press, 1996) (ISBN 0879516907)
Persky, Stan, 1941-
Topic Sentence: A Writer’s
Education.
(353 p.; ISBNs 1554200288, 9781554200283)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
Publisher’s website (viewed July 15/08) mentions that the book is in
three sections, relating to the three stages of becoming a writer, and that
one of these stages is sexuality.
Pigeon,
Sylvain, 1970-
Le
Canada sur le pouce: version non censurée.
Montréal: L’Oiseau libéré, 1996.
(288
p.; ISBN 298052350X)
Récit
de voyage.
Pollock,
Jack.
Dear M: Letters from a Gentleman of Excess.
Toronto: McClelland
& Stewart, c1989.
(308 p.;
ISBN 0771070276)
Autobiography
of Toronto art dealer/artist, presented in the form of
letters to his psychiatrist, written from the south of France.
Poonani Posse.
SEE entry at De Poonani Posse,
in this section.
Pope, Carole.
Anti Diva. Toronto: Random
House Canada, 2000.
Review: Maclean’s, Nov. 20, 2000, p. [150].
Proud Lives: Chris Bearchell,
SEE reference to this 15-minute video in the VIDEOS/FILMS section, below.
Quan, Andy.
“Years of the Quiet Son: The Continuing Legacy of Ian Young.”
ARC [Ottawa] 32 (Spring 1994): 19-25.
Interview.
Rakoff, David.
“My Sister of Perpetual Mercy.” In A Member of the Family: Gay Men Write
about Their Families, pp. 239-245. Edited by John Preston. New York:
Dutton, 1992.
Rakoff appears to be the only Canadian represented in this collection.
Reichard, William.
“Who Am I…This Time?” Lambda Book Report 8 (Feb. 2000): 6+.
Comments about and interview of Timothy Findley, published
in a major American lesbian/gay book reviewing journal.
Richards, Gwendolyn.
“The Double Life of Frances Smith: For More than 80 Years, She Lived as a
Man, Now Her 11 Great-grandchildren – and Loyal Wife – Know Her as a
Woman.” Globe & Mail [
Richardson, Bill.
Scorned & Beloved: Dead of Winter Meetings with Canadian Eccentrics.
(ISBN 0676970796)
Of the several dozen “dramatis personae,” only a few are of some
relevance to the bibliography. Note the following (and user might
wish to examine the collection more thoroughly):
Chapter 2: “Before We Go Further, A Parenthetical Word,” pp. [17]–[24].
Concerns 18th-century cross-dresser, Esther Brandeau, who dressed
as male. Description in “dramatis personae”: “Cross-Dresser,
Traveller,
Chapter 4: “A Folly in
Account of Charles Henry Danielle, in late 19th century
Chapter 10: “Past Forgetting,” pp. [176]-[192].
Account of Nellee Jessee Reid, “farm labourer, cross-dresser,”
from
early- to mid-20th-century
Richardson, Bill,
1955-
“Truth be Told: Coming
Out as a Writer.” [Regina, Sask.]:
Saskatchewan Library
Association, c1996.
(16 p.)
“Mary
E. Donaldson memorial lecture, 1995.”
Listing in
University
of Toronto Library catalogue.
“Rick Mercer’s Big Fat Gay Wedding.” Frank [
Ref.: CPI.Q index, which notes: “To marry television producer
partner Gerald Lunz in Toronto”
Riggins, Stephen Harold, 1946-
The Pleasures of Time: Two Men, A
Life.
(310 p.; ISBN 1894663462)
Robertson, William.
k.d. lang: Carrying the Torch. Toronto: ECW Press, 1992.
(112 p.; ISBN 1550221582)
“Robinson,
Svend (b. 1952),” by David Rayside. In Who’s
Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 354-356. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Politician.
Rooney, Frances.
“Interview: Persimmon.” Resources for Feminist Research 13(4)
(Dec. 1984/Jan. 1985): 30-32.
Artist who has produced erotic lesbian works.
Rooney, Frances, ed.
Our Lives: Lesbian Personal Writings. Toronto: Second Story Press, 1991.
(280 p.; ISBN 092900521X)
“Ross,
Sinclair (1908-96),” by Andrew Lesk. In Who’s
Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 358-359. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Writer.
Rowe, Michael, 1962-
Other Men’s Sons. Toronto: Cormorant, c2007.
(255
p.; ISBN 1897151012; 9781897151013; AMICUS catalogue no. 32417825)
User could note that one of Rowe’s works, “Alex,” is included in the
American collection, Sister & Brother: Lesbians
& Gay Men Write about
Their Lives Together (
also included in Friends and Lovers: Gay Men Write about the Families
They Create (
Bereznai,
“Other Men’s Sons,” Fab [
pp. 32-35.
Rowe, Michael, 1962-
Writing below the Belt: Conversations with Erotic Authors. 1st Richard
Kasak Bk. ed.; New York: Masquerade Books, 1995.
(ca. 344 p.; ISBN 1563333635)
AMICUS
catalogue record applies descriptors concerning homosexuality
and literature in both Canada and the United States.
Rule, Jane.
