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1586 Granville
First location of [[Rumours]] in 1982. It was a bar on and off for decades after that, but none with . . .
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1984-09 Murder
===Queerbashing grows into a brutal murder=== Reprinted from the 1985-01 ''The Body Politic'' By RobinMetcalfe . . . John Wiliams, a burly unemployed transient, at Rumours, the gay disco operated by the Gay Alliance . . . drug possession and break-and-enter. He went to Rumours with a friend he met at the hostel who advised . . . [[GloriaBorden|Gloria]] who worked the door at [[Rumours]] witnessed them leave together, Terry lived . . .
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1987 OldVogueTheatre
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/2112_Gottingen/1987/Rumours_interior_735.jpg [[2112 Gottingen]], [[Rumours]], . . . [https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/2112_Gottingen/1987/Rumours_interior_2115.jpg Large version of image.] . . . are] four colour photos of the empty interior of Rumours on Gottingen. There are no people in them, . . . It's clear from those photos that this is Rumours AFTER they renovated the balcony area - otherwise . . . paint came AFTER the black paint... as a certain Rumours Mgr hated all the black. I'm not sure it went . . .
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1988 Pride March
=1988, the Paper Bag March= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/PrideFestival/1988_march_250.jpg Photo appears . . . & Gay Writers'' held Wednesday, 1988-06-29 at [[Rumours]], 8-10pm; 50+ people attended. List of Readers: . . . Video: ScottMacNeil, who was [[Rumours]] bar manager at the time, says that JimDeYoung . . .
6K - last updated 2023-05-21 09:59 UTC by DanielMacKay
1991 The Cuntry Show
Big drag show at [[Rumours]] [https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/Rumours/1991_The_Cuntry_Show_Rumours_Club.wmv . . .
1K - last updated 2020-05-13 18:59 UTC by DanielMacKay
1993-04-22 ForTheLoveOfAmazons
A benefit women's dance that took place at [[Rumours]]. The proceeds went towards fighting breast cancer.{{QueerLookingQueerActing . . .
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2007-03-08 TownHall
===The State of Gay: A Community Town Hall=== How Healthy is Nova Scotia's LGBTTIQ Community? A Blue . . . for a while, maybe since the old days of [[Rumours]]!! . . .
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2017-07-17 LookingBackAtQueerHalifax
=Looking Back At Queer Halifax= First done during Pride 2016, QueerActs hosted some of our community's . . . 09:07.000 * RosemaryPorter intro - HS at QE - [[Rumours]] - 'membership card' - 'I really loved Rumours' . . . board]] 10:20 * DanielMacKay intro - 1983 - [[Rumours]] - publisher - WayvesMagazine - Gaezette - . . . community in Halifax…' 00:27:26 * (Robin) [[Rumours]] opening - KJ's - [[The Turret|The Turret]] . . . open…'? 32:33.000 * Back to [[Rumours]] (Jenn) - 'got a lesson in how small Halifax . . .
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2018-07-22 Elderberries Salon
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/2018-07-22_Elderberries_Salon/button.jpg The 2018-07-22 was the first Salon . . . ShirtlessnessDebate, Military Police surveilling Rumours, the SIU. ; 1:44 : Lynn talks about RedHerringBookstore . . .
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2020 ResituatingInterruptions
=Resituating Interruptions= This is the catalogue to the website produced to accompany the physical installations . . . ==Rumours Posters== Halifax Central Public Library 1 . . . produced for a variety of dances at the gay bar Rumours (1982-1995). Rumours was the successor to the . . . ==Cruising== Lamp posts on Sackville Street, . . .
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2112 Gottingen
=2112 Gottingen Street / Vogue Theatre / Cove Theatre= [[image/photo:Media:2112_Gottingen/1898_NorthBaptistChurch_50th_anniversary.jpg|1898 . . . on the Gottingen Street property that was Rumours for a period. We all knew that it had been . . . [[image/photo:Media:2112_Gottingen/1987/Rumours_interior_735.jpg| |Media:2112_Gottingen/1987/Rumours_interior_2115.jpg|1987 . . . gay community, GALA]] bought it and [[Rumours]] moved in, with more or less the same setup . . . ; 1995 : [[GaeGala|GALA]] wound down and [[Rumours]] closed - see those pages for the history. . . .
