1 50 2 https://nlqueerarchive.com/files/original/ee2aff339d1f1272c9540151c2bd01e7.pdf e0fc5cb233abe77aeea568bea0f29bad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gays and Lesbians Together (GALT) Description An account of the resource GALT was a queer community organization based in St. John's during the 1990s, they ran a phone line in partnership with the Newfoundland Amazon Network, held regular meetings, and revamped the CHAN newsletter "AboutFace" for a new generation. The organization was co-founded by Padraic Brake and other community members in 1987. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource AboutFace, June 1991 Description An account of the resource This newsletter was a reboot of the original AboutFace newsletter published by CHAN in the 1970s. Gays and Lesbians Together (GALT) recognised the foundational work done by CHAN and sought to reestablish the newsletter as a source of local gay and lesbian news and first-person writing. It includes an article on campaign for an amendment to the Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Code to include protection on basis of sexual orientation. They conducted a survey of experiences of discrimination to be presented to the House of Assembly and Human Rights Commission. It also includes an article celebrating the connection between pride events and revolt and rebellion "in the spirit of Stonewall." GALT was preparing for St. John's Lesbian and Gay Pride Day 1991 when this issue was published. It includes an article on celebrating lesbian motherhood, written by a single lesbian parent, Debbie N. Article, on speaking up about AIDS in the gay community in Newfoundland, and furthering education about AIDS generally. It also includes an article from Robin A. Stagg on growing up "gay in the bay," reflecting on their experiences and how discrimination and abuse has impacted their life. It lists upcoming Lesbian and Gay Pride Week events: a dance, safe sex workshops, film screenings, readings from gay and lesbian writers, drag shows, picnic and rally, sporting events, benefit evening. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gays and Lesbians Together (GALT) Description An account of the resource GALT was a queer community organization based in St. John's during the 1990s, they ran a phone line in partnership with the Newfoundland Amazon Network, held regular meetings, and revamped the CHAN newsletter "AboutFace" for a new generation. The organization was co-founded by Padraic Brake and other community members in 1987. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource AboutFace, October 1991 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gays and Lesbians Together (GALT) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Arquives LGBTQ Serials <a href="https://collections.arquives.ca/link/catalogue16998">https://collections.arquives.ca/link/catalogue16998</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Gays and Lesbians Together (GALT) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 1991 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newsletter Article Description An account of the resource This was the second issue of a reboot of the original AboutFace newsletter published by CHAN in the 1970s. GALT recognised the foundational work done by CHAN and sought to reestablish the newsletter as a source of local gay and lesbian news and first-person writing. It includes an ad for "Men's Survey '91" seeking gay and bisexual men across Canada to help address AIDS and other community issues. There is an article on GALT's lesbian and gay support phone line, which had recently expanded to two nights a week. There is also an article by Padraic Brake on Out From Under the Rock, a new collection of stories edited by Brake and Peggy Keats focusing on lesbian and gay experiences in Newfoundland and Labrador. There is a review of events from Pride Week. The rally drew 75 people though some events reached up to 700 people. Premier Clyde Wells was awarded in absentia the Cucumber of the Year Award for "the person most unwilling to support lesbian and gay rights." It also includes a brief on new youth group, Gay and Lesbian Youth (GLY), in St. John's; the Michigan Women's Festival attended by several women from Newfoundland; a brief presented by GALT to the provincial government; and a new action group, the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Newfoundland and Labrador (CLGRNL). There is an article on how the St. John's Status of Women Council has formed a committee to examine homophobia within the community as well as within their own organisation. There is an ad for weekly get-togethers sponsored by GALT. There is an article on ACT UP and Queer Nation, and organising on the mainland more broadly. There is an article from Debbie Norman (who wrote on single lesbian motherhood in the previous June 1991 issue) on her experience of coming out in 1991. There is an article by Tania Dopler on her wedding to her partner through a "lesbian commitment ceremony." The issue also discusses other ways that queer couples celebrate unions outside of the legal marriage system. It includes an interview with an anonymous man, David, who is living with HIV in St. John's. David discusses the process of testing, negative experiences with healthcare in Toronto, symptoms, treatment, education about AIDS, and his more positive feelings since moving back to Newfoundland. Finally, the issue includes a financial statement on Lesbian and Gay Pride Week. 1990s 1991 AboutFace AIDS books coming out finances gay groups HIV human rights Human Rights Amendment lesbian commitment ceremony marriage newsletter organization organizing phone line Pride Pride Week single parent support youth