Pride 2020 went online this year, but how did the celebration establish in Toronto before it went virtual? The Varsity explores the history of Toronto Pride and the activists that shaped it.
HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
→ Police raids nets hundreds of men. (1981, Feb 06). Toronto Star (1971-2009) Retrieved from https://login.library.utoronto.ca/index.php?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1398831513?accountid=14771
→ Homosexual rights fighter seeks St. George seat. (1981, Feb 09). Toronto Star (1971-2009) Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/l…
→ 3,000 go on rampage in Metro riot. (1981, Feb 07). Toronto Star (1971-2009) Retrieved from https://login.library.utoronto.ca/index.php?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1398838935?accountid=14771
→ Homosexuals march in Toronto after police raid 4 steam baths. (1981, Feb 08). New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://login.library.utoronto.ca/index.php?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/121477699?accountid=14771
→ Police raid baths at least 200 charged. (1981, Feb 06). The Globe and Mail (1936-2016) Retrieved from https://login.library.utoronto.ca/index.php?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1143023641?accountid=14771
→ The unyielding heart. (2002, Mar 10). Toronto Star (1971-2009) Retrieved from http://myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.proquest.com%2Fdocview%2F1143023641%3Faccountid%3D14771
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
→ Oral History with Geroge Hislop, Interview for documentary film, The Queer Nineties, directed by Nancy Nicol, 2019. Retrieved from The ArQuives: https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/910
→ Interview with Douglas Stewart, Interview for documentary film, The Queer Nineties, directed by Nancy Nicol, 2019. Retrieved from The ArQuives: https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/659
For more information on Nancy Nicol: yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html
→ Rupert Raj Oral History, LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratry, part of U of T’s SSHRC endevor funded by Professor Elspeth Brown. Retrieved from The ArQuives: https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/626
→ Interview with Makeda Silvera, Heritage Toronto. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/heritagetoronto/status/1276556434805624834
PHOTOS
→ Amy Gottleib, photo of “Protest against police shooting of Sophia Cook (December 16, 1989), Rise Up! Retrieved from https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/cult…
→ Photos (blue headscarf and Africa poster) of Makeda Silvera from Phillip Pike, Roaring River Films
→ 101 Dewson Street Collective retrieved from Google Maps, Google 2019
