LESBIANS

See also the various subdivisions of LESBIANS heading, below.
Love and work [in relation to lesbian relationships and culture]. Reprinted from Regina Lesbian Newsletter, Feb. 1985.
P15 [1985]: 7-8 (52cm.)
Michigan reminiscence [personal description of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival; comments about meeting prairie women there]. By Denise.
P52 (v7n7)(Oct. 4, 1989): 20 (48cm.)
Lesbians and AIDS. By Antonia Botting, coordinator of the Women and AIDS Project of AIDS Saskatoon.
P67 (v9n6)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n5](Sept. 25, 1991): 4 (67cm.)
Lesbians and AIDS. By Antonia Botting.
P97 (v13n4)(June 7, 1995): 8 (50cm.)
Drug store blues [in which author relates difficulties of lesbian couple in attempting to buy latex gloves for sex; problems of understanding and communication; suggestion of limits of understanding of gay/lesbian life among members of general population]. By Donna L. Mumm.
P102 (v14n1)(Jan. 31, 1996): 6 (49cm.)
Bridging the gap [in which author writes of importance of gay men being aware and respectful of the concerns of lesbians]. By Garnet Woloschuk.
P110 (v15n1)(Jan. 29, 1997): 8 (45cm.)
Lesbians and AIDS [Kingston General Hospital's HIV Ford Clinic study shows most lesbians not practising safer sex; study of 111 women; details].
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 21 (27cm.)
Getting it off my chest [concerning lesbians and health care, and including author's personal account of being fearful of disclosing her sexual orientation to a physician]. By Erin Scriven.
P115 (v15n6)(Sept. 10, 1997): 4 (39cm.)

LESBIANS -- ALBERTA -- CALGARY

["Just for Us" lesbian conference to be held at Calgary Multicultural Centre on April 25; some program details given].
P31 (March 11, 1987): 19 (11cm.)

LESBIANS -- CANADA

Breaking the Barriers [title of 3rd annual women's conference sponsored by Canadian Union of Public Employees; Calgary conference's focus was minorities; lesbians one of many topics of discussion; Karen Andrews present; etc.] By Barb Clay and Gens Hellquist.
P47 (v7n2)(March 1, 1989): 17 (31cm.)
International lesbians [Canadian delegation to New York preparatory meeting for United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing, has included sexual orientation in proposals to combat inequality; opposition to this by REAL Women and B.C. Reform MP Sharon Hayes; some supporters].
P97 (v13n4)(June 7, 1995): 28 (26cm.)
Maritime lesbians online [Leslie Bella, Memorial University of Newfoundland, "believes that heterosexism is rampant in the delivery of many health and social programs"; is studying issue with a grant; Web site for sharing experiences is called "Heterosexism Enquirer"; etc.].
P134 (v18n1)(Jan. 26, 2000): 25 (14cm.)

LESBIANS -- GERMANY -- BIOGRAPHY

Lesbian leader [obituary of Dr. Charlotte Wolff, German biographer of Magnus Hirschfeld; includes photo]. From Gay Times.
P28 [1986]: 25 (21cm.)

LESBIANS -- ONTARIO -- TORONTO

Pussy palace [group calling themselves Pussy Posse arranged lesbian bathhouse night at Club Toronto on Sept. 14/98; over 400 showed up; "first lesbian bathhouse in Toronto's history"; etc.].
P124 (v16n7)[misnumbered v16n6 on contents page](Oct. 28, 1998): 23 (17cm.)
Pussy Palace peepers [on September 14, 2000, Toronto police raided a lesbian bathhouse event, Pussy Palace, held at Club Toronto bathhouse; reactions, comments].
P140 (v18n7)(Oct. 25, 2000): 24-25 (55cm.)
Police panned for raid [on Toronto's Pussy Palace; Justice Peter Hryn said actions of officers put police force into disrepute and that the Charter violations would "shock the conscience of the public"; other details].
P151 (v20n2)(March 13, 2002): 24 (30cm.)
Pussy hearing [Ontario Human Rights Commission announced on June 17 that there would be public hearing "some time in the future" to uncover the facts of the September 2000 police raid on Pussy Palace, a women's bathhouse night in Toronto; other details].
P170 (v22n5)(July 21, 2004): 28 (26cm.)

LESBIANS -- SASKATCHEWAN

Rural connections [rural Saskatchewan lesbian writes of everyday life]. By Jennifer.
P40 (April 13, 1988): 26 (32cm.)
From isolation to community: a personal look at the importance of community development in rural areas [in article, author describes her growing up in a small southern Saskatchewan farming community -- with often a sense of isolation -- and later years in Saskatoon, Calgary, Medicine Hat, and then Lethbridge; describes her current involvement "in attempting to eliminate isolation for the bisexuals, gay men and lesbians living in Lethbridge...and area by attempting to develop a health community"; she is Project Coordinator of a gay community development project initiated by the Lethbridge AIDS Connection; etc.]. By Terry Harrison.
P88 (v12n3)(April 27, 1994): 7 (64cm.)

LESBIANS -- SASKATCHEWAN -- SASKATOON

Womyn meet [in which controversy over children at women's dances is discussed by G/LCCS board].
P3 (1983): 16-17 (37cm.)
Lesbian/feminist workshop [at International Women's Day in Saskatoon, based in part on Stepping Out of Line: A Workshop on Lesbianism & Feminism]. By Sheri M.
P14 [1985]: 19 (9cm.)
New women's group [group of lesbians met to discuss "lack of events for women only in Saskatoon"; decision made to hold several events; etc.; no name given for group].
P53 (v7n8)(Nov. 23, 1989): 8 (21cm.)
Mistaken identity [suspended sentence to Brenda Rudyck, who posed as a man and had relationship with three young women].
P55 (v8n2)(Feb. 28, 1990): 10 (17cm.)