“Leave Taking.” In The Lesbian Path, rev. and enlarged
ed., pp. [182]-189.
Edited by Margaret
Cruikshank. San Francisco: Grey Fox
Press, 1985.
(ISBN 0912516968)
Autobiographical
account set in New England.
Rule, Jane, 1931-2007.
Loving the Difficult.
(205 p.; ISBNs 0973688262 and 9780973688269)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33704533.
“Rule,
Jane (Vance) (b. 1931),” by Deborah Thomas.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 359-360. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Writer.
“Rule, Jane Vance (1931- ),” by Marilyn R. Schuster. In Lesbian Histories and
Cultures: An Encyclopedia, pp. 653-654. Edited by Bonnie Zimmerman.
New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
“Russell,
Craig (1948-90),” by Donald W. McLeod.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
pp. 360-361. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Female impersonator. “Craig Russell became an international star after
the release of the semi-autobiographical film Outrageous in 1977.”
Rutherford, Erica.
Nine Lives: The Autobiography of Erica Rutherford.
Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Ragweed Press, c1993.
(243 p.; ISBN 0921556365)
Transsexual painter from Prince Edward Island.
“Sanders,
Douglas Esmond (b. 1938),” by David Rayside.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 366. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Activist and scholar; a “founding member…of the Vancouver-based
Association for Social Knowledge (ASK), Canada’s first lesbian and gay
rights organisation [1964].”
Scofield, Gregory, 1966-
Thunder through My Veins: Memories of a Métis Childhood. Toronto:
HarperFlamingoCanada, c1999.
(203 p.; ISBN 0002000253; 0006385435)
“Selvadurai,
Shyam (b. 1965),” by David Rayside. In Who’s
Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 376. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Novelist.
Sherman, Geraldine.
“Truth and Consequences: With a White-hot Passion for Change and Best-seller
on the Shelves, Irshad Manji – a Hyperintelligent, Pint-sized, Spike-haired
Muslim Lesbian – Has Managed to Enrage Both Muslim and Lesbian Groups,
and To Throw Her Personal Life into Turmoil. The Chance To Be Heard by
Millions Has Been Costly.”
Silversides, Ann,
1952-
AIDS Activist:
Michael Lynch and the Politics of Community.
Toronto: Between the
Lines, 2003.
(273 p.; ISBN
1896357733)
Reviewed
in University Affairs [Association of Universities and
Colleges of Canada publication], December 2003, p. 42.
Smith,
Sins of Omission.
(399 p.; electronic book; ISBN 9781897306048)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32336753
Compiler does not know if this is also available in print.
Father of the author was
one of
first guidance counselors and a closeted gay man. Author
learned of this after his father’s death.
Smith, Russell.
“Don’t Call Me Queer: Sure, He Makes Gay Porn Movies – (And) Has an
International Cult Following Because of It. But…Bruce LaBruce’s Greatest
Role Is Being Bruce LaBruce.” Toronto Life, December 1997, pp. 59-60, 62+.
“Speaking in and of Each Other.” Fuse Magazine
[Toronto] 8(5) (Feb./Mar. 1985):
25-29.
Interview with Daphne Marlatt and Betsy Warland.
Starr, Victoria.
k.d. lang: All You Get Is Me. Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1994.
(271 p.; ISBN 0394223691)
“Switching Sides – The Gains and the
Losses.” Maclean’s,
p. 28 (589 words).
Interview; Aaron Devor, formerly Holly Devor; transsexuality.
“Teleky, Richard.” In The Concise
pp. 471-472. Edited by William Toye.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 354.
Inside Out: Straight Talk from a
Gay Jock.
(262 p.; ISBN 0470837357)
Review by Laura
Robinson, Globe and Mail,
p. D12. Autobiography of the Olympics swimmer.
Thompson, Scott.
“Naughty by Nature [Is Middle
America Ready for Scott Thompson? – Profile].”
Toronto Life, August
1994, pp. 26-30 (2652 words)
Canadian
comedian.
To Sappho, My Sister.
SEE entry at Fleming, Lee, in this section.
Tremblay,
Michel.
Les vues animées:
récits. Montréal: Leméac, c1990.
(189 p.: ISBN 2760931358)
Published also in English as: Bambi and Me (Burnaby, B.C.:
Talonbooks, 1998). Broader than scope of this bibliography, but see, in the
English translation, “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers,” which Andrew
Pyper (Globe and Mail, June 27, 1998, n.p.) describes as “an affecting
account of the author’s discovery of his homosexuality in the middle of a
Laurel and Hardy movie.”
“Tremblay,
Michel (b. 1942),” by David Parris. In Who’s
Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 407-408. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Writer.
Tremblay, Roland Michel, 1972-
Un Québécois à Paris. Paris : Textes gais, c2003.
(251 p.; ISBN 2914679106)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue no. 32446131, which gives descriptor
Gay men – Quebec (Province) -- Biography.
Tremblay, Roland Michel, 1972-
Un Québécois à New York : via Paris,
Londres et le Canada.
(270 p.; ISBN 2914679122)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue no. 32588477, which gives descriptors
Gays – Québec (Province) – Biography and Homosexuels –
Québec (Province) – Biographie.