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2215 Gottingen
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/2215_Gottingen/1969_ca.jpg Circa 1969 It was: * ca. 1965: The Marathon Grill, . . . it was a possibility for the new location of Rumours - search for "Misty Moon" in ReflectionsInAMirrorBall. . . .
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AlStewart
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/AlStewart/2002_02.jpg February 2002 =Alan Roy Stewart= 1942-05-08 - 2020-06-10 . . . Street, worked at the Better Business Bureau, [[Rumours]], the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission and finally . . . in 1995 when Al as working the door at [[Rumours]] and Mike was on the GaeGala Board. They were . . . occupations: Better Business Bureau, worked at [[Rumours]], the Liquor Commission, court house job offered . . . Church & Nigeria * 0:46 Mike was part of GAE. [[Rumours]], [[The Turret]]. "The woman MikeSangster . . .
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AtlanticHistoryAndArchivesNetwork
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/tmp/rainbow-archives.jpg =Atlantic History And Archives Network= ===Purposes=== . . . the records of the organization and of the Rumours club, and should decide on an archival repository . . .
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BarendKamperman
==1. A Post War Sendoff== https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/BarendKamperman/1956_Rotterdam.jpg My family's past . . . after a while I was back on the dance floor at Rumours. In '83 after I couldn't even get a survival . . .
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BeforeTheParade index
This is an index of [[BeforeTheParade|Before The Parade]], RebeccaRose's book about activism and the . . . || ||[[1586_Granville|1586 Granville St see Rumours]] ||[[http://gay.hfxns.org?search=1586_Granville . . . || ||[[2112_Gottingen|2112 Gottingen St see Rumours]] ||[[http://gay.hfxns.org?search=2112_Gottingen . . . H•R•E]] || ||Ross, Becki L. ||73, || ||[[Rumours|Rumours]] ||14, 30, 88+1 (photo), 107, 122, . . . 143, 168-169, 171, [[http://gay.hfxns.org?search=Rumours H•R•E]] || ||Saint Mary's University ||43, . . .
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BernadineLaPointe
=Bernadine LaPointe= ===2019-11-13=== Hi Dan, A thought crossed my mind... when you asked if I would . . . in purchasing [[2112 Gottingen]] where [[Rumours]] was finally located. ; 1987 : ran a coming-out . . .
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BernieWhiffen
=Bernie Whiffen= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/BernieWhiffen/529C035550.jpg Born 1973-12-09, passed away . . . Street. He spent a lot of time in gay bars (Rumours, Studio, NRG & Reflections) and loved to drink, . . .
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BillElliott
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/BillElliott/2011-05-01.jpg May 1, 2011 Hello and welcome to my profile. My . . . out and on to the scene. I remember going to [[Rumours]] for the first time and then on the ol dance . . .
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ChrisAucoin
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/ChrisAucoin/2011.jpg Chris in 2011. Photo by AnitaMartinez B. 1964, Chris . . . GaeGala's running of [[The Turret]] and [[Rumours]], the [[GAEZETTE]] and WayvesMagazine 1990 . . .
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ChristianGayMovement
2010-12-14: TerryParker writes: I would love to compile a history of the Christian Gay Movement in Halifax. . . . and [[Sparrow]] organized a food drive at [[Rumours]] with the blessing of [[GaeGala|GAE]]. [[http://gay.hfxns.org/pics/ChristianGayMovement/1988-02-03_food_drive.pdf . . .
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DanielMacKay
=Daniel MacKay= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/DanielMacKay/2018-02-13.jpg 2018-02 I was born in the early . . . including helping build the interior of [[Rumours]] on Granville Street in 1983. In the late . . .
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DarrylKenney
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/DarrylKenney/1987-12_DarrylKenney_ScottMacNeil.jpg DarrylKenney played Santa . . . ScottMacNeil with a Christmas gift from Staff at Rumours on Gottingen Street, 1987-12 . . .
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DougDixon
B. 1956 Involved with: * GaeGala Exec late '80s early '90s * Hired as manager of [[Rumours]] in the fall . . .
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DragPageants
Halifax's DragQueens and DragKings have the opportunity every year to compete in several pageants. This . . . * MzRisingStar * MiniApollo Talent Contest * MzRumours * MzMillenium * MrLeatherToolbox * Miss StoneWall . . .
