Catherine

Catherine, Pat, Karen, Clara, Vett , Chantal, and Denise

Catherine calls in from the aquatic centre to talk about an international gay and lesbian swim meet, and Pat Pitsula, co-chair of Team Vancouver, discusses the upcoming Gay Games in August. Karen and Clara from Dykes Unlimited, a lesbian discussion group at UBC, and Vett from the UBC Women’s Centre, come to talk about finding a lesbian space on campus. Denise Evans, president of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) at SFU, and Chantal discuss lesbian studies, sexual harassment.

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Collection:

The Lesbian Show

Date of interview:

March 23, 1990

Interviewee:

Catherine

Pat Pitsula

Karen

Clara and Vett from UBC

Chantal and Denise Evans from SFU

Interviewer:

Louise Hutchinson

Format:

Audio

Language:

English

Place of interview:

Canada

British Columbia

Vancouver

Rights:

Third-party permission and agreement to CC BY-NC 4.0 license obtained from Vancouver Co-op Radio.

Restrictions:

None

Dates mentioned:

1990s

Topics:

Community

Topic: Community

Content includes significant discussion of: finding and/or being part of a community; community organizing or organizations; community building; or the relationships between communities.

Coming Out

Topic: Coming Out

Content includes significant discussion of, or matters related to, coming out.

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Catherine, Allen, Carolyn, Will, Edie, and Jane

Six people, ages 29-45, talk about how they came to accept their sexuality, and how and why they live in the country. Two of the interviewees describe how societal homophobia, as well as rejection from within the lesbian community, have inspired their art and activism.

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Collection:

Out Our Way

Date of interview:

1994 or 1995

Interviewee:

Catherine

Allen

Carolyn

Will

Edie

Jane

Interviewer:

Michael Riordon

Format:

Audio

Language:

English

Place of interview:

Dates mentioned:

Topics:

Activism and Social Justice

Topic: Activism and Social Justice

Content includes discussion of matters related to activism and social justice, including but not limited to: political and social movements; activist work; community organizing; and protests and demonstrations.

Community

Topic: Community

Content includes significant discussion of: finding and/or being part of a community; community organizing or organizations; community building; or the relationships between communities.

Identity

Topic: Identity

Content includes significant discussion of identity/ies (including gender, sexual, racial, religious, and class) and how one self-identifies, and/or significant discussion of the process of finding or determining one’s identity/ies.

Sex and Relationships

Topic: Sex and Relationships

Content includes significant discussion of all matters related to sex, sexuality, and relationships (other than familial relationships with parents or children), including: friendships; marriage; divorce; relationship models, etc.

Spaces

Topic: Spaces

Content includes significant discussion of physical (and sometimes conceptual) spaces and locales including: urban spaces and life; rural spaces and life; private/domestic spaces; the home; neighbourhoods and ghettos; and semi-private or semi-public spaces such as women’s bookshops, community spaces, and land/living collectives.

Locations mentioned:

Canada

Nova Scotia

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