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Link to the full documentary: https://youtu.be/AtroR6pOHLY The drag queen in this clip, Matti Dinah, represents a more uncommon type of drag for the time, though it becomes more popular after the 2010s, which deals in playing with gender expression…

Link to the full documentary: https://youtu.be/AtroR6pOHLY Jackae Baker, a drag queen who moved to Toronto from British Guiana and lived with her family at the time of the interview in 2002. Her situation, as she described, was quite rare as she…

Link to the full documentary: https://youtu.be/AtroR6pOHLY In this clip, drag queen Stephanie Stevens discusses her life since moving to Toronto, and needing to find her own family. She shares that her family is christian, meaning that her career and…

Full link to the educational video: https://youtu.be/JvjH3cGV9QI
The Colour of Immunity is a 1991 educational video made by Black CAP (The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention) to educate Black Canadians on the AIDS crisis and preventative measures…

This article from 1988 written for Rites magazine, a queer publication, highlights the struggle for Black Canadian cases of AIDS to be taken seriously when they began to appear in major cities like Toronto. At the time, case numbers were relatively…

The Canadian Criminal Code of Canada, published in 1892, specifically highlights the charge of vagrancy

This portrait presents one of the few surviving likenesses of the artist created during his lifetime. It humanizes a man often only discussed in relation to his awards or critical reception. Showing Bannister’s face within the exhibit asserts his…

Outlines the case of s"ix [redacted]" who were arrested for vagrancy in the town of Estevan