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It’s Getting Drafty In Here

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Kevin Allen | 3 comments

The Calgary Gay History Project is happy to be collaborating again with Third Street Theatre to shine a light on our city’s queer history. Third Street Theatre recently commissioned playwright Natalie Meisner to craft a play based on our research.

Going through the Project’s website, she zeroed in on Everett Klippert’s dramatic story and his role in Canada’s decision to decriminalize homosexuality in 1969. Cleverly, the play is titled “69” and Third Street is inviting you to be part of the process!

Join us monthly (January 22, Feburary 19 & March 18) to witness newly drafted scenes by Natalie at Loft 112, the community literary arts space in the East Village.

Enjoy happy hour brews from Village Brewery & The Naked Leaf and seasonal treats from Sidewalk Citizen Bakery as local actors read scenes from the play.

Stick around and let us know what you think, plus collect the scenes and make them into your very own limited edition draft!

Admission by donation. Facebook Event Page: here.

It's Getting Drafty QHP

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Calgary Gay History Project for 15 Year Olds

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Kevin Allen | Leave a comment

Earlier this year we were contacted by textbook publisher Nelson Education Ltd. They were working on a Grade 10 history publication, History Uncovered. The textbook, designed for the Ontario public school curriculum wanted to cite our article “Invisible: Queer Immigrants in the 1940s and 1950s” written by Calgary Gay History Project researcher Tereasa Maillie.

We said, “yes please!”

A few weeks ago our copies of the textbooks came in the mail, and we were delighted to learn there was a presence with regard to gay rights throughout the publication. History Uncovered reports on Everett Klippert and the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1969, same-sex marriage in 2005, as well as and the Delwin Vriend, Supreme Court verdict in 1998, which ‘read in’ sexual orientation as a protected ground in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

I recall a much different Grade 10 Social Studies class in 1985; we had no presence in the textbooks to speak of! How thrilling to see our project become part of school curriculum.

On the subject of gratitude, the Calgary Gay History Project wishes all of our readers and supporters happy holidays. We look forward to connecting with you again in 2015!