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DragQueens
Halifax has a long history of drag entertainment, beginning with production shows back in the days of . . . [[The Turret]] and Rumours and continuing in history through shows at . . .
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EvolutionCabaret
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/EvolutionCabaret/logo.jpg ==History== ; 2005-11 : Evolution Cabaret opened . . . up. I always remember the fun times at the ol [[Rumours]]. You can't have a gay bar without the Queens. . . . charity and yet she brought people in. Those [[Rumours]] Days the shows there were always big and . . .
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FredBerringer
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/FredBerringer/ca1980.jpg Circa 1980 Born ca. 1951, died 1986-08 at the age . . . writes: After Fred died, Andy came into [[Rumours|the bar on Granville Street]] one night and . . .
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GaeGala
==GAE & GALA== ==Gay Alliance for Equality & Gay And Lesbian Alliance== This page documents the history . . . owned and operated [[The Turret]] and later [[Rumours]], which meant that there was always substantial . . . newspaper in its early years. GAE/Turret/Rumours also funded the first 20 or so years of the . . . with BrendaBryan as emcee. ; 1987 : [[Rumours]] moves from Granville to a large building . . .
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GaryWalsh
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/GaryWalsh/1983_ca.jpg Early '80s. Photographer unknown. 1962 -- 2006-08-24 . . . at [[The Turret]] as well as the old & new [[Rumours]]. Gary was well liked by many, but was closest . . .
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GayBars
==Current Halifax Queer Bars== * IndulgeNightclub ==Current Halifax Queer Friendly Bars== Up for debate... . . . queer community, GaeGala, moved and renamed: * [[Rumours]] - [[1586 Granville]] St across from the Texpark . . .
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GayDollar
That is, money spent by gay people. GayBars get all of their income from this. Some other businesses . . . feel the need to know everyones business, spread rumours and that type of crap? I'm not saying everyone . . .
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GayHealthAssociation
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/GraemeEllis/1980Q2.jpg GraemeEllis The first AIDS organization in Halifax. . . . on 1984-09-02, five men: DrBobFredrickson, [[Rumours]] club manager ScottMacNeil, Restauranteur . . .
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GayLine
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/GayLine/1988_ad.jpg 1988 The Halifax Gayline opened in 1972 and ceased operations . . . that building.] ; 1987 - 1995 : basement of [[Rumours]] (on Gottingen Street) ; 1987-10-27 : List . . .
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GeorgeRamsey
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/GeorgeRamsey/1982-10_ca.jpg Hallowe'en 1982, the back bar at RumoursBar. Photo . . .
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GeorgeWright
==George Wright== https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/GeorgeWright/1910_ca.jpg Courtesy: Public Archives of Nova . . . by Rick Conrad with GarryShutlak, "there were rumours that George and his chauffeur were lovers."}}. . . .
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HistoryPeople
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/HistoryPeople_cartoon.jpg Here is a list of early activists in Halifax - seriously . . . Queer MarchOnWashington * FredBerringer: [[Rumours]] bouncer * BobBezanson: JimDeYoung says, "He . . . * FredBishop: first manager of [[Rumours]] * WalterBorden: TheeKlub - also one of Halifax's . . . founding board * ArthurCarter: Designed the [[Rumours]] logo * SharonChaisson [[BLT-Womyn]] Coodinator . . . involved with the GAE, member of the Turret and Rumours * KathCure: GaeGala * JimDeYoung†: GaeGala . . .
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HistoryProjectTodoList
This is one of many to-do pages for the HistoryProject: There are two ways to use this page: # Read to-do . . . of Berwick N.S. * CindyMurphy - worked at Rumours under Marilyn Lamb and Doug Dixon for a few . . . * AlStewart suggests we interview former [[Rumours]] manager ScottMacNeil - works @ Trade Centre. . . .
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IdeasForPrideWeek
PrideFestival is coming sooner than you think. Feel free to share your ideas for fun queer events here. . . . [98] * ( 13) Dan Savage Evening [98] * ( 12) Rumours Reunion @ 2112 Gottingen * ( 12) Pride Prom . . .
