Books that explore the past, present, and future

Top row, left to right:

Flaunting It: A Decade of Gay Journalism From ‘The Body Politic’ edited by Ed Jackson and Stan Persky (New Star Books, 1982) – Selection of articles first published in the gay newspaper The Body Politic.

Women Unite! An Anthology of the Canadian Women’s Movement (Women’s Press, 1972) – Collection of essays, debates, demands and strategies from the emerging Women’s Liberation Movement in Canada.

Eating Fire: Family Life on the Queer Side by Michael Riordon (Between the Lines, 2001) – Examines the family structures and lifestyle patterns of queer households in Canada

The Barefoot Channel: Community Television as a Tool for Social Change by Kim Goldberg (New Star Books, 1990) – On the theory and practice of using community television to reach the public.

Queer Progress: From Homophobia to Homonationalism by Tim McCaskell (Between the Lines, 2016) – A history, memoir, and political analysis of changing approaches to queer liberation.

Bottom row, left to right:

Compelled To Act: Histories of Women’s Activism in Western Canada by Sarah Carter and Nanci Langford (University of Manitoba Press, 2020) – Histories of women’s participation in political and social movements in the Canadian prairies which consider both the diversity and similarities of the goals and methods of these movements

Central American Women Speak for Themselves (Latin American Working Group, 1983) – Dossier focusing on the participation of women in the popular movements and revolutionary organizations in Central America. Contains translations from newspapers, pamphlets, documents, interviews and reprints of previously published material.

Getting There: Producing Photostories with Immigrant Women edited by Diane Marino, Deborah Brandt, and Ferne Cristall (Between the Lines, 1982) – Acts as a guide for ESL-groups to use photos as a way to capture and explain their stories. This book highlights the stories of an immigrant woman from Ecuador and an immigrant women from Portugal through the images of their lives navigating the workforce.

The Abortion Caravan by Karin Wells (Second Story Press, 2020) – Story of the cross-country women’s rally from Vancouver to Ottawa to advocate for the right to a safe abortion and birth control options.