Recording of Dykes on Mykes in 1991, hosted by Ellen Jacobs, an Unknown Host, and Ron and Jon from Queer Corps, with guest Diane Heffernan. They discuss organizing the first women’s first film festival in Montreal, feminist movements in Quebec in the 1970s, lesbian separatism, lesbian sex and sexual identities, eroticism and humour, and the Unknown Host’s experience with bisexuality.

Gay Day was an annual 24 hour broadcast event held by CKUT Radio (which hosted the Dykes on Mykes broadcast), from 1989 to 1991. The broadcasting event was held to honour LGBTQ+ and AIDS activist Joe Rose, who was murdered in a homophobic hate-motivated attack in Montreal’s Gay Village in 1989.

Recording is part 1 of 6; see Gay Day Part 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.  

Music featured includes:

• Excerpted recordings of readings from Dionne Brand’s No Language is Neutral

The Dykes on Mykes radio show was established in 1987. These programs are also held by The ArQuives and are shared on the Rise Up website with the permission of the creators and The ArQuives. Reels were digitized by Stacey Copeland.