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JaneKansas
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/JaneKansas/1991_ca_dinette.jpg in the Dinette, ca 1991 =Jane Griffin Kansas= . . . 1993-01 and immediately became the janitor at [[Rumours]] and co-host of "TheWordIsOut," the great . . . reception from the cold dank windowless [[Rumours]] to outdoors, out in the open, out in public, . . .
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JennyBlake
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/JennyBlake/1995_ca_b.jpg ca. 1995 The drag persona of TimHare. Titles: * Queen . . . of Hearts I ([[Rumours]]) * Mz. [[ClubNRG|NRG]] I * [[Mz Reflections]] . . .
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JimBarnaby
=Jim Barnaby= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/JimBarnaby/undated2.jpg Undated 1944-09-22 - 2009-10-08 Jim . . . first of which occurred on the dance floor at [[Rumours]] on Granville Street. There's a chapter about . . .
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JimDeYoung
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/JimDeYoung/1982_ca.jpg Circa 1982 =Jim DeYoung= 1947-03-30 - 2014-07-08 Biography . . . & USA. He served on the Board of the old [[Rumours]], when it opened in the basement of the GreenLantern . . . (across from the Tex Park Garage) and New Rumours, when the club moved to Gottingen Street. In . . . [7:15] * ScottMacNeil as first manager of [[Rumours]] [8:00] "instrumental in offering the club . . .
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JimDeYoung fonds
This is a description of one of the fonds in the RainbowSeniorsArchive. Donor: JimDeYoung via DanielMacKay . . . from JimDeYoung for the BillettingService * [[Rumours]] Logo contest artwork * 1981-09-16 Request . . . committee report - 30 pages * 1988-05-04 [[Rumours]] Manager's report Rumours by ScottMacNeil: . . . Leslie Barnes about names project * 1990-11 Rumours Calendar * 1990-04-04 meeting notes: Robin . . . special meeting to borrow $40,000 * 1990 Rumours events notices * 1990 Pride week schedule * . . .
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JimMcGrath
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/JimMcGrath/2003-0ct.JPG October 2003 Birthdate: 1973-04-05. Hot, hunky, and . . . : Dismissed amid allegations of theft. Various rumours have him working at PineausCafe or having moved . . .
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JohnMarr
=John Marr= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/JohnMarr/1982_ca.jpg Ca. 1982. Photo by BarryHeath From BillMcKinnon: . . . ===From JimDeYoung=== "The first manager of new Rumours. Straight. He lasted all of four nights. Then . . .
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KeithBeeler
=Keith Beeler 1955 - 1993-03-21= One of the managers of [[RumoursBar|Rumours]]. Born in Bridgewater, . . .
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KeithFudge
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/KeithNeilFudge/IM000321.JPG Boat Cruise, Pride Day 2004 (2004-07-24) == Keith . . . was arrested? Here on the Island? I guess the rumours of his imminent return to OCI were just that . . . : rumours. Thank God. Have a good time in the klink Keith. . . .
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KeithFudgePressCoverage
''From the Windsor Star, 2005-08-20. Reproduced without permission.'' '''FUGITIVE SPOTTED IN PEI''' Ex-Leamington . . . what I have to do the next day." Meanwhile, rumours started to circulate earlier this summer that . . . there," he says about the call received after rumours of Fudge�s Halifax past came to light within . . .
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LarryBaxter fonds
This page lists archival materials in the RainbowSeniorsArchive from LarryBaxter, pertaining to Nova . . . Scotia Submission to Task force on AIDS 1988, [[Rumours AIDS Questionnaire 1987, * ACNS + PWA COALITION/AIDS . . .
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LesbianGayRightsNovaScotia
=Lesbian & Gay Rights Nova Scotia= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/LesbianGayRightsNovaScotia/parade_banner.jpg . . . visit - 1989-09-20 - 22, public talk at [[Rumours]] 1989-09-21{{MaureenShebib archives}} https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/LesbianGayRightsNovaScotia/1990-05-30_Jeopardy_Game_ChronicleHerald_400.jpg . . .
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LilyChampagne
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/LilyChampagne/2018.jpg 2018 Aka SaraLee. One of the best performers Halifax . . . ever produced. From the Turret years through to Rumours, she performed with style and grace. She spent . . .
