BernadineLaPointe

Late 80s: Served on the executive of GaeGala. Was instrumental in purchasing the OldVogueTheatre where Rumours was finally located.

1987

ran a coming-out support group called ComingForward?

1986-1990

Performed at various fundraisers for the gay & lesbian community

1987 - 89

Editor of the GAEZETTE

1990-2007

Wrote musical murder mystery lesbian-themed plays which were performed annually (including Frought With the Sin, Your Bleedin' Heart, Hot Katz vs Boykers, Training to Paris).

2001

Created OutAndAboutWomyn, a social group for lesbians in the Halifax region.

2003

OutAndAboutWomyn produces Bernadine's murder mystery show, Disturbing the Dead. Here's a WayvesMagazine article about it.

2001-2004

Organized countless fundraisers, social events, and promoted womyn's events heavily through online websites and other womyn's organizations throughtout the maritimes, Canada and the U.S.

August, 2010

Wayves September 2010 article, "Suffering Sappho, It's Murder!" about the her murder mystery book featuring lesbian Mountie Danielle Renaud.

Oral History with Dan & Barend

On November 13, 2020, DanielMacKay and BarendKamperman spent an afternoon with Bernadine talking about her and her work in Halifax.

The audio for that is here.