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Manitoba Gay and Lesbian Archives (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Hours: Monday to Friday, am &#; pm
Location: University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Elizabeth Dafoe Library, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA R3T 2N2
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The Manitoba Gay and Lesbian Archives is an extensive collection () within the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections located on the University of Manitoba campus. The archival collection contains administrative history of The Manitoba Gay and Lesbian Archives as well as materials on Gay, Lesbian, Double attraction, Transgender, Two-Spirit and Gay history including Gay/Lesbian Being, Lifestyles & Concerns, &#; »Literature & Language, Visual & Performing Arts, History & Gay/Lesbian Liberation Movement, Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences, Philosophy & Religion, Physical & Natural Sciences and AIDS-Related Information. It also includes an extensive moving image and sound collection, including oral histories and episodes of the cable access program &#;Coming Out.&#;
The Manitoba Gay and Female homosexual Archives also contains several signi
History
Rainbow Resource Centre began as a student group at the University of Manitoba in the early s. First known as the Campus Gay Club, the name was changed in to Gays for Equality.
Gays for Equality offered a telephone information line, peer counselling service, and a resource library on the University of Manitoba campus. The group went on to become a leader and an key resource for the queer and lesbian community, providing community services, education, outreach, and political awareness and activism.
In , Gays for Equality moved out of the University of Manitoba to move in with Giovanni's Room at Sherbrook St. Along with this move came a new name: Winnipeg Lgbtq+ Centre. When Gio's moved to Broadway in , Winnipeg Gay Centre moved with them.
In , the group changed again and became Winnipeg Gay/Lesbian Resource Centre, establishing itself as an independent organization in a new location at Confusion Corner. The Resource Centre was incorporated as a non-profit organization and applied for charitable tax status under the legal name of Manitoba Institute on Society and Sexuality.
The Centre evolved once more in , modifying its name to Rainbow Resource Centre. The reas
Manitoba Two-Spirit, Gay, Bisexual, & Queer Men’s Health Study
Initiative Summary
The study looked at experiences with HIV testing and PrEP through a community-based, Manitoba-wide online survey of Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, lgbtq+, and other men who have sex with men (2SGBQM) on guys' sexual, physical and mental health and their experiences with discrimination.
Initiative Objectives and Goals
Assess the physical and mental health and experiences with discrimination of Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, queer and other men who hold sex with men (2SGBQM).
The Role of this Initiative to End the HIV Epidemic
HIV policy makers, researchers, and practitioners should compensate attention to social determinants of health, and other socio-economic factors that impact the use of HIV prevention and care for Indigenous 2SGBQM in Manitoba.
Meaningful engagement with people with lived experience
Two-Spirit, gay, double attraction, queer, and other men who have sex with men (2SGBQM) were participants in the survey.
Around the same moment, the first identifiable female homosexual meeting space was The Mount Royal Hotel at Higgins Avenue. The Mount Royal remained a mixed bar with lesbians, flamboyant queens, and leather scene clientele into the s. Another popular site for gay socializing occurred at the nude beach in Beaconia, Winnipeg Beach and Grand Beach on Lake Winnipeg. A passenger prepare operated between Winnipeg and Grand Beach, making the resort town an easily accessible location for weekend leisure where private cottages could be rented (Barbour, Dale Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, , University of Manitoba Press, , p). In , Child’s Restaurant opened after renovations and became the first non-beer parlour bar in Winnipeg, providing a trendy spot for gay theatre enthusiasts. Shortly after, Club Morocco at Portage Route and the Mardi Gras Café followed suit and became regular hot spots for gay men and lesbians in the ahead s. On October 31, Winnipeg held its first drag ball at the Sildor Ballroom on Sherbrook Street. In late , the first gay club was established at Erin Street called Club The club was run by volunteers and operated as a members only after-hours clu
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