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Lindsay Willow
=Lindsay Willow= Biography for Lindsay is ''under construction.'' '''Reprinted from the ChronicleHerald, . . . it.” She says she had to legally confront the rumours that circulated around her for the same reason . . .
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MarkHicks
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/MarkHicks/1978_ca.jpg Late 1970s Mark worked as Male Security at [[Rumours]] . . .
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MaryAnnMancini
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/CBC/1977-02-17_picket.png At the February 17, 1977 CBC Demonstration. Photo . . . / GALA NS Halifax]] and a Turret and Rumours Staffer, * GAE Speakers Bureau - spoke to classes . . . letter about how great it is to work at [[Rumours]] in the July-August 1990 WayvesMagazine. ---- . . . hosting, helping and she also worked at [[Rumours]] for a while. Mary Ann was one of the first . . .
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MikeSangster
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/MikeSangster/2013-07-31.jpg July 31, 2013 =Mike Sangster= 1951-06-03 - 2022-07-17 . . . but dropped out for a few years. When [[Rumours]] moved to Gottingen Street he became involved . . . men, Al, Mike and DonMurchy were talking at Rumours and decided it was time to have a leather contest . . .
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MilleniumBar
Right after [[Rumours]] closed, people started talking about ''something'' opening at [[2112 Gottingen]]. . . . owners hadn't fixed the furnace that gave [[Rumours]] and WormwoodsDogAndMonkeyCinema such financial . . .
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MissIris
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/MissIris/ca_1980.jpg Circa 1980 I performed from 1980 'til the mid 90s at . . . [[The Turret]] and the first [[Rumours]] club. My retirement show was at ClubNrg ===Commentary=== . . .
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MzRumours
The bar title for the best queens of Rumours Bar... * 1994: NinaDiamonds, who took over from winner TatyanaRomanov . . .
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NancyBrister
=Nancy Brister= One of the few women who frequented the first gay bar in the [[GreenLantern|Green Lantern . . . member of [[APPLE]] and a member of the [[Rumours]] Management Committee.{{BeforeTheParade page . . .
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NathanElling
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/NathanElling/1990_gay_games.jpg From 1990, when I helped to organize the Gay . . . to get the resolution to move the current club [[Rumours]] (then on Hollis St) into the OldVogueTheatre. . . . an information session for the public held at Rumours where a doctor spoke about what we actually . . .
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NinaDiamonds
Empress VI of Halifax 2005-10-22 -- 2006-08-02 Who can forget such performances as the Natalie/Nat "King" . . . to make a difference. ***** Founder of ISCANS. MzRumours 1994 ---- Nina! After our numbers together . . . at Rumours, how could you not remember me? Or 'Midnight . . .
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NormPaddock
CapnDan writes on April 4th, 2002: It is with deep sadness that I write that Norm Paddock has died after . . . ---- BaraCuda Writes: I first met Norm at Rumours back in the early 1990's when I first arrived . . . was the club to go at the time being Studio, Rumours, Buddies, StonewallTavern, or Reflections. . . .
