Before the parade : a history of Halifax's gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities, 1972-1984 /

Before the parade : a history of Halifax's gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities, 1972-1984 /

"In Before the Parade, journalist and activist Rebecca Rose brings her queer femme, feminist perspective to this compelling, and necessary, history of the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community in Halifax. Here are stories of being at the forefront; of founding a group to fight for gay liberation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Rebecca, 1984- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing Limited, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Sexual minorities > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Sexual minorities > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Social conditions > 20th century.
Gay community > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Gays > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Social conditions > 20th century.
Lesbian community > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Lesbians > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Social conditions > 20th century.
Bisexuals > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Bisexuals > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Social conditions > 20th century.
Gay rights > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Gay activists > Nova Scotia > Halifax > History > 20th century.
Bisexuals.
Bisexuals > Social conditions.
Gay activists.
Gay rights.
Gays.
Gays > Social conditions.
Lesbians.
Lesbians > Social conditions.
Sexual minorities.
Nova Scotia > Halifax.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Safe saces, subversive sex (late 1960s and early 1970s)
  • The activists emerge : birth of the GAE (1972-1975)
  • Homosexual activity (1975-1979)
  • Leaping lesbians : voices of women (1970s)
  • The Turret : a space of their own (1976-1982)
  • Rising fear, rising up (1980-1984)
  • Women doin' it for themselves : lesbian feminism in the 1980s
  • LGB legacy : preserving our past.