Christine
Christine, a high school Vice Principal, talks about her experience as an ally and her continued support for LGBTQ youth within the school system. Thank you Christine for your continued efforts.
Christine’s story video is part of a series of videos from Whitehorse, YT that were facilitated by the Yukon Queer Film Alliance with the generous support of Arts Fund Yukon. YQFA is responsible for OUT North, the first queer film festival north of 60.
Crowdog
Crow Dog talks about his joy at finding the opportunity to explore and express his unique sexuality with the Radical Faeries. Radical Faeries of BC Website
story was part of a group of stories recorded on Salt Spring Island, partially sponsored by GLOSSI (Gays and Lesbians of Salt Spring Island). The group was renamed and is now DIASSI Diverse and Inclusive Salt Spring Island.
Dave
Dave recounts his experience being the new guy in small town Alberta in the late 70s. Go Dave!!
Dave’s story video is part of a series of videos from Whitehorse, YT that were facilitated by the Yukon Queer Film Alliance with the generous support of Arts Fund Yukon. YQFA is responsible for OUT North, the first queer film festival north of 60.
Juli
Juli’s coming out story is about coming into her body and how she trained herself to be a lesbian.
Juli’s story was part of a group of stories recorded on Salt Spring Island, partially sponsored by GLOSSI (Gays and Lesbians of Salt Spring Island). The group was renamed and is now DIASSI Diverse and Inclusive Salt Spring Island.
Taliesen
Taliesen is the first of our Allies’ stories. He talks about his relationship with his mom, who is transgender.
Taliesen’s story was part of a group of stories recorded on Salt Spring Island, partially sponsored by GLOSSI (Gays and Lesbians of Salt Spring Island). The group was renamed and is now DIASSI Diverse and Inclusive Salt Spring Island.
Hugh
Hugh talks about having repressed his attraction to men for most of his life and eventually coming out in his fifties.
Jerome
Our Christmas story this year is Jerome. He tells his story of moving to a new community believing that acceptance and understanding from his church would greet him, only to be shunned when he came out to them. What’s refreshing here is Jerome’s persistence in his belief that education would make everything well again. He also shares his theory on how the LGBTQ communities could save the churches. Jerome is a science fiction writer and you can find his work at: jeromestueart.com
Jerome’s story video is part of a series of videos from Whitehorse, YT that were facilitated by the Yukon Queer Film Alliance with the generous support of Arts Fund Yukon. YQFA is responsible for OUT North, the first queer film festival north of 60.
Greg
Greg talks about doing drag at 5 years of age, being bullied in high school and coming through it to a better place.
Amanda
When Amanada gave birth to her daughter, she re-evaluated pretty much everything in her life.
Amanda’s story video is part of a series of videos from Whitehorse, YT that were facilitated by the Yukon Queer Film Alliance with the generous support of Arts Fund Yukon. YQFA is responsible for OUT North, the first queer film festival north of 60.
Lesbian News 03
Inspired by the long time editor of Lesbian News, Barbara McLauchlin, whose onmyplanet.ca video story is here, and courtesy of the stupendous personal library of Lahl, I have begun posting .pdf files from a few years of Lesbian News, Victoria’s Monthly Lesbian Feminist Newsletter – later named The Lavender Rhinoceros. I will periodically post more scanned / pdf issues of this local Victoria Lesbian Magazine.
This issue of Lesbian News, is from March of 1993, editing and production by Corinne M Devison, Joan Garcia, Diana Gault, Sally Hamill, Barbara McLauchlin, Karey Perks, Ramona Scott, Lorey Simpson and Debby Yaffe. This particular issue is titled ‘Elle News’, but has the same look and content and is produced by a similar crew.
There are two versions below, Small is a 2 MB file and Full is 13 MB. These links will open the .pdf file in a new window of your browser, from there they are downloadable.