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NorvalCollins
http://bonmot.ca/~daniel/frank_02/Images/0.jpg =Norval Hugh Collins= Norval was born in Regina, SK, on . . . still forbidden. We had nothing - no Turret, no Rumours. Nothing." He found it hard to meet anyone. . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwich
=Peanut Butter And Jam Sandwich ( Thru My Eyes )= By RegGiles I have been asked from time to time by . . . ||[[PeanutButterAndJamSandwichTwentyThree|23]]||RUMOURS CLUB (Granville Street)(A New Beginning ?) . . . ||[[PeanutButterAndJamSandwichTwentyFour|24]]||RUMOURS CLUB (Granville Street)(On With The Construction) . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichEighteen
==The Good Dr. Bob== I met DrBobFredrickson when he was in his last year of internship at a party at . . . and energy that I had put into The Turret and Rumours Clubs (free and paid) that the a loan was the . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichFive
==Set The Stage== https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/TommyMiller/ca1980.jpg Sugar ca.1978 So we decided to put . . . on the lower section of tables at the second [[Rumours]]. We talked for about an hour when she finally . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichFour
==Disco Disco== [[The Turret]] had become my home away from home. I was spending more time there than . . . to get it back. By then GaeGala had moved to Rumours Bar on Granville Street. I ended up putting . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichFoura
==Big Bad John== JohnStewart (Tex) is a shorter but strong (built like a lumberjack) man and I was this . . . admiration for one another. One night in the [[Rumours]] on Granville Street, I watched from the DJ . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichFourteen
==The Turret Womyn== The lesbian population at the Turret is a subject that has eluded my keyboard tapping . . . I am sorry!". This was over "Women's Nite" at [[Rumours]] a few years later;I voted for it although . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichNineteen
==The Politicos Of It All== ==(Chapter 1)== https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/RegGiles/RegAndMickey_2004.jpg . . . a Gae member,staff member of The Turret Club & Rumours Club) was that the organization needed money . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichOne
==PRERAMBLE== In all the years I worked at The Turret, I was either liked or disliked. There seemed to . . . met a group of people at [[The Turret]] and [[Rumours]] whom I have been lucky enough to call my . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichSix
==Christmas In July== Why not!! It was hotter than normal that July, high humidity and lots of sun, "a . . . When shows were put on at the Turret Club or Rumours Club (during my tenure at least) performers . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichSixteen
==My Friend Wayne== Wayne and I met at NS Tractors on Kempt Road; he was the cleaner and I was the security . . . been. I remember the time I was working as Dj at Rumours Club and Trent was standing on the edge of . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichTwentyFive
==Another New Manager== BrendaBryan, to tell you the truth scared most of us on staff out of out minds. . . . as a person until she became the manager of [[Rumours|Rumours Club]]. As time went on I came to know . . . a bunch of number 1 hits at the beginning of Rumours Club, one of the songs called "Come And Get . . . ringing at the beginning of it. The telephone at Rumours Club was at the bar or in the back office, . . . dance floor in droves. The band made a visit to Rumours Club one night and the place went into an anaphylactic . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichTwentyFour
==RUMOURS CLUB (Granville Street)== ==On With The Construction== Work began in earnest, many paid and . . . consider. The name that was finally settled (Rumours Club ) on was submitted by Bob B. , I never . . . ( can't remember what ) but I thought the name " Rumours " only enhanced what already was a part of . . . operation. ==Mystery Theatre (Continued)== Rumours Club had a cold and dark feeling , it was not . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichTwentySeven
RUMOURS CLUB (Granville Street) ==Slow Train To Toronto== In the fall of 1984, my business relationship . . . apart I quickly made my plans to depart from Rumours Club and Halifax in a matter of a couple days . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichTwentySix
RUMOURS CLUB (Granville Street) ==Time Is Passing== My memories of this period are even more shattered . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwichTwentyThree
==RUMOURS CLUB (Granville Street)== https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/Rumours/Rumours_Mug.jpg Rumours Club Mug . . . job as manager of the club, I had heard several rumours as to why but I never knew the real reason . . .
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PeanutButterAndJamSandwich 18A
==Did You Know Him ?== Someone asked me today about a man named Kevin. Yes, was my reply as my eyes welled . . . forget how we complained at the Turret Club and Rumours Club of things they lacked or people or staff . . .
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PeterElie
http://gay.hfxns.org/pics/PeterElie/2015_ca.jpg ==Peter Elie== 1968 - 2020-05-14 2020-05-14 : Sad news . . . from Toronto: Peter Elie, who DJ'd at [[Rumours]] for a stretch back in the early 90s was found . . .
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PrideAmbassador
* 2005/2006 (Ambassador IV): Natassha N! (see NatasshaNlott) * 2004/2005 (Ambassador III): KaraRedden . . . issues this year in our community - bar fighting/rumours, drama and drug abuse. I am honoured to have . . .
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PrideCelebrations
== For Current Pride events, click on Events== ==History Of Pride Celebrations In Halifax== ; 1973-08-19 . . . of Gaezette) says it was 1985, from the first Rumours club in Granville, up Spring Garden Road, ending . . . show?). Exhibition Softball Game. Big party at Rumours afterward. Chant sheet has references to Buchanan, . . . MauraDonovan & EricSmith; Outstanding Rumours Staff: Barb; Outstanding GALA Member: PatDingle; . . . led by the Scotia Seven, "For the first time, Rumours will stay open until 3:00am". Reception co-sponsored . . .
