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Classified "Friends" Ad, November 1982
Classified ad from a Newfoundland-based gay man in his twenties seeking a companion.This article was posted in the Body Politic newsletter. The Body Politic was a queer, activist-based Canadian monthly newsletter that was published from 1971 to 1987.…
Tommy Sexton sunbathing on Vacation
An image of Tommy Sexton in a tropical location on a white beach chair. He is tanned and wearing sunglasses.
Tommy Sexton out of focus on a beach
Tommy Sexton on a sandy beach with a leather jacket, with a pink sky behind him.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
Tommy Sexton on beach with snow
An image of Tommy Sexton on a beach with snow in the foreground and the ocean behind him. The sky is pink and he is wearing a leather jacket, jeans and boots.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St.…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St.…
Tommy Sexton out of focus taking a photo of himself in the mirror
Tommy Sexton is taking a photograph of himself in a mirror. He is holding a camera and wearing a white tank top.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his…
Tommy Sexton Glaring at Camera
Picture of Tommy Sexton glaring at the camera. He is inside and the background is dark.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
People in Shadow
Picture of the shadows of three people in a room. There is a lamp in the middle providing light.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in…
Tommy Sexton on a tropical beach
Tommy Sexton sitting on a beach in a tropical location. Behind him there are are buildings, people, a boat and a large hill covered in trees.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland.…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland.…
Tommy Sexton in swimsuit on Christmas eve, 1988
Tommy Sexton posing in front of a stone wall and trees in a tropical location. He is wearing a swim suit and is smiling.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for…
Tommy Sexton in resort room, ,1989
A photograph of Tommy Sexton sitting in a resort room in a tropical location. Behind him is a window showing the ocean below. An unknown person is partially show on the right side of the image.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer,…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer,…
Tommy Sexton in kitchen with soap bar
A photograph of Tommy Sexton in a kitchen pointing to a bar of soap held in his hand. Behind him there are wooden kitchen cabinets, a calendar, a stove, and a shelf with several items.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and…
Tommy Sexton in kitchen with dog
A photograph of Tommy Sexton in a kitchen holding a black dog. He is wearing a white bathrobe.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO,…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO,…
Tommy Sexton in bathrobe, pensive
A photograph of Tommy Sexton in a red bathrobe in front of a white wall. He is looking at the camera pensively.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his…
Tommy Sexton in bathrobe, bemused
A photograph of Tommy Sexton in a red bathrobe in front of a white wall. He is looking at the camera bemusedly.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his…
Tommy Sexton as police officer with cat
A photograph of Tommy Sexton dressed as a police officer holding a white cat. Tommy is wearing a blonde wig and make up.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for…
Tommy Sexton as policy officer with cat, out of focus
A photograph of Tommy Sexton dressed as a police officer and holding a white cat. Tommy is wearing a blonde wig and makeup. The camera is slightly out of focus.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St.…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St.…
Photograph of the Royal Lake Pavilion
A photograph of Charles Danielle's royal lake pavilion which was located near the bandstand by Quidi Vidi Lake
Tommy Sexton out of focus
An out-of-focus home photograph of Tommy Sexton talking in front of a window.Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a Newfoundland-based…
Tommy Sexton out of focus, balloons behind
An out-of-focus home photograph of Tommy Sexton, with balloons in the background.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
"Silence = Death" Sticker
A Pink Triangle sticker with the words silence = death written on it. This was the slogan first coined in the 1987 political poster and was commonly used by the coalition ACT UP to demand government action during the AIDS epidemic.
The sticker was…
The sticker was…
For the Record
Article in The Body Politic about a critique and an attempt to ban the book The Joy of Gay Sex by an executive assistant to the federal justice minister as a response to an inquiry by the Gay Association in Newfoundland (GAIN) . The book was…
Tommy Sexton with Masks
A photograph of Tommy posing next to three masks. He is frowning and his arms are crossed.
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
Tommy Sexton (1957-1993) was an actor, dancer, musician, and comedian born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was best known for his involvement in CODCO, a…
Women brave weather to take back the night
Article in the Muse, Memorial University of Newfoundland’s student newspaper, about the “Take Back the Night” demonstration in St. John’s on September 21, 1984. Proceeding from Bannerman Park to City Hall, this march was the local arm of the annual…
"Bar becomes private club to end violence"
Article in The Body Politic about a bar in St. John's called The Sea Breeze, which had hired extra bouncers to deal with violent clashes. After this effort was unsuccessful, management converted the bar into a private club to prevent violence. They…
"CHAN narrowly escapes folding"
Article reporting that, after the Community Homophile Association of Newfoundland’s annual election the previous November left three executive positions unfilled, CHAN members filled the vacant positions at their January meeting and saved the…
Insane woman dressed in male attire washing a chimney
Article in the Evening Telegram about a woman dressed in male attire who was discovered by a neighbor while washing a chimney, then admitted to the lunatic asylum.
Annual Report of the Department of Health 1993 - 1994
Annual report of Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services. Page 36 is a statistical report on AIDS and HIV for that year. On the bottom, it shows the different risk categories of those infected; homosexual/bisexual men are one category. Page 31 is…
LOVE — THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD
An article in the Evening Telegram's Trinity section that recounts a story of two men in Trinity who shared a powerful love “passing the love of women” which enabled one to have a vision in a dream of the other while he was at sea. It argues that…
"Women Who Lived as Men"
Article in theEvening Telegram about several women who passed themselves off as men for various reasons, such as for wages or love.
Letter from Clarence H. Waugh to Frederick A. Brazill, January 8, 1903
A letter written by Clarence H. Waugh, a former acquaintance of Charles H. Danielle in the United States, in reply to Frederick A, Brazill, dated January 8, 1903. The letter thanks to Brazill for sending a photo, an obituary card for Charles, a…
"For the Record"
Article segment about an inquiry made by the Gay Association of Newfoundland (GAIN) in regard to the book The Joy of Gay Sex. It received a response from the executive assistant to John Crosbie (Federal Justice Minister) saying: "[it] is of the…
"Royal Lake Pavillion"
An article in the Evening Telegram inviting St. John’s patrons to the Royal Lake Pavillion for Regatta day. This was Professor Charles Danielle's restaurant and "dancing apartment" that he owned on Quidi Vidi lake.
Émile Sopkowe Oral History
A conversation with Émile Sopkowe about the places they've lived, their relationship to their craft as a trans person, how they carve out space for themselves in the sometimes gender exclusionary world of craft, the role that older trans people can…
"I am MALE, slim, in my twenties."
An advertisement in The Body Politicposted by someone looking for a "male companion from 18-25" listing criteria and the assets of the poster as well as asking potential cantidates to write back and send photos.
This article was posted in…
Canada: Ontario Delists Coverage for Sex Reassignment
Part of the "International News" page in The TV-TS Tapestry highlighting Canada. The Ontario government has delisted sex reassignment surgery from the benefits of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, but notes that the Clarke Gender Identity Clinic…
Atlantic Gays hold Conference
An article in The Muse reporting on a Halifax conference for gays in the Atlantic provinces. The conference aims to identify and combat oppression within these provinces. Resolutions passed include a bilingual gay movement in Canada, continued…
“…some of us are fighting back.”
An article in the Body Politic that discusses the LGBTQ+ purges in the Canadian Army. The experiences of several LGBTQ+ ex-military members are detailed. This article was posted in the Body Politic newsletter. The Body Politic was a queer,…