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United Church to support gay rights bill
An article in The Muse, Memorial University of Newfoundland’s student newspaper, reporting on the United Church’s support of a provincial bill that would protect queer people from discrimination. Unitarian leaders such as Reverand Clarence Sellars…
Gay and lesbian support group formed
An article in The Muse, Memorial University of Newfoundland’s student newspaper, reporting on the inaugural meeting of a new group formed for lesbians and gay men in St. John’s. The first meeting was organized by Padraic Brake, and attendees…
Province's gay community pressures gov't
An article in The Muse, Memorial University of Newfoundland’s student newspaper, reporting on St. John’s Gay Pride March in 1997. 50 people in the community gathered to celebrate the fight for queer freedom and to pressure the provincial government…
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…
High-octane anger fuels Mercer's rant
A review of Rick Mercer's one-man show, Show Me the Button: I'll Push It (Or, Charles Lynch Must Die).
'Bringing it to the edge'
An article, special to The Globe and Mail, announcing the opening of Rick Mercer's one-man production, Show Me the Button: I'll Push It (Or, Charles Lynch Must Die) at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
AIDS Committee Needs More Support
Article on page three of The Summer Muse describing St. John's first participation in the International Candlelight and AIDS Mobilization, a march to remember those who have died and encourage others with the virus to carry on. The article also…
Show Me the Button: I'll Push It, Still Image #6
A black and white photograph of Rick Mercer in the middle of acting. Rick is wearing a t-shirt and a blazer. His mouth is open and he is looking upwards, seemingly staring at the ceiling, gesticulating with both of his hands.
Show Me the Button: I'll Push It, Still Image #1
A black and white photo of Rick Mercer performing in the play
Show Me the Button: I'll Push It, Still Image #2
A still, black and white photo of Rick Mercer Performing at the LSPU hall.
Show Me The Button: I'll Push It, Still Image #4
Black and white still photo #4 from 'Show Me The Button and I'll Push It,' Rick Mercer's onstage performance from February 1991. He is wearing a t-shirt, a blazer, jeans, and Converse shoes. He is sitting on a chair, facing towards the camera, with…
Show Me the Button: I'll Push It, Still Image #3
A black and white photograph of Rick Mercer in the middle of acting.
Poster from 'Show Me The Button: I'll Push It'
A very colourful poster to advertise Rick Mercer and Gerald Lunz's play at LSPU Hall
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.…
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 selfie in drag
A selfie of Tommy Sexton in drag. Tommy is wearing a shiny black shirt, a curly blonde wig, red lipstick and breasts.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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…
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 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 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 in drag perched on a roof
Photo of Tommy Sexton in drag sitting like a gargoyle outside on the roof of a house.
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…
Lesbian and Gay Issues Supplement - Muse vol. 42, no. 15
TheMuse's 1992 and Lesbian and Gay Issues Supplement. Contains several original contributions, some simply under the author's first name or a pseudonym, including an article on queer themes in mainstream comics; an account about coming out to one's…
"Celebrating Lesbian and Gay Pride Week"
The article in theMuse discusses the need for sexual orientation to be included in the province's Human Rights Code, noting that the ushering in of a Liberal government would be an opportunity to do what the Conservatives did not. The article also…
Lesbian and Gay Issues Supplement ad
Call published in the Muse for submissions for the paper's upcoming Lesbian and Gay Issues Supplement. The listing also encourages individuals to drop byThe Muse's office to share their ideas.
Gay and Lesbian Studies Group panel ad
Listing inThe Muse for a panel discussion being held on the Hughes Commission and the lesbian and gay community.
AboutFace, October 1991
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…
AboutFace, June 1991
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…
Alternative Presses - Guy to Goddess: An Intimate Look at Drag Queens
A review of a recent book (1994) by Bill Richardson on drag queens, with photography by Rosamund Norby. Though the queens interviewed are not identified by location, it is mentioned that one of the queens is from Newfoundland.
N.A.N.'s News Vol 1, No 3
Includes announcement of 4th annual Gay and Lesbian Pride Week, June 19-25, 1995 by Deputy Mayor Andy Wells at St. John's City Hall. Notes partnership between NGALE and NAN for Pride Week events.
Contains Pride Week schedule, including March for…
Contains Pride Week schedule, including March for…
"Reproductive technologies are disempowering women"
Article on reproductive technologies and IVF. It discusses how lesbian women are excluded from writings on fertility and often judged by physicians as not having the "appropriate potential for parenting."Waterlily was published quarterly from…
"Abuse in the closet: Violence in lesbian relationships"
Article on the need to recognize intimate partner violence (IPV) in lesbian relationships and the stigma of talking about IPV in lesbian communities. The author argues that this issue is not often taken seriously and that there are limited supports…
"Gay teens face hidden obstacles" / "Confronting homophobia"
Two articles in the Women Speak newsletter. The first is written by feminist therapist Susan McConnell on the difficulties of sexual identity development for queer teens. It also includes an ad for her therapy practice. The second is a satirical…
N.A.N.'s News Vol 1, No 2.
Issue of the NAN newsletter. Contains a letter to NAN asking why the lesbian dances were advertised on the radio, citing fear of being outed to family or coworkers. The response notes that no member of NAN purposefully put it on the radio, and that…
AIDS awareness centre opened in St. John's
Article in the March 1990 edition of the Newfoundland Medical Association about a new centre for AIDS awareness and support, founded by Jeffrey Howard and Wally Upward. The centre's board of directors included representatives from gay groups as well…
Breaking the Barrier of Homophobia
Educational article in an edition of the St. John's Status of Women Council's newsletter Spokeswoman about homophobia. It has a list of myths and facts about queer people, notes on experiences of injustice and ways to eliminate homophobia.
Homophobia in school to be addressed
Article in an edition of the St. John's Status of Women Council's Spokeswoman newsletter adapted from an NGALE press release on the launch of their new “Homophobia Awareness Project” education project.