“Rural outreach: ‘What? Gay people here?’”

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Title

“Rural outreach: ‘What? Gay people here?’”

Description

Article about gay and lesbian rural outreach in Atlantic Canada. Mentions the recent formation of GAIN and describes its fundraising events and efforts to build a membership base, quoting organizer Beth Lacey.

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. It is one of the most significant queer publications in Canadian history, and played a significant role in amplifying the Gay Liberation Movement and provided a crucial space for queer voices to be heard.

Creator

Philip Fotheringham

Source

Pink Triangle Press and Canadian Museum for Human Rights https://archive.org/details/bodypolitic82toro/page/10

Publisher

Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Internet Archive

Date

April 1982

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Newsletter Article

Collection

Citation

Philip Fotheringham, ““Rural outreach: ‘What? Gay people here?’”,” The Newfoundland and Labrador Queer Archive, accessed September 17, 2026, https://nlqueerarchive.com/items/show/120.