Perceptions: RURAL GAYS

AIDS -- a prairie perspective [concerning the issue of AIDS in rural areas, small towns and cities across the Canadian prairies]. By Ralph Wushke.
P62 (v9n1)(Jan. 16, 1991): 7 (45cm.)

Prairie life [in which a gay journalist and sports reporter comments on the difficulty of living in small-town Saskatchewan; some athletes encountered are "narrow- minded, bigoted homophobes"; need for all gays/lesbians to come out; author recently moved to Kindersley, Saskatchewan]. By Stephan Millar.
P67 (v9n6)[misnumbered on contents page as v9n5](Sept. 25, 1991): [5] (27cm.)

Out in the country [call from Michael Riordon for contacts with rural lesbians and gay men, including two-spirited First Nations men and women, for interviews for a book (indexer note: Riordon published Out Our Way in 1996)].
P82 (v11n5)(July 28, 1993): 21 (20cm.)

Out in the country [Saskatoon's Gay and Lesbian Health Services is finalizing details on project "to help develop support systems for gays and lesbians in rural areas and smaller cities near Saskatoon"; funding for three years pending; initially will target six communities; etc.].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 11 (27cm.)

Project funded [Saskatoon's Gay & Lesbian Health Services receives funding for three-year project "to develop gay and lesbian support groups in areas of the province outside Saskatoon"; to begin November 15].
P84 (v11n7)(Oct. 27, 1993): 13 (38cm.)

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.)

Out in Saskatchewan ["efforts are underway to organize lesbians and gay men in Saskatchewan who are not part of organized communities in Saskatoon and Regina"; Gay & Lesbian Health Services has rural outreach program, officially started last winter, called "Out in Saskatchewan"; project funded for three years by AIDS Community Action Program of Health and Welfare Canada, which views it as a pilot project; four communities have been picked: Prince Albert, the Maidstone/Lashburn/Waseca area, Yorkton, and Maple Creek; other details].
P91 (v12n6)(Sept. 14, 1994): 12 (57cm.)

Out on the prairies [author expresses his strong belief in importance of gay/lesbian community; his concern with those who say there is little in common; belief that gays/lesbians have a number of specific issues that cut across all the sub-communities; also reference to new project author is about to participate in, concerning outreach in rural Saskatchewan]. By Gens Hellquist.
P91 (v12n6)(Sept. 14, 1994): 10-11 (108cm.)

Letters [response of a rural Saskatchewan gay to article in P107, "Do we believe we're equal?"].
P108 (v14n7)(Oct. 23, 1996): 4 (17cm.)

Out in the country. By Gens Hellquist.
P108 (v14n7)(Oct. 23, 1996): 8 (45cm.)

From where I sit [in which author writes of coming out in a small Manitoba city and of important role of gay community organizations in his life]. By Jeff Dodds.
P110 (v15n1)(Jan. 29, 1997): 5 (45cm.)

Rural outreach [in Manitoba; Winnipeg Gay/Lesbian Resource Centre wishes to expand phone line service beyond Winnipeg, but lacks financial resources; requests donations for this purpose].
P111 (v15n2)(March 12, 1997): 11 (26cm.)

Small town support [Michelle Erving working at starting non-profit support group to deal with HIV/AIDS issues; interest started when non-gay friend contracted AIDS from a woman; group welcomes those of "all ages and all walks of life"].
P112 (v15n3)(April 23, 1997): 12 (17cm.)

Coming out on the prairies ["the author of this article lives in a small community west of Saskatoon. Recently that community has gone through turmoil over the introduction of a lesbian United Church minister....The [article gives]... the author's personal insight...."]. By Jim Farrier.
P114 (v15n5)(July 30, 1997): 6-7 (52cm.)

Out Our Way: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Country. By Michael Riordon. Reviewed by Gary Hanson. [compiler's note: Canadian book].
P119 (v16n2)(March 18, 1998): 19 (47cm.)