“Trudeau,
Pierre Elliot (b. 1919),” by David Rayside.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 409-410. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
“As Canadian Minister of Justice and then Prime Minister, Trudeau played
a key role in two federal legislative advances relevant for sexual
diversity.” He proposed criminal law changes, passed in 1969, that
permitted gay sexual contact in private between consenting adults 21 or
over and he introduced the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in
1982.
Tulchinsky, Karen X.
“The Glamorous Life: An Interview with Arsenal Pulp Press Publisher Brian Lam.”
Lambda Book Report: A Review of Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Literature
7 (Sept. 1998): 6-7.
Arsenal Pulp Press is a Vancouver publishing house.
Tutko,
Gregory, 1944-
L’habit
fait le moine. Gregory
Tutko, alias Bhikkhou Dassanayano.
Montréal: Editions Lescop, 2000.
(269
p.; ISBN 2922776018)
“Vallières,
Pierre (1938-98),” by David Rayside. In
Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 414. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Activist; “among the causes he devoted most energy to was gay rights.”
Vaughan, Claudette.
“Shaking Things Up: Queer Rights / Animal Rights: The Vegan Voice Interview
with Mirha-Soleil Ross.” Satya [
Electronic
document viewed on
www.satyamag.com/oct03/ross.html
User will note that banner at this site indicates that Satya has ceased
publication and that article is being maintained for information purposes.
Compiler does not know if this was also published in Vegan Voice.
Verret,
Patrick, 1958-
Changer
de sexe pour vivre enfin: le long combat de Manon devenue Patrick.
Laval,
Québec : Vivre enfin, 2005.
(543
p.; ISBN 2923113004)
Autobiographie.
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no.
30745747.
English translation under title : Changing Sex to Finally Live :
The Long Struggle
from Manon to Patrick (
(ISBNs 2923113012 and 9782923113012; AMICUS catalogue record no.
30745637 for English translation)
“Vriend, Delwin (b. 1967),” by Juliette
Nicolet. In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 428. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
“Vriend is best known for launching a court case that resulted in a
resounding victory for gay rights in Alberta and in Canada.” See LAW
section in this list, particularly.
“Warner,
Tom (b. 1952),” by David Rayside. In Who’s
Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 433-434. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Activist.
Watmough, David, 1926-
Myself through Others: Memoirs. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2008.
(ISBN 9781550027990)
Ref.: N. Richards communication.
AMICUS catalogue record no. 33780102.
Watmough, David.
“On Coming to
Canadian Literature 100 (1984): 339-345.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 355, at David Watmough entry.
Whitehouse, E. J. (Edna J.).
Circles in the Sand. By E.J. “Samadhi” Whitehouse.
(345 p.: ISBN 1412041902)
Ref.: AMICUS no. 32214179, carrying descriptor of
Lesbians – Biography.
“Whitton,
Charlotte (1896-1975),” by Karen Duder.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 443-444. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Social worker and politician.
Wilson, Doug.
“Doug Wilson: Breaking Down the Walls.” Briarpatch [Saskatchewan] 18(8)
(Oct. 1989): 14-16.
Interview.
“Wilson,
Douglas (1950-92),” by Donald W. McLeod.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 450-451. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Activist, publisher, writer. From article: At the University of
Saskatchewan, the dean of the College of Education refused to let Wilson,
a postgraduate student, supervise practice teachers because he was openly
involved with the gay movement. This decision was supported by the
University of Saskatchewan president, and appeal to the Saskatchewan
Human Rights Commission was unsuccessful. SEE ALSO Valerie
Korinek
article on Wilson and her entry for him in the Encyclopedia of
Saskatchewan (Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2005).
SEE ALSO film vignette, “Doug Wilson,” in “100 Saskatchewan Stories,”
Regina: Dacian Productions, 2005 (as referenced on SRSD Website, Feb.
25/09) and the biographical docudrama, Stubblejumper, listed in VIDEOS.
“Without
Comment.” Social Worker 56(2) (Summer 1988): 75-78.
Ref.: Brian O’Neill, Social Services to Homosexuals in Ontario, p. 47:
“Reports the experiences of a young gay man growing up in foster care.
Allan (a pseudonym) describes his physical and sexual abuse by foster
parents, which appeared to be related to his sexual orientation.”
Mentions lack of interest by social workers.
Wright, Cynthia.
“Talking Cock: Lesbians and Aural Sex.” Fuse Magazine 17(4) (May/June 1994):
44-48.
Interview with
Shonagh Adelman.
Young, Ian.
Autobibliography, 1962-2000.
Ref.: Seminal, p. 357, at Ian Young entry.
“Young,
Ian (b. 1945),” by Donald W. McLeod. In
Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 458. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Writer, publisher,
activist.
“Zaremba,
Eve (b. 1930),” by Maureen FitzGerald.
In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 460[?]. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Zolbrod, Sara M.
“Exploring
the Culture of Shame: An Interview with Terrie Hamazaki.”
Kinesis, Sept. 1997, pp.
17-18.
Theatre; Vancouver; mothers and daughters; lesbians.