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User might also examine the HISTORY and INTERNET sections of this list.

 

Arsenault, Mathieu, 1976-,

     “Histoire de l’Association pour les droits des gai(e)s du Québec, 1976-1986.”

     Ph.D. thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2001.

                             Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 27939549

 

Babineau, Guy.

     “Troubled Queendom: All but Invisibly, the Dogwood Empire Has Ruled

     Gay Vancouver for 28 Years.  But Some of Its Subjects Are No Longer

     Amused.”  Vancouver Magazine, March 1999, pp. 44-51.

                             About the Imperial Dogwood Monarchist Society.

 

Bishop, Anne.

     “On the March: Maritime Gays and Lesbians Get Organized.”

     New Maritimes 8(3) (Jan./Feb. 1990): 15-17.

 

“Bridging the GenerAsian Gap [GenerAsians Together, Toronto].” 

     SEE MINORITY GROUPS section immediately above.

 

Decter, Ann, ed.

       “Different Places We Are Building: Lesbians Discuss Politics and Organizing.”

     In And Still We Rise: Feminist Political Mobilizing in Contemporary

     Canada, pp. 117-142.  Edited by Linda Carty.  Toronto: Women’s Press,

     1993.

                             Below article title: “This discussion was facilitated by Sheila

                             Block and edited by Ann Decter.”  A discussion among nine

                             lesbians.

 

“First Leaders.”  Xtra!, March 17, 1989, p. 3.

                             Ref.: Brian O’Neill, Social Services to Homosexuals in Ontario, p. 33.

                             Annotation gives that this reports the establishment of an organization of

                             Native Canadians called “Gay and Lesbians of the First Nations.”

 

Fong, Wei Yen.

     “VLC Closes Its Doors.”  Kinesis, April 1999, p. 4.

                             Vancouver Lesbian Connection.

 

Gagnon, Francine.

     “L’orientation sexuelle inc.”  La Gazette des femmes 17(6) (mars-avril 1996):

     27-28.

                             “Activités de l’Association des femmes d’affaires et professionnelles

                             gaies et création d’un Salon en automne 1994” – Repère résumé.

 

“A Gay Backlash: ‘Queer Nation’ Is Waging War on Homophobia.”

     Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], September 10, 1990, p. 48.

 

“Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Muslim Group Started Up.”

     Kinesis [Vancouver], February 1999, p. 3.

                             Name is Al-Fatiha.

 

Grundy, John, and Smith, Miriam.

                        “Activist Knowledges in Queer Politics.”  Economy and Society 36(2)

                        (May 2007): 294-317.

                                                Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which notes that the paper

                                                “examines the politics of knowledge production in the field of [LGBT]…

                                                activism….[It] presents case studies of LGBT organizing from the US and

                                                Canada to demonstrate” use of “established social science

                                                methodologies…to claim legitimacy and render queer worlds visible in

                                                the policy process….”

 

Hogan, Mélanie.

                        “Radical Queers : A Pop Culture Assessment of Montréal’s Anti-capitalist

                        Ass Pirates, the Panthères roses, and Lesbians on Ecstasy.”  Canadian Woman

                        Studies 24(2-3) (Winter/Spring 2005): 154-159.

                                                Ref.: CBCA index.

 

“Jewish Student Organization Forms Group for Gays, Lesbians.”  Canadian Jewish

     News 34(2) (April 22, 1993): 3.

                             Coalition of Jewish Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students.

 

Kameya, Valerie.

     “The Lesbian Avengers Fight Back.”  Canadian Woman Studies 16(2)

     (Spring 1996): 99-101  (1791 words).

 

Kinsman, Gary, and Champagne, Robert.

     “Organizing in the Sixties: ASK – Canada’s First Gay Rights Organization.”

     Rites [Toronto] 3 (Oct. 1986): 10-11.

 

“Lobby Group to End Discrimination.”  Herizons 5(1) (Jan./Feb. 1987): 12.