Changing attitudes [newsnote that Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Lethbridge (GALA/LA) "has received funding to address gay and lesbian and HIV/AIDS issues in rural Alberta"; project called "Deconstructing Dorothy: Changing Attitudes in Rural Alberta"; very brief details; contact].
P132 (v17n7)(Oct. 27, 1999): 13 (13cm.)

Editorial [which describes an invited visit by the author and Charlotte Huculak, youth worker at Gay and Lesbian Health Services, Saskatoon, to a rural Saskatchewan school to address high school students about gay/lesbian issues; some of the results of the successful visit, including invitation to return to address new students in the fall]. [By Gens Hellquist?].
P138 (v18n5)(Aug. 2, 2000): 3 (14cm.)

Out in the Country [new support group being started for rural gay men and women across the Prairies; Jim Saville, owner of Spring Valley Guest Ranch, is advertising to determine interest; details; contact information].
P142 (v19n1)(Jan. 31, 2001): 10 (30cm.)

Supporting youth [Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Lethbridge (GALA/LA) has applied for grant for project, "First Contact"; purpose of project to make contact with schools in a wide area of southern Alberta and to help lesbian and gay teens connect for peer support; etc.].
P149 (v19n8)(Dec. 5, 2001): 11 (19cm.)

[First listing on Perceptions community groups ("In Your Area") pages for GLBT Alberta: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Two-spirited rural youth outreach project, with phone and e-mail address and a Calgary postal address (compiler note: a similar youth outreach project listing, with different contact information, was listed in the Calgary section in earlier issues; that Calgary listing does not appear in this issue)].
P151 (v20n2)(March 13, 2002): 18 (1cm.)

Queer outreach [Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Lethbridge receives grant for "First Contact" project to help gay teens and young adults; also has established a bursary award program; various details].
P153 (v20n4)(June 5, 2002): 20 (19cm.)

Rural outreach [Gay and Lesbian Health Services, Saskatoon, has applied for funding for queer youth outreach project aimed at youth across the province; some details regarding need and plans for this service in areas of the province outside Regina and Saskatoon].
P154 (v20n5)(July 31, 2002): 13 (24cm.)

We have no culture? [Sask Culture has turned down application of Gay and Lesbian Health Services, Saskatoon, for $20,000 to develop rural outreach project; said that gay community didn't have identifiable culture; other details].
P155 (v20n6)(Sept. 11, 2002): 19-20 (30cm.)

We do have culture [report on reapplication to Sask Culture for rural outreach project funding; Gay and Lesbian Health Services provided evidence this time for existence of "gay culture," since had been rejected on this basis the first time; Sask Culture now acknowledges that queer community part of multicultural fabric of province; funding will be looked for; etc.].
P156 (v20n7)(Oct. 23, 2002): 12 (21cm.)

The battle's just begun [in which author discusses homophobia in relation, variously, to gay marriage, assumed gay sex obsession, and rural gays; "many religious people are like rural folk. They don't support diversity because they don't allow themselves to see diversity"; "the battle to educate people about who we are has just begun"]. By Gens Hellquist.
P164 (v21n7)(Oct. 22, 2003): 4, 8 (64cm.)

Bucking the tide [about two lesbians who "are in the middle of both debates" -- same-sex marriage and "evils of homosexuality"; Sally Boyle and Lynn Elliott are together in a "committed relationship" and are both United Church ministers in rural Saskatchewan, at Melfort United Church; "popular mythology...says that rural people are less accepting of queers..."; both Boyle and Elliott feel welcomed and accepted; details].
P164 (v21n7)(Oct. 22, 2003): 12-13 (22cm.)

Farm boy chic [author's opinions on rural gay men (and their urban counterparts, the "boy-next-door") -- unpretentiousness creates attractiveness; etc.]. By Kelly Ries.
P166 (v22n1)(Jan. 28, 2004): 5 (43cm.)