COVID-19 Telling Her-Stories collection / Collection COVID-19 Elle, ses histories
- CA ON0034 10-177
- Collection
- 2020-
University of Ottawa Library COVID-19 Telling Her-Stories project / Bibliothèque uOttawa projet COVID-19 Elle, ses histories
COVID-19 Telling Her-Stories collection / Collection COVID-19 Elle, ses histories
University of Ottawa Library COVID-19 Telling Her-Stories project / Bibliothèque uOttawa projet COVID-19 Elle, ses histories
Collection de périodiques Archives des Femmes / Women's Archives Periodicals Collection
Bishop, Mary
De Wolf, Teressa
Cameron, Barbara
LOOT Oral History Project collection
In 1989, Becki Ross a PH.D student in sociology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto began doing research for her thesis by conducting interviews with former members of the Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT). In her interviews she specifically questioned what the political, social, racial and class structures were at LOOT and the reason for the disbanding of LOOT. She carried her interviews with twenty-eight members from 1988 to 1990.
With these interviews, Becki Ross was able to obtain an oral history of the organization, in which each member tells her point of view on the successes and failures of LOOT. With these and other documentation Becki Ross went on to write an article entitled “The House That Jill Built: Lesbian Feminist Organizing in Toronto, 1976-1980” as well as a book The House That Jill Built: A Lesbian Nation in Formation.
The Becki Ross’ Lesbian Organization of Toronto Oral History Project provides valuable information on the way in which LOOT functioned from its conception to its demise. She recorded interviews on 49 audio cassettes with prominent members of LOOT. The interviews provide candid information on the nature of LOOT and the way in which each member recalls and interprets the events surrounding LOOT and the lesbian community of Toronto. They discuss a variety of subjects such as the internal political and social functions at LOOT and its eventual demise. They also discuss several events in the Toronto area such as the Bi-national Lesbian Conference, Anita Bryant and the Body Politic article “Men Loving Boys Loving Men”.
Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT)
Canadian Women's Movement Archives (CWMA) collection
Canadian Women's Movement Archives (CWMA)
Bazilli, Susan
Nellie Langford Rowell Library collection
Nellie Langford Rowell Library collection
Collection Manuscrits français