Non-traditional households