KevinCrombie fonds

This is a description of one of the fonds from KevinCrombie in the RainbowSeniorsArchive.

Donor: KevinCrombie

Kevin says:

I was an activist in the community from 1988 to 1994. These are my personal files from several of the organizations I was involved in. This includes:

• LesbianGayRightsNovaScotia
• Atlantic Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Conference in 1993 and 1993
• Various Pride events

The catalog is available at the Dal archives here.

The LGRNS lobby was the first time a queer community successfully lobbied a Conservative government to change its human rights act in Canada. It did this through an organized, coordinated and professional lobbying effort over a period of roughly two years. It also marked a transition fro the Halifax queer community from the grassroots, working-class organizations that had sustained it through the 1970s and 80s, to a professional-class organization composed of lawyers, social workers, university professors and journalists. The lobby was textbook perfect and was used as a case study for several years at DalhousieUniversity.

• Dalhousie Archives Finding aid: "Lesbian and Gay Rights Nova Scotia / LGRNS"
  • Press release and advertisements for SimonNkoli's visit
  • Printed records re. protection under the Human Rights Code
  • Same-sex marriage and employee benefits
  • Pamphlets, articles and newspaper clippings re. homosexuality and religion, sex education and youth
  • Activism and lobbying pamphlets, notes, and guides; conference materials
  • LGRNS meeting minutes, financial records, list of members and supporters, and correspondence
  • Materials re. feminism and women's rights
  • Correspondence from SimonNkoli Anti-Apartheid Committee, biography and materials re. SimonNkoli
  • Articles and correspondence re. backlash to sex-positive articles, anti-LGBT articles
  • Video footage of Halifax Pride 1989
  • Album of newspaper clippings re. human rights protection and laws concerning homosexuality
  • Newspaper clippings re. protections for LGBT+ individuals and the Human Rights Code
  • Pink triangle armband
  • Pins: L.G.R.N.S., Halifax Pride '88, "Join the Attack on AIDS" pin "Solidarite Pride", "Another Friend of Charlie Howard", "I'm not just out of the closet...", March on Washington, "We are Family", Maine lesbian and gaymens symposium XVI pin, "Humans Against Homophobia", "Moving OUT", "Waves of Pride", "Gay and Gray", AIDS Coalition, "Lesbians Unite in Armed Snuggle", "Forbidden Love","Clan Mc Dyke", "Halifax Pride 2002", "Svend Robinson for Prime Minister" , "Pride '96", "Right to be Proud", Pink Triangle, "Pride Halifax 1998" pin
• non LGRNS:
  • Records regarding the controversy around A Gay Men's Guide to Erotic Safer Sex, an article published in Memorial University's student newspaper, The Muse
  • Newspaper clippings about cruising, legal aid pamphlets, and materials about legal cases
  • Materials regarding Halifax Pride Week 1991
  • Newspaper clippings and published documents re. gay rights in Newfoundland
  • Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other records regarding controversy surrounding anti-gay newspaper articles written by Arnie Patterson