GaryKinsman

Gary Kinsman had a major connection with Nova Scotia and with Halifax in 1989 and in the early 1990s when he was teaching in the Sociology Department at Acadia University. He lived in Halifax for a year with his partner PatrickBarnholden? and their cat Diva. He was involved in the Valley AIDS Concern Group,was a supporter of the PWA Coalition, was involved in the provincial network of AIDS groups, and in the organizing for the gay/lesbian conference in Halifax, and writing for WayvesMagazine.

He participated in the Halifax sit-in in protest against the very limited proposals by Kim Campbell regarding lesbian/gay rights. He began his research on the national security purge campaigns (including use of the FruitMachine) against lesbians and gay men while he was in Nova Scotia and conducted a number of interviews with people who had been interrogated by the RCMP who were then living in Nova Scotia. It was as a research associate of Acadia University that he received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funding for his research on the national security campaigns against lesbiand and gay men in Canada.