FAMILY

See also, e.g., CHILDREN OF HOMOSEXUAL PARENTS; EMPLOYMENT; GAY COUPLES; GAY FATHERS; GAY PARENTS; GAY RELATIONSHIPS; LESBIAN COUPLES; LESBIAN MOTHERS; other specific headings relating to gay/lesbian family issues; e.g., YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Homosexuality and the family [report on a public forum held as part of the Gala '86 celebrations in Edmonton]. By George Davison.
P25 [1986]: 30 (36cm.)
Gay families at the Y [YMCAs in Ottawa and Toronto change policy to permit same-sex couples to buy family memberships; spokesperson said changes made because definition of family expanded by Leshner case; further background information, particularly about earlier struggles at the Toronto YMCA].
P77 (v10n8)(Dec. 9, 1992): 19 (29cm.)
Family values ["advertising billboards went up in five prairie cities this August as part of a campaign aimed at generating discussion about gays/lesbians and family"; billboards in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, and Saskatoon; produced by Winnipeg artists collective called Average Good Looks (Noreen Stevens and Sheila Spence); details and reactions].
P83 (v11n6)(Sept. 15, 1993): 8 (52cm.)
Treat us equally [Ontario Law Reform Commission released report November 17, 1993 recommending that gay and lesbian couples be treated same as legally married couples; report says family law should recognize and accommodate increasing diversity of family forms].
P85 (v11n8)(Dec. 8, 1993): 22 (20cm.)
Catching up [report that the YM/YWCA of Ottawa "has caught up with other Y's across the country who offer family memberships to same-sex couples"; change resulted after complaint by Robin Walsh to Ontario Human Rights Commission; some Y's across Canada, including Saskatoon and Toronto, have already extended family rates to same-sex couples].
P87 (v12n2)(March 9, 1994): 22 (10cm.)
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Spousal rights in B.C.? [Bill Black, UBC law professor who is out as a gay man, appointed in 1993 to review B.C. Human Rights Act; has been holding hearings, and report to be released in the fall; some brief details regarding meetings and comments].
P91 (v12n6)(Sept. 14, 1994): 24 (17cm.)
Nature's holy plan [author's comments about "the present adoration of the Family"; those caught up in this view "should not be so blind to its dangers, and they should be more willing to tolerate and make room for other ways"]. By Peter Millard.
P101 (v13n8)(Dec. 6, 1995): 5 (64cm.)
Holy, matrimony! [concerning the wedding of a gay man's brother and the comfort level of brother and future sister-in-law with gay man bringing male date to the event]. By Ryan Fea.
P103 (v14n2)(March 13, 1996): 9 (53cm.)
Activist or friend [in which author discusses modifying his behaviour depending on his degree of closeness to individuals and their relative comfort level with gay/lesbian issues; feels there is a "process of 'coming out' as gay positive" for heterosexuals]. By Garnet Woloschuk.
P103 (v14n2)(March 13, 1996): 10-11 (76cm.)
From where I sit [an account of death of a friend of the author and the experience of interaction with the friend's mother]. By Jeff Dodds.
P123 (v16n6)(Sept. 16, 1998): 5 (46cm.)
No threat to "the family" [in which author mentions suit by Foundation for Equal Families against federal government to force rewrite of 58 laws that discriminate against gays; argues that this is not, as some claim, a threat to the "family," but that pressures on families come from broader issues, such as need of both parents to work; "both the expansion of human rights to include gays and the decline of the nuclear family are effects of a larger process"; creating a just society in which gay and lesbian couples are treated like heterosexual ones is no threat to "family"; etc.]. By Nils Clausson.
P126 (v17n1)(Jan. 27, 1999): 7 (40cm.)
Family [author writes about issues around her coming out and self-acceptance; "remember the people that make a difference in your life," whether they be biological family or chosen family]. By Toni Vere.
P150 (v20n1)(Jan. 30, 2002): 6 (42cm.)