                             The group EGALE.

 

Maynard, Steven.

“When Queer Is Not Enough: Identity and Politics.”  Fuse [Toronto] 15(1/2)

 (1991): 14-18.

                             About ‘Queer Nation.’

 

“MD Gay Rights’ Group Expanding into Canada.”  Medical Post 30(4)

     (Jan. 25, 1994): 30.

 

Paquette, Carmen.

     “A Dyke Organizes the Fags.”  Canadian Dimension 31(5) (Sept./Oct. 1997):

     21-22  (1217 words).

Paquette is president of EGALE (Equality for Lesbians and Gays

Everywhere).

 

Paterson, Andrew J.

     “Portrait: Clamourous Intentions.”  Fuse [Toronto] 16(4) (May/June 1993): 46-47.

 

Rau, Krishna.

     “Breaking Out: Renowned as the Home of Canada’s Most Dangerous

     Criminals, Kingston Pen Is the Last Place You’d Look for a Gay Men’s

     Group.  But the Inmates in ‘Discovery’ Say They Have More Freedom to

     Be Out in the Slammer Than in the Regular World.”  This Magazine 31(5)

     (March/April 1998): 15-17.

 

Rau, Krishna.

                        “CLGRO to Shut Down after 30 Years of Leadership.”  Xtra! [Toronto],

                        January 29, 2009, pp. 5-6.

                                                CLGRO is Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario.

                                                Article notes that steering committee has decided to recommend

                                                to membership that the organization be discontinued. Final vote to

                                                be held in May at annual general meeting.

Article is of particular value for the brief historical overview of

some major actions and initiatives of CLGRO since its 1975 founding.

 

Ross, Marvin.

     “Going against the Grain: Gay and Lesbian Doctors’ Group Resists

     Marginalization in the Medical Mainstream.”  Medical Post 35(2)

     (Jan. 12, 1999): 8  (1028 words).

 

Smith, Miriam.

                        “Diversity and Identity in the Non-profit Sector: Lessons from LGBT Organizing

                        in Toronto.”  Social Policy and Administration 39(5) (October 2005): 463-480.

                                                Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which provides abstract and which

                                                notes that the paper “presents an overview of LGBT voluntary sector

                                                organizing in the city [of Toronto], demonstrating the rich network of

                                                non-profit organizations that serve the LGBT community….”

 

Smith, Miriam.

                        “Resisting and Reinforcing Neoliberalism: Lesbian and Gay Organizing at

                        the Federal and Local Levels in Canada.”  Policy & Politics 33(1)

                        (January 2005): 75-93.

                                                Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which provides abstract and notes that

                                                “[t]his article explores the effects of neoliberal policies, discourse &

                                                practices on social movement & voluntary sector organizing using a case

                                                study of lesbian & gay politics in Canada….”

 

Smith, Miriam.

                        “Segmented Networks: Linguistic Practices in Canadian Lesbian and Gay

                        Rights Organizing.”  Ethnicities 4(1) (March 2004): 99-124.

                                                Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which provides abstract and

                                                notes that “[t]his article explores the linguistic practices of lesbian & gay

                                                social movement networks in Canada.  It specifically focuses on Egale,

                                                the main advocacy group….The main finding is that French-speaking

                                                activist networks are largely separated from English-speaking activist

                                                networks….”

 

Tilton, Eleanor Elizabeth.

     “AIDS Committee of Toronto: Case Study of a New Community Organization.”

     MSW thesis, York University, 1991.

     (164 p.)

                             “In this qualitative study, an historical case study design was used to

                             identify the social environment, founders, processes and resources in

                             the birth and early development of the AIDS Committee of Toronto

                             (ACT)” – abstract from Canadian Research Index.

 

Wushke, Ralph.

     “Grass-Roots Organizing.”  Briarpatch [Saskatchewan] 18(8) (Oct. 1989): 26.

                             About EGALE (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere).