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Other sources of information:
Archival resources
Indexes, directories and finding aids
Other TBP and PTP material in the Archives
Related holdings in the Archives
Other online resources
Future collections
Indexes, directories and finding aids
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The Alternative Press Index. Alternative Press Center, Baltimore,
Maryland.
Mastheads of The Body Politic indicate its contents were recorded in the Alternative
Press Index from May 1982 -- and may have been earlier.
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James Fraser: Index to The Body Politic. Card file available in the Canadian
Lesbian and Gay Archives.
Three boxes of handwritten 3x5-inch cards arranged alphabetically (though with the
original first box, A-B, missing). James's index covers TBP up to about Issue 50 (Feb
1979). He recorded authors (including letter writers), titles and subjects, groups (including
those listed in the Community Page), and made a separate section for reviews.
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Margaret Fulford: The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960-1990: A Guide to
Archival Resources. Canadian Women's Movement Archives and ECW Press,
1992. James Fraser Library call number: 1.3 CAN.
A comprehensive guide to women's movement material in more than 80 governmental,
university and private archives in Canada -- most significantly the
Canadian Women's Movement Archives. Useful (in this instance) for many of the feminist
organizations (and feminists) surrounding and sometimes involved with the life of The
Body Politic. Pat Leslie, an occasion contributor to TBP, was organizer of the Women's
Archives, which is now a collection of the Morriset Library at the University of Ottawa.
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Christopher Halonen: An Inventory of Photographs Received in the Canadian
Gay Archives between 1973 and the end of 1987. Canadian Gay Archives, 1992.
A record of the many, extensive photo accessions made in the period; exhaustively indexed (for details see Photographs: Inventories in the Archives website). Much of this material came from The Body Politic. For more photos (overlapping the same period but received from the Press later), see accession 90-002 under Other TBP and PTP material in the Archives, below.
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Peter Zorzi: Queer Catharsis: Notes for an Anecdotal Guide To Canadian Gay
Archives Accession [of] Charles Dobie and Peter Zorzi, # 88-021 / 01-03.
Copyright Peter Zorzi, 1992. Included in the accession noted, and in the Archives
collection of inventories and finding aids.
An inventory of Peter and Charlie's own collection to 1988 (there's more later), covering
their involvement in Toronto gay organizing from the late '60s and well beyond. Many of
Peter's "anecdotes" are extended, powerfully written narratives of great historical value: his
story of the birth of The Body Politic, of which he and Charlie were founding members,
covers 14 pages and includes profiles of all the people involved at the time.
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Other TBP and PTP material in the Canadian Lesbian and Gay
Archives
The 1988 Inventory doesn't cover everything in the Archives that came from The
Body Politic or Pink Triangle Press. In a Sep 1996 search of the Archives Accession
Database, I found other material.
Some accessions listed below were missed when I first did the Inventory. Others have been
given to the Archives since then. I have added most of these new entries to each of the
relevant series pages of this updated Inventory, as noted. Where I have examined the
material (which I haven't in every case) I have also provided more extensive descriptions
and annotations in the series entries.
From 1990, about a dozen accessions were recorded from Xtra that consisted only of a
single poster or other artifact. They have not been listed here.
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82-032 (One cassette)
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Fourth-generation colour video cassette, entitled "On Trial -- The Body Politic." 1979. 52
minutes (Series 21: Legal defence).
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84-044 (Single folder)
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Notes and press clippings (Dec 1980 - Jan 1981) related to Toronto bars charged with
"overcrowding" and other infractions (Series 13: News).
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85-101 (Photographs)
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Photoprints by Lee Lyons of various TBP people working on renovations to the 54
Wolseley St office, Jan 1984 (Series 23: Photographs).
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86-003 (Seven boxes)
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This accession was noted in the 1988 Inventory but much of its contents were not. In this
1996 update I have added information about it in various series listings.
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88-023 (One box)
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Memos and correspondence related to publication of Tom Waugh's 1983-1984 articles on
the photo and film collections of the Kinsey Institute (Series 1: Policies, planning and
budgetting; and Series 14: Features and reviews).
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88-029 (Drawing and cassette)
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Sketch by Elizabeth Gibson of the defendants in The Body Politic trial, 1979 (Series 21:
Legal defence); cassette recording of an interview with Rita Mae Brown (Series 14: Features and reviews).
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89-009 (One box)
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Pink Triangle Press. Miscellaneous papers c 1985-1987 (not closely examined by me).
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89-065 (One box)
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Material related to the 1975-76 Ottawa Sex Scandal (Series 13: News).
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89-075 (Two boxes)
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The Body Politic Sustainer Group. Donor files, 1982-1987; Sustainer Letter, # 1 (Nov 1982) - # 16 (May 1987) (Series 1: Policies, planning and budgetting; Series 4: Fundraising).
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89-089 (One box)
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Miscellaneous material apparently gathered by the International News Group, through 1986
(Series 13: News).
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89-111 (Unexamined by me; single folder?)
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Poems of Aaron Douglas Ulrich (Series 17: Fiction and poetry).
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90-002 (Five boxes numbered 01, 02, 02a, 02b and 3)
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Pink Triangle Press. Xtra writer files, 1988 (Series 14: Features and reviews); Letters to
Xtra, 1988 (Series 19: Letters from readers); Photo morgue, c 1972-1987 (Series 23: Photographs).
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90-008 (One box)
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Pink Triangle Press. Miscellaneous papers, including a draft News Manual, c 1982 (Series
13: News).
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90-059 (One box)
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Pink Triangle Press. Miscellaneous papers, c 1980-1986 (not closely examined).
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90-091 (Single folder)
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Correspondence with Robert A Roth re gay life in Indonesia, 1987 (Series 14: Features and
reviews).
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90-171 (Single folder)
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Pink Triangle Press. Miscellaneous letters to the Press, c 1988-1990 (Series 3: General
correspondence).
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90-095 (Eight boxes)
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Pink Triangle Press. Papers (major accession, to date unexamined by me).
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90-163 (Two boxes)
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Pink Triangle Press: Body Politic records. Financial records (computer print-outs), 1985-
86 (Series 2: Business and office administration); Resumes from hiring for advertising
position, Dec 1985 (Series 7: Display advertising) and production coordinator position,
Mar 1986 (Series 20: Design and production).
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91-071
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Xtra. Miscellaneous files (unexamined).
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92-022
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Xtra. Writer files and photos (unexamined).
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92-048
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Xtra. Display ad records (unexamined).
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92-075
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Xtra. Miscellaneous files (unexamined).
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93-013
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Xtra. Papers and documents (unexamined).
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93-014
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David Rayside. Records of The Body Politic Free the Press Fund (Series 21: Legal defence).
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94-036
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Xtra. Files (unexamined).
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Related holdings in the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
The people named below were all involved with The Body Politic or Pink Triangle Press in
greater or lesser ways, as writers, collective members or volunteers. Material by or about
most of them appears throughout the vast run of TBP / PTP holdings recorded elsewhere in
this Inventory. The accessions listed here are their personal ones, usually donated to the
Archives under their own names.
Many of these people were also more widely active in the lives of our communities -- in
ways my brief descriptions can only suggest. Other groups in which people played key
roles are often noted. More information on each person may be found in those groups'
papers.
I have listed here only those accessions that, as far as I can tell, contain significant personal papers (some people made many other donations -- of books, clippings, posters, etc). Some people's papers were donated by persons other than themselves.
Brief descriptions are offered for some accessions. Where not, they generally
consist of various personal records and papers. More information on some of the people (and organizations) listed may also be available in the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives vertical files.
New material arrives all the time. This list may not be kept up-to-date -- but you can check the Searching page of the Archives website to see what options may be available to help you find new accessions or vertical files.
Some people are noted with a lead to information available online. Some links are to others parts of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives website. Remote sites are listed further below under Other online resources.
Barry D Adam: writer and sociologist, Windsor
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82-103 (five papers by Barry)
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93-158 (Glad Day trial papers)
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95-058 (a paper by Barry)
Joan Anderson: Archives worker; later chair of the AIDS Commitee of Toronto
and the Canadian AIDS Society
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82-038 (photos by Joan)
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88-027 (photos by Joan)
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91-177
Clarence Barnes: writer; member of the artist collective JAC; died 1995, age
61
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92-024
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92-025 (papers of Jim Quixley)
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95-013
Christine Bearchell: long-time collective member, also active with other
groups; later with Epicene magazine and with the prostitutes' community group
Maggie's
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83-016 (personal records, including material on the League for Socialist Action, the
Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario and the Committee to Defend John Damien)
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84-017 (interviews taped for TBP)
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85-009 (extensive TBP-related material)
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95-002 (personal record, some related to Epicene)
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See also Walnet under Other online resources below
Rick Bébout: long-time collective member; later with the AIDS
Committee of Toronto; back at PTP 1994-95
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84-025 (TBP-related files, including correspondence with Jane Rule, 1981-1984)
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86-027 (Editorial correspondence done from home, 1985-86)
Elgin Blair: correspondent, Mississauga; with the Unitarian-Universalist Gay
Caucus; died 1989, age 64
Douglas Chambers: writer and university professor; noted
gardener
Danny Cockerline: writer and collective member, early '80s; later prostitute
activist; died 1995, age 35
Bernard Courte: Montreal activist and TBP correspondent; writer for Xtra; died
1991, age 42
Harold Desmarais: with Windsor Gay Unity; one of the Sisters of Perpetual
Indulgence, Toronto; later PTP staff
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89-061
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90-030 (organizational material)
Charlie Dobie: founding collective member
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88-021 (see Peter Zorzi's Queer Catharsis, above)
Christine Donald: TBP writer; long active with CLGRO, the Coalition for
Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario
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90-032 (papers related to CLGRO)
Dennis Findlay: with Waterloo Universities' Gay Liberation Movement; later with
the Right to Privacy Committee (RTPC)
Maurice Flood: key organizer with the Gay Alliance Toward Equality,
Vancouver; early contributor to TBP
James Fraser: New Brunswick provincial and Toronto city archivist; late '70s
redeemer of the then Canadian Gay Archives; died 1985, age 39
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84-006 (unpublished manuscript)
Amy Gottlieb: socialist feminist, PinkType-setter; with the Lesbian Organization
of Toronto; later filmmaker and arts magazine editor
Chuck Grochmal: aka Groch; TBP photo volunteer, early '80s; Xtra columnist,
late '80s; died 1990, age 37
Harvey Hamburg: lawyer; founder of Toronto Area Gays (TAG; later TAGL),
the 923- (later 530-) GAYS info line, and the Gay -- later Lesbian and Gay -- Community
Appeal
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90-144 (530-GAYS material)
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95-202 (brief on same-sex benefits)
Gerald Hannon: longest-serving Collective member; journalist and
prostitute
Robin Hardy: Collective member, late '70s; freelance writer; died 1995, age
43
Norman Hatton: widely published photographer
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82-179 (bath-raid aftermath photos)
Charles Hill: co-founder of the University of Toronto Homophile Association
and Gays of Ottawa; curator at the National Gallery of Canada
George Hislop: veteran activist; president of the Community Homophile
Association of Toronto; 1980 candidate for city council; defendant in bath-raid
trials
Andrew Hodges: UK mathematician and activist; co-author of With
Downcast Gays
Ed Jackson: Collective member, 1972-1985; later with the AIDS Committee of
Toronto (ACT), the Toronto Centre for Lesbian and Gay Studies and Buddies in Bad
Times Theatre
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86-007
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91-046
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92-002 (ACT material)
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92-017 (Michael Lynch care team material)
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92-056
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93-016
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93-052 (ACT material)
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95-079 (AIDS-related material)
Graham Jackson: poet, dance critic
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82-118 (short story manuscript)
Lynnie Johnston: photographer
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83-018 (exhibition photos)
Gary Kinsman: writer, activist, academic and TBP critic
John Alan Lee: writer, sociologist; first chair of the Right to Privacy
Committee
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90-079 (Toronto Lesbian and Gay History Project)
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95-212 (paper by John)
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95-213 (paper by John)
Andrew Lesk: Collective member, mid-1980s
Bill Lewis: Winnipeg activist; collective member; teacher and AIDS researcher;
co-founder of the AIDS Committee of Toronto; died 1987, age 37
- 87-019 (course material)
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See also Bill Lewis papers recorded in the Inventory of the Michael Lynch fonds.
Michael Lynch: Collective member and writer; teacher and poet; co-
founder of the AIDS Committee of Toronto, AIDS Action Now! and the Toronto AIDS
Memorial; died 1991, age 46
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Extensive accessions; see the Inventory of the Michael Lynch fonds, available in the Archives.
Tim McCaskell: long-time collective member; Toronto Board of Education
race-relations worker; later with AIDS Action Now!
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84-014 (TBP-related papers; International Gay Association conference, Barcelona,
1980)
Robin Metcalfe: correspondent; with Gay Alliance for Equality Halifax; writer
and curator
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87-014
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90-056 (AIDS-related, Halifax)
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92-094
Tony Metie: founding collective member; music librarian; died 1986, age
42
Alan Miller: librarian; bibliographer; long-time Archives
worker
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91-253
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91-258 (Sex and the State conference, 1985)
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92-139 (correspondence)
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93-151 (Michael Lynch interview)
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95-084 (Sex and the State; AIDS Memorial)
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95-239 (papers related to Michael Lynch)
Jearld Moldenhauer: founding collective member; co-founder of the
University of Toronto Homophile Association; founder of Glad Day
Books
Gordon Montador: activist, writer and publisher; died 1991
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92-006 (personal records, in accession made by Bruce Bolton)
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95-185 (Gaydays, 1978)
Brian Mossop: with the Gay Alliance Toward Equality, Toronto; expelled
member of the Communist Party; long-time partner of Ken Popert; subject of a Supreme
Court case on family status
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93-025 (material related to 1993 Supreme Court case)
Alan O'Connor: writer and collective member, mid-'80s
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85-039 (paper by Alan on Orwell)
Jim Quixley: librarian and writer; died 1991, age 60
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92-025 (personal records, part of Clarence Barnes holdings)
David Rayside: academic and activist; with the Right to Privacy Committee
(RTPC) and The Body Politic Free the Press Fund; collective member mid-1980s
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84-042 (paper by David)
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90-007 (RTPC-related material)
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91-118 (files on Bill 7: sexual orientation in Ontario Human Rights Code, 1986)
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92-185 (RTPC-related material)
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93-014 (records of The Body Politic Free the Press Fund)
Neil Richards: Saskatoon activist, writer and librarian; regular donor of material
to the Archives
Marie Robertson: with Gays of Ottawa; later with the AIDS Committee of
Toronto
Gillian Rodgerson: Collective member, mid-'80s; later editor of Capital
Gay and Diva, London. UK
John Scythes: early collective member; renovator, plumber and gadfy of the
AIDS establishment; later proprietor of Glad Day Books
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92-029 (AIDS-related material)
Nik Sheehan: filmmaker; Xtra writer
Irit Shimrat: writer and volunteer, mid-1980s; anti-psychiatry
activist
Jane Smith: TBP writer and volunteer, mid-'80s
Richard Summerbell: scientist, writer and editorial worker, early to mid-
'80s
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88-005
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91-237 (TBP-related papers)
Robert Trow: long-time contributor and periodic collective member; paramedic
at Hassle Free Clinic
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84-045 (AIDS-related material, 1983)
Tom Warner: Prairie activist, early collective member; long with the Coalition
for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO); first openly gay man to serve on the
Ontario Human Rights Commission
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82-139 (paper submitted to TBP, unpublished, 1977)
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89-006 (CLGRO material)
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89-007
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95-102 (open letter re: "Men loving boys loving men," 1978)
Alexander Wilson: Collective member 1979-1981; writer, gardener,
landscape designer for the Toronto AIDS Memorial; died 1993, age 40
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88-047 (Lavender Left conference, 1980)
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89-078
Art Wood: production worker, sustainer donor; later chair of the AIDS
Committee of Toronto (ACT)
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91-251 (papers related to ACT, the Canadian AIDS Society and AIDS Action
Now!)
Ian Young: poet, publisher, bibliographer, author; co-founder of the University
of Toronto Homophile Association; founder of Catalyst Press; TBP Ivory Tunnel
columnist, 1975-1985
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82-008 (Catalyst)
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83-006 (Catalyst)
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90-154
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92-059
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94-113
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See also: Ian Young: A Bibliography (1962-1980), Canadian Gay
Archives Publication # 3, Pink Triangle Press, 1981 (James Fraser Library call number: 1
CAN).
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Other online resources
The Internet changes too quickly for this list to be definitive. But the following sites may
lead you to more material elsewhere.
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Andrew Hodges's Home
Page
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~woof/
A big site including links to info on Alan Turing (Andrew wrote his definitive
biography) and on With Downcast Gays -- including its full text.
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Rick Bébout's website
http://www.rbebout.com/
Launched in January 2000, this includes On the Origin of The Body Politic, Gay "journalism": What for?, and Promiscuous Affections: A Life in The Bar, 1969 - 2000, the last with many tales (and images) of TBP and its people, 1977 - 87 and beyond.
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Stephen
Shirreffs: My Dead Friends: A Panegyric
http://garnet.berkeley.edu:4252/arod/dead_friends.html
Stephen was with the Gay Alliance Toward Equality in Vancouver in the early 1970s.
Among the deaths he recounts is that of pioneering (if prickly) activist Maurice
Flood. His list of dead friends also includes some other people loosely connected to
TBP, including Michael McGarry, Jamie Hart and Randy Notte.
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Walnet
http://www/walnet.org/
Put together by the Walnuts: Chris Bearchell and others who shared her house
at 97 Walnut Ave in Toronto from 1983. This site leads
to info on Irit Shimrat (via the Lunatics Liberation Front) and Danny
Cockerline (via the "97 Walnut" link) -- including articles Danny wrote for TBP. Long download time (lots of images), but it's worth it.
For more general gay and lesbian Internet addresses, see Links, a list of related online resources in the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives website.
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Future collections
The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives receives new material all the time. Many of the
people named above have extensive personal holdings that they may donate in the future. And many more than those named may in time make their papers part of this vast historical record.
Appendices to this Inventory list more than 500 people involved with The Body Politic and Pink Triangle Press up to 1988, including collective members; non- Toronto correspondents; some key writers; and long- time volunteers. You should feel free to make enquiries with the Archives about any further information available on any of these people.
Rick Bébout, October 1996
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