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RadclyffeHall
=Radclyffe Hall= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/RadclyffeHall/opening.jpg Opening Day! Back row: No.1, FredRowe, . . . a portion of membership fees to the first [[Rumours]] Club was set aside for the purpose. At last, . . . when GaeGala bought [[2112 Gottingen]] and moved Rumours from Granville Street to there -- approximately . . .
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RainbowRoom
[[image/photo:Media:RainbowRoom/1998-01_night.jpg|Ca. February 1998 photo by John Wambolt|Media:RainbowRoom/originals/1998-01_night.jpg|February . . . location of the G/L/B community-owned bar, [[Rumours]]. The bar was built less than a year ago. . . .
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ReflectionsCabaretSucks
'''-Sucks pages are for currently relevant, constructive criticism. Historical issues which have been . . . of my past. Times were different back then, and Rumours was still in business. And the music was far . . .
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ReflectionsInAMirrorBall
==Reflections In A Mirror Ball == https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/ReflectionsInAMirrorBall/cover_composite.png . . . on Granville Street, under their new name, [[Rumours]]. ===Hello to HIV=== https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/GraemeEllis/1984-01-06_BobMcKay_GraemeEllis.jpg . . . When our community-owned bar changed its name to Rumours and moved to [[1586_Granville]], I followed. . . . the [[GaeGala|Gay Alliance for Equality]] at Rumours for assistance. We had no contacts with Government, . . . to arrive at the right answers. Meanwhile, at Rumours, our manager, BrendaBryan had to take a leave . . .
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Rumours
=Rumours Club= https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/Rumours/1993_interior.jpg 1993. Photo scanned from Queer Looking, . . . Queer Acting Rumours, like [[The Turret]] before it, was owned and . . . at [[1586 Granville]] St and renamed it [[Rumours]] in 1982, and bought and moved to [[2112 Gottingen]] . . . Feb '95 has a couple articles about Rumours. The following issue, April, has a response . . . disputing in some degree the why part.}} The Rumours logo was designed by ArthurCarter. Rumours . . .
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RumoursBar
#REDIRECT [[Rumours]] . . .
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ScottMacNeil
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/ScottMacNeil/2013-10-30.jpg 2013 1953-09-05 — 2019-10-02 Born in New Glasgow, . . . this time, and TheeKlub, and [[The Turret]], [[Rumours]], co-founding the GayHealthAssociation in . . . joined [[GaeGala|GAE]] and became manager of [[Rumours]] and tells many many stories of that in his . . . eight-thousand-word reminiscence of Turret and Rumours times, Reflections In A Mirror Ball, can be . . .
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ScottMacNeil fonds
This is a description of one of the fonds in the RainbowSeniorsArchive. Donor: ScottMacNeil * Photo of . . . Face of AIDS” * Paper clipping: “City Sues [[Rumours]]” “Just days after the nightclub Rumours was . . . original art: 1987-11-31 Halloween Party at Rumours – large & small versions . . .
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SheilaCummings
==Sheila Anne Cummings== 1954-03-15 - 2008-05-10 Former manager of [[Rumours]] in both Granville and . . .
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ShirtlessnessDebate
DanielMacKay writes: I don't have time to write a complete OR NeutralPointOfView story so here's the . . . as I understand it: * Pre: '91: some guys at [[Rumours]] in decided that going shirtless was fun. . . .
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SimonNkoli
LesbianGayRightsNovaScotia brought Simon Nkoli, (sometimes spelled Nkoli), founder of South Africa's . . . Halifax 1989-09-20 - 1989-09-22; he spoke at [[Rumours]] on 1989-09-21. Simon Nkoli died of Aids-related . . .
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SimonThwaites
Simon Thwaites was born In Portsmouth, England 1962. At the age of 13, his family immigrated to Canada. . . . of [[GaeGala|Gala]] when it operated out of [[Rumours]] on Gottingen St until the [[ShirtlessnessDebate|great . . . [[AIDSVigilChoir|Gay Men's Choir]] which met in Rumours during the early 90’s. As a long time HIV+/AIDS . . .
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SportsOrganizations
This page is for a history of sports organizations and events. * 1985 & 1986: men vs. women baseball . . . games to raise money for [[Rumours]], organized by GloriaBorden. They raised money . . .
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TOP40Mixes
A set of mixes made by RegGiles in !VirtualDJ. Reg writes: There were many that stepped into the shoes . . . were all done by me on software, long after Rumours and Studio * Stirred Shakin was after [[The . . . Turret]] and into the second [[Rumours]] period ===Mixes=== * Boogie Beat * Dancing . . .
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TerryParker
In 1982, while attending AcadiaUniversity, I became a Christian (yes, of the Born Again flavour!). In . . . (past and present): Member of: GaeGala (plus Rumours Finance Committee); AIDSVigilChoir; [[SDAKinship]]; . . .
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TheHeidelberg
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/TheHeidelberg/postcard_front.jpg Heidelberg postcard, undated. The back reads: . . . also had membership cards at one time, as did [[Rumours]]. It also had a disc jockey, Lynne, who ran . . . looked good." '''John Jayne''' writes: Well the rumours were true, the Maitre'D there was gay and all . . .
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ThePurge
This page accumulates research notes about The Purge in Nova Scotia. Between the 1950s and the 1990s, . . . : Poster making and planning meeting at [[Rumours]]{{ibid}} . . .
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TheSecretFuries
=The Secret Furies= [[image/photo:Media:TheSecretFuries/1991-06_ca.jpg|Mid 1991, photo by AnitaMartinez]] . . . up, and a group was born. We rehearsed at [[Rumours]], a gay and lesbian club on Gottingen Street, . . .
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The Turret
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/The_Turret/outside2004.jpg 2004 In 1976-01 (possibly 1976-01-09{{Dan's notes . . . at [[1586 Granville]] Street and renamed it [[Rumours]]. https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/The_Turret/logo.jpg . . . and helped build the first incarnation of [[Rumours]]. ---- AnthonyWallace writes: in the fall . . .
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ThomDay
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/ThomDay/Thom2006032.jpg 2005 Thom Day here I am now in Vancouver BC!!! I was . . . not one of the DJ's at [[Rumours]] but my face was well known there, as I used . . . Thom ---- I remember when AIDS hit Halifax; rumours floated about GraemeEllis and BobMcKay, both . . . away from me.., Anyway I was in the stairwell at Rumours the place across from the parking garage and . . .
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TommyMiller
https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/TommyMiller/1980_silver.jpg Ca. 1980. JimDeYoung photo. ===1940 -- 2020=== . . . ca. 1984, Rumours, in RandyKennedy's dress. She is featured prominently . . . Rita MacNeil bare foot with a hat on in the old Rumours. She walked out, took off her shoes and just . . .
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TourOfHalifax
=Walking Tour of Halifax= July 2007 - under construction ==Spring Garden Road== * TheTriangle - cruising . . . a portion of membership fees to the first [[Rumours]] Club was set aside for the purpose. At last . . . reduced rent. * Gay HoldFastCafe When the second Rumours on Gottingen Street was purchased, Radclyffe . . .
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TroyWard
Troy hosts karaoke Tuesday nights at ReflectionsCabaret and works at SeaDogsSauna. Troy is also known . . . our favorite Dj's and the one's we love to hate. Rumours and inuendo have persisted all thru the era . . .
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VorTexRocks
This is the page for praise of the Halifax bar VorTex. Just hit the "Edit Text" link at the bottom of . . . but am looking forward to going to dance. Since Rumours dancing has not been the same. I just want . . .
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WaydeBrown
Wayde Brown never worked at Rumours. He was on the Board of GAE for some years. . . .
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WormwoodsDogAndMonkeyCinema
=Wormwood's Dog And Monkey Cinema= [[image/photo:Media:WormwoodsDogAndMonkeyCinema/1988b.jpg|1988. Photo . . . at the reception that followed the movie (at [[Rumours]] of course) where I spotted WilsonHodder talking . . .
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X-Mas In July At Rumours
By KellySwayze For a few months, in my early twenties, I was the busser, cleaner, occasional bartender, . . . unofficial prop designer for Womyn’s Night at [[Rumours]]. I zipped around the customers, playing a . . .
4K - last updated 2020-05-15 08:53 UTC by DanielMacKay
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