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The fonds contains records pertaining to the life of gay activist, teacher and writer, Bernard Courte. The records found in the fonds reflect aspects of Courte’s personal life, his career in education, and his fight for gay rights, french language rights, and for the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS. The majority of the records were created in Montreal or Toronto, and date from 1972 to 1991. The fonds has been arranged into the following 4 series: Personal Life, Teaching, Activism, and Subject Files. It contains correspondence, coursework, course material, articles penned by Courte, article drafts, meeting minutes, brochures, flyers, and clippings.

The fonds contains records relating to the life, work, and activism of Danny Cockerline dating from 1983 to 1997. It includes some personal records relating to his travels, his finances, and his estate. However, the majority of the records reflect Cockerline’s work for the Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes (CORP), Maggie’s and the Prostitutes’ Safe Sex Project, and the Sex Workers’ Alliance of Toronto (S.W.A.T). The fonds also includes some records from the Gay Men’s Health Crisis’ Hustler Network and some records relating to the personal life of David Pistilli. The fonds includes correspondence, address books, travel notes, clippings, reports, meeting minutes, operational manuals, bylaws, brochures and flyers, press releases, a petition and newsletters.

The fonds contains records that reflect the life and work of Canadian broadcaster and novelist Shirley Shea dating from 1947 to 2003. The fonds consists predominantly of correspondence from her various publishers, pertaining to Shea’s mystery novels, licencing agreements, and royalties. It also includes promotional photographs of Shirley Shea, photographs of Shea working at a number of radio stations, and some personal photographs. The fonds also contains various editions of Shea’s novels: Victims: A Pound of Flesh, The Monarchs are Flying, Legal Tender, The Rabbit Hunter (Jagdtrieb in German), and a typescript of A Not So Gay World: Homosexuality in Canada.

The fonds contains the organizational records of the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention dating from 1984 to 2016. Records reflect the administration, governance, support services, prevention education, and partnerships that ASAAP took part in. The fonds has been organized into 3 series: Administration and Governance, ASAAP Projects and Support Groups, and Resources. It includes annual reports, strategic plans, Board meeting minutes, audited financial reports, grant applications, activity reports, brochures and flyers, newsletters, magazines and news clippings.

: Fonds consists of textual records produced by Harvey Blackman from 1975-1983 as a result of his involvement with various Gay and Lesbian activist groups in Montreal, including but not limited to “Montreal’s Slightly Older Gays,” the “Ville Marie Social Services Centre Gay Project,” “Intergroupe Gai(e) Montreal,” “Gay Youth of Montreal,” and “Naches.” Fonds also includes correspondence with the Moncton City Council over a case in which the Council sought to forbid the group Gay Alliance of Canada from celebrating Dominion Day in a public park as well as correspondence and documents regarding Blackman’s support of and donations to the “Body Politic Free the Press Fund.” Textual records include minutes, correspondence, annual reports, bulletins, financial documents, posters, volunteer records, clippings, and the manual for the Gay Services Project.

The fonds contains administrative and operational records of The Woman’s Common of Metropolitan Toronto. The records date from 1984 to 1994, and reflect the establishment of the club in the mid 1980s, its administration, its membership and volunteer base, the management of the club’s restaurant and pub, and its outreach and promotional efforts. The fonds includes meetings minutes, budgets, financial statements, reports, proposals, correspondence, brochures, event flyers, menus, sign in sheets, mailouts and the Common Knowledge newsletter.

The fonds contains records that document the administration and activities of the Committee on Homophobia from its founding in 1989 to its disbanding in 1994. It includes records pertaining to its advocacy and outreach, its political activities and its educational efforts. The fonds is composed of the committee’s Constitution, correspondence, minutes, fliers, surveys, brochures, posters, and other material documenting the activities of the committee and other organizations.

This fonds contains administrative documents and information for the members of the organization. It consists of newsletters, pamphlets, letters, business cards and articles.

The fonds contains documents that record the administration and activities of GLAUT (Gays and Lesbians at the University of Toronto) from its founding in 1976, to 1990. It includes records relating to the organization's administration, outreach activities, political efforts, and relationships with other local, national and international gay and lesbian groups. The fonds is composed of financial records, minutes, correspondence, newsletters, copies of U of T student publications and materials from other organizations.

The fonds contains organizational records that document the administration and correspondences of the Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia from 1978-1980. It includes meeting minutes and agendas, financial records, promotional and educational tools, as well as documents pertaining to the organization of the Gay Arts Festival and the “Straight Facts on Gay Life” Symposium in 1979. It also contains correspondences and affiliations between the Lesbian and Gay Friends of Concordia and other student groups at Concordia University, homophile groups, women’s groups, and individual LGBTQ+ activists, scholars, and writers. The fonds is composed of minutes, flyers, pamphlets, correspondences, newsletters, and other materials collected from various organizations.

Contains series:
1- Administration
2- External Groups
3- Education and Outreach

The fonds contains the records of Gays and Lesbians Aging (GALA) from 1984 to 1990.

The fonds contains the records of the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvrière (LSA-LSO) from 1971 to 1979. Also included are bulletins published in the United States by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).

The fonds contains the records of the Pink Type typesetting collective from its incorporation in 1978 until its dissolution in 1983.

The fonds contains the records of James Fraser, consisting of personal correspondence, articles by Fraser primarily about gay archives and history, newspaper articles about Fraser’s gay activism, a collection of historical editorials about homosexuality compiled by Fraser, and miscellaneous records pertaining to Fraser’s life and organizations with which he was involved. The fonds also includes obituaries and memorials for Fraser. While most of the records pertain to Toronto, his academic work was done in British Columbia, and some records relate to his early life and family in New Brunswick. The collected editorials are drawn from Canadian newspapers.

The fonds includes scripts by members of the Lavender Shorts Collective. The scripts belonged to lighting director Jane Smith and are marked with lighting cues. The productions are Danger: Anger (June 1985) and Labour Pains: A Series of Skits and Speakers on the Subject of Lesbians & Work (March 17, 1986). Both were performed at the Theatre Centre (296 Brunswick Ave., Toronto). The fonds also includes the lighting design and program for Danger: Anger.

The fonds contains records related to the Pride and Remembrance Association and its annual pride run. The fonds has been divided into 9 series. Textual records include internal documents, correspondence, financial records, meeting materials, materials from community groups, press releases, news clippings, and event day items including permits and applications, volunteer lists, and participant lists. Other items in the fonds includes, photographs of the run, posters promoting the run, news coverage and video footage of the run, artifacts from the event day, and digitized copies of the photographs and moving images.

The Community Homophile Association of Toronto fonds is composed of organizational records that document CHAT’s governance and administration, its community outreach efforts, education, support services, political advocacy, and its resource library. It includes bylaws and minutes, financial statements, grant applications, membership cards and applications, telephone logs, flyers, newsletters, briefs, correspondence, and resources collected on various subjects and homophile and gay liberation groups from across North America.

The fonds contains organizational records that document the administration and activities of the University of Toronto Homophile Association from its founding in 1969, to its disbanding in 1973. It includes records pertaining to the Association’s governance, its outreach and educational efforts, political advocacy, research projects and relationships with other Canadian homophile associations, women’s liberation and gay liberation groups. The fonds is composed of minutes, flyers, newsletters, brochures, correspondence, briefs, questionnaires, material collected on other organizations.

The fonds includes administrative material from the Oscar Wilde Memorial Society including board and committee meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, and financial reports from Giovanni’s Room, as well as flyers, notices, and tickets from social events held by the Society.

The fonds contains notebooks kept by managers of Doll & Penny’s Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia between 1987 and 1991.