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William Atkinson
Person · 1916- 2000

William Aktinson was born on February 26th, 1916 to William and Margaret Ethel Atkinson in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. At the age of 14 Atkinson left school and took a job as an office-boy. At the age of 16, Atkinson joined the merchant service as an apprentice with F. Carrick & Co LTD of the Medensleigh Steamship Company. He was at sea for 4 years, during this time he completed his second mates foreign going certificate.

In October 1938, Atkinson began his service with the Royal Naval Reserve as a sub lieutenant. In 1942, Atkinson was appointed to commission and command the HMS “Manitoulin” which was being built in Ontario. He stayed in Canada for a year serving with the Royal Canadian Navy, until he was recalled to England for another command. While residing in Canada, he completed his Masters Foreign Going Certificate. In 1944, Atkinson applied for a transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve, which was rejected on the basis that he was not a Canadian citizen. In 1945, he was promoted to the rank of acting Lieutenant Commander with the Royal Navy. In 1946, Atkinson made a second request to transfer to the Royal Candian Navy Reserve, which was once again denied. It was recommended to him to reapply once he had officially immigrated to Canada. In 1947, Atkinson retired from the Royal Naval Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Atkinson immigrated to Canada in 1948 with hopes of joining the active list of the Royal Canadian Navy. He arrived in Montreal and presented himself before the Royal Canadian Navy authorities, but due to the decline of naval jobs during the postwar period, he was added to the retired list of the HMCS “York”. During this time, Atkinson was forced to seek out employment alternatives. Atkinson found job as a Night Manager of Childs Restaurant, located on 238 Yonge Street, Toronto. He supplemented his income by writing short stories for magazines, and delivered a 3 part broadcast entitled the “Emigrant’s Report” for the BBC Toronto Office. In March 1950, Atksinson left Childs Restaurant for the position of Resident Manager at the Glen Gordon Manor Inn in Blenheim, Ontario.

In 1951, Atkinson requested to be transferred to the RCNR’s active list through an application for a short service appointment. He was granted the role of Area Recruiting and Public Relations Officer for Western Ontario on the HMCS “Hunter”. This appointment was followed by a similar role in British Columbia on the HMCS “Discovery”. From 1954 to 1955, Atkinson completed the Junior Officer’s Technical and Leadership Course on the HMCS Stadacona, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was later appointed as First Lieutenant Commander of the HMCS “Quebec”. In 1956, Atkinson was dispatched to Vietnam and served as a Naval Advisor to the Canadian Delegation to the International Truce Commission.

In 1958, Atkinson returned to Canada, where he served as a Staff Officer in Ottawa. At this time, the Navy and the RCMP had begun its targeting of gay officers and recruits. After being subjected to RCMP and Canadian Naval Intelligence interrogations over the span of 10 months, Atkinson was given the option to be fired or to resign “voluntarily”. Atkinson submitted his resignation and was “Honourably Discharged” with the position of Lieutenant Commander in November 21, 1959. Atkinson would have qualified for a full pension on August 1, 1961, if he had been allowed to complete his ten years of service.

Following his forced resignation from the Royal Canadian Navy, Atkinson returned to the hospitality business. He managed a number of golf clubs in Quebec and Ontario. These clubs included the Kanawaki Golf Course, the York Downs Country Club, the Islington Golf Club, and the Brampton Golf Club. From 1961 to 1965, Atksinson owned a coin laundry service company called the “Coin Wash Limited”, located at 730 Charlevoix Street, Montreal. Atkinson spent a short period of time working at the Southern Palms Hotel located in Barbados from 1969 to 1970. He supplemented his income with acting and modelling which lasted until the 1990s, and was featured in commercials and shows, from a Bell Telephone Commercial, La Femme d’Aujourd’hui, Night Heat, and the Littlest Hobo.

Atkinson served as the President of the Sprucewood Court Condos located in Agincourt, Ontario, where he resided for over 15 years. In 1988, Atkinson moved to 19 Maple Street, Ajax, Ontario, where he lived until his death on January 17th, 2000.

Throughout his life, Atkinson had an interest in writing. From 1939 to 1946, he was enrolled in the London School of Journalism’s Short Stories’ Writer’s Program, which conducted its courses via correspondence. Atkinson submitted a number of works of fiction and non-fiction to various publications. This included a piece that was submitted to The Reader’s Digest and The Body Politic, that dealt with his interrogation and forced resignation from the Royal Canadian Navy.

In 1991, Atkinson made a request for his military personnel records from the National Archives of Canada under the Privacy Act. This search yielded a number files relating to his service, performance, medical, and dental records. However, the search did not result in any records from the RCMP or Canadian Naval Intelligence interrogations that pertained to his sexuality, which he was subjected to for 10 months.

David Hawe
F0034 · Person · 1968-

David Hawe is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Ontario.

David Hawe was born in Hamilton, Ontario and is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art (OCA). Hawe's photography has appeared in The New York Times; The Globe and Mail; Eye Weekly; The National Post; Xtra!; Macleans; Toronto Life; Flare; The Toronto Star; FAB Magazine; American Theatre and the covers of three published works by Sky Gilbert. He has photographed many theatrical productions including Livent Inc; Soulpepper Theatre Company; Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and CanStage.

