This heading is used for both lesbians and gay men

"Finding lesbian herstory" [announcement of and commentary on slide show by Frances Rooney about seventy 19th- and 20th-century lesbians, famous and obscure]
P2 (1983): 14 (18cm.)

Butch: the current drag [with reference to The Butch Manual, by Clark Henley].
P3 (1983): 4-5 (33cm.)

Love and work [in relation to lesbian relationships and culture]. Reprinted from Regina Lesbian Newsletter, Feb. 1985.
P15 [1985]: 7-8 (52cm.)

In my opinion [discussing drag as an issue dividing the gay/lesbian community]. By Shawn R. Mooney.
P52 (v7n7)(Oct. 4, 1989): 19 (49cm.)

Rites, rituals & ceremonies ["part of the glue that holds...cultures together and confirms individuals..."; "lesbians and gay men have few developed rituals or ceremonies"; one ritual is lesbian/gay pride day; sometimes personal rituals developed -- anniversary and commitment ceremonies, e.g.; example described of two Winnipeg lesbians, Sharon Colter and Jean Baker, who are having a quite elaborate 25th anniversary celebration (see full-page advertisement on back cover of this Perceptions issue); suggestion that maybe gays/lesbians need to establish own ceremonies/rituals -- Oscar Wilde's birthday or Gertrude Stein/Alice B. Toklas Day, e.g.; etc.]. By Gens Hellquist.
P68 (v9n7)(Nov. 6, 1991): 7 (57cm.)

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year [in which author discusses the often-difficult family issues surrounding Christmas for gays and lesbians; suggests would be good to develop gay/lesbian Christmas traditions; brief review of 1991 with respect to author and community]. By Gens Hellquist[?]
P69 (v9n8)[misnumbered on cover as v9n7](Dec. 18, 1991): 7, 18 (88cm.)

My spineless body [phenomenon of "lesbian chic"; "public visibility must come in tandem with a lesbian and gay consciousness"; etc.]. By Robert Shaw.
P84 (v11n7)(Oct. 27, 1993): 9 (34cm.)

Counting the days [review article on gay and lesbian calendars, focussing on 1994 calendars]. By Gens Hellquist.
P85 (v11n8)(Dec. 8, 1993): 23 (38cm.)

A few minutes with Sven [in which the author discusses personal advertisements placed in print publications by gay men and lesbians]. By S.S.
P96 (v13n3)(April 26, 1995): 8 (45cm.)

Bears and other creatures [in which author discusses emphasis in gay culture on youth and beauty norms; difference of attitudes in the Bear movement in gay culture, which author considers a healthy development; etc.]. By Gens Hellquist.
P120 (v16n3)(April 29, 1998): 8-9 (55cm.)

The problem with labels [in which the author takes a broad view of men with men and women with women in society -- this is part of the natural order; the concepts of "gay", "lesbian", etc., are unnatural and political to some extent; much greater diversity of gay community now than in earlier times; need to recognize this diversity, to support one another; need for safe environment in which to develop selves is necessary whether or not we choose to label ourselves; etc.]. By Gens Hellquist.
P134 (v18n1)(Jan. 26, 2000): 4-5 (66cm.)

Look! Up in the sky! It's a homosexual!, or Our valiant return to our rightful place in tights [author discusses announcement of DC comics that it will introduce two gay characters in its comic, The Authority, and that these characters will not be effeminate; author pokes fun at and develops comments around this announcement; recalls the eroticism of some of the comics of his childhood; etc.]. By Jeff Dodds.
P135 (v18n2)(March 8, 2000): 6, 8 (47cm.)

Taking matters into my own hand [humorous piece concerning masturbation; also the difficulties of finding sexual partners and problems with content of personal ads]. By Jeff Dodds.
P144 (v19n3)(April 25, 2001): 6-7 (65cm.)

Gyms, Jims & jealousies [in which author writes on a variety of topics, including improvement of life for gays over the past years, but with continuance of homophobia; suggests ways of reacting to homophobes; etc.]. By Bert Lang.
P158 (v21n1)[cover misnumbered v201](Jan. 22, 2003): 6, 8 (47cm.)

2 million MO's and counting [report on the growing popularity of Internet "matchmaker" sites; "homophobia is cited as the major reason for the success of queer Internet chatrooms and matchmaker sites"; etc.].
P159 (v21n2)(March 5, 2003): 21 (19cm.)

Vancouver: Expo 86 [with brief comments on Expo 86, observations on, especially, Wreck Beach, and mention of some gay bars].
P26 [1986]: 27 (36cm.)

Multi-culti-queer [August 3-9; diverse group of artists, actors, writers, performers and activists will host a "Multi-culti-queer Pavilion", Winnipeg, "to represent aspects of queer cultural production that are otherwise ignored by the more than 40 ethnic pavilions at Folklorama"; "what is queer food? How is it prepared and served? Do queer dances differ from Dutch clogging rituals...?"; etc.].
P74 (v10n5)(July 29, 1992): 22 (21cm.)

Queer pavilion [Winnipeg's Plug-In Gallery ordered by court to stop using name of Folklorama '92 in promoting Multi-culti-queer Pavilion in Winnipeg ethnic diversity festival; "pavilion organizers, Noam Gonick and Wayne Baerwaldt, claimed there is such a thing as queer culture and...it should have a legitimate voice in the folk cultural heritage of Canada"; etc.].
P75 (v10n6)(Sept. 16, 1992): 12-13 (28cm.)

More Toronto [a personal tongue-in-cheek account of a Saskatoon woman's encounter with the Toronto gay/lesbian recreational scene]. By Alana
P17 [1985]: 13-14 (55cm.)

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.)

Musings [a summary of gay organizational activities during the previous year, 1983, in Saskatoon].
P6 (1984): 14 (35cm.)

First impressions [of Saskatoon and the city's gay life, by man who moved to Saskatoon from Milwaukee, Wisconsin]. By Bruce Chenail.
P9 (1984): 3 (34cm.)

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New York, New York: Sam and Don in the Big Apple [personal account of two Saskatoon residents' trip to New York City]. By Sam and Don.
P24 [1986]: 3-4 (64cm.)