David Hawe lives in Toronto, Ontario with his husband John Paul Kane.

Michael Lynch
Person · 1944-1991, predominant 1953-1991

Dr. Michael Lynch was a Canadian-American university professor, activist, writer, scholar, and father. He taught modern poetry, fiction, and writing at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto from 1971 to 1990. He was one of the first advocates for lesbian and gay studies by teaching one of the first courses with gay themes offered at a Canadian university. He hosted conferences on Walt Whitman and his paper, Here is Adhesiveness: From Friendship to Homosexuality, and was awarded the first Crompton-Noll Award from the Lesbian and Gay Caucus of the Modern Language Association in 1981. He served as an early editor of that organization's newsletter from 1981 to 1990. Dr Lynch was founder or early organizer of numerous gay organizations in Toronto: The Gay Alliance Towards Equality, the (Toronto) Gay Academic Union, and Gay Fathers of Toronto. He was a member of the editorial collective that published The Body Politic. When AIDS came to public attention in 1981, Dr. Lynch was one of the first leaders in Toronto to respond to the crisis. Dr. Lynch was a co-founder of the AIDS Committee of Toronto and served as chairperson in 1984. He originated the idea of Toronto's AIDS Awareness Week in 1983 and helped to found AIDS Action Now! In 1988, he was organizer of the Toronto AIDS Memorial and the founder of the Toronto Centre for Lesbian and Gay Studies. He was struck down by AIDS in 1991.

Ann Silversides
Person

Ann Silversides is a journalist, broadcaster, author and editor specializing in health policy.

Silversides is the author of the book AIDS Activist: Michael Lynch and the Politics of Community (published in 2003 by Between the Lines), a biography of Toronto-based gay activist and university professor Michael Lynch. Lynch was a founding member of several organizations including the AIDS Committee of Toronto, AIDS Action Now! and Gay Fathers of Toronto.

Silversides has worked as a freelance and staff journalist since 1977. Her work has been featured in the Calgary Herald, the Globe and Mail, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Medial Association Journal, Cuso International, healthydebate.ca and Maisonneuve Magazine.

Silversides has received numerous awards for her work in health policy journalism including: the Canadian Medical Association Michelle Lang Award for Excellence in Print Reporting (2013); the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario media award for Canadian Women's Health Network article on mammography screening (2012); the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario media award for best in-depth radio documentary (2012); the Canadian Institute for Health Research health journalism award (2010 and 2012); Canadian Council grants (2003 and 2007); and the Atkinson Foundation fellowship in public policy journalist (2004-2005).

Rachel Lauren Clark
F0099 · Person · [ca.1971]

Rachel Lauren Clark is a prominent and award-winning trans activist living in Toronto. Born in upstate New York, she moved to Canada after spending several years in the US military. She is an IT manager for TD Bank in Toronto. She writes and advocates for human rights, fighting for LGBTQ2+ rights and anti-discrimination. In 2016 Rachel consulted with the Federal Government to include Gender Identity and Gender Expression in the Canadian Human Rights Code. The same year, Rachel was the first openly transperson to throw the opening pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game. In 2016 she received a Trans Hero award at the Inspire Awards in Toronto. She recently completed an MA in Theology at University of Toronto. In 2018 she sought the Ontario Liberal Party nomination for the provincial riding of Toronto Centre. She is currently the President of Queer Liberals Canada.

Pepper, David
Person

David Pepper is a gay activist and journalist in Ottawa, Ontario. Pepper has served as a member of the Ottawa Police Service Liaison Committee for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities since July of 1991. Pepper has worked for the Ottawa Police Services Board since June of 1993. He was a founder and member of the Ottawa-Hull Lesbian and Gay Task Force on Violence along with Carol Holland. Pepper wrote for GO INFO and Capital Xtra! in the 1990s. Pepper has also served as a Board member of the AIDS Committee of Ottawa.

Lesbian Outdoor Group
Corporate body · 1995-

LOG was started in 1995 after Sue Smee put an advertisement in Capital Xtra, Ottawa’s gay and lesbian newspaper, inviting lesbians in the area to meet at her home. This first meeting consisted of 12 women and membership grew over the next 10 years to over 100 members. The organization was led by a Coordinating Committee with each individual taking on a specific role and each activity conducted by the group was assigned an activity leader. In 2005 Sue Smee stepped down from an organizing role, although the group continued with new leadership afterwards and is still in operation as of 2018.

Holland, Carroll
Person · 1942-2012

Carroll Holland was born in Windsor on July 3, 1942, and was an activist, writer, journalist, buddhist, and lesbian. Holland came out later in life around age 40. She volunteered with GO Info, the Gay and Lesbian newspaper in Ottawa as a member of the editorial board, and Pink Triangle Services in the 1980s and 1990s. In addition Holland was a founding member of EGALE. In 1991 Holland initiated innovative work with Ottawa's Police Services along with David Pepper to form the permanent Ottawa-Carleton Police Liaison Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities, in the wake of gay-bashings and deteriorating relations between the queer community and the police. Here, she devoted 12 years and earned a Pioneer Aware from the Ottawa police in 2011. Holland also engaged with a variety of human rights groups and peace movements, combining her activism and Buddhist practices.

Carroll Holland passed away on December 22, 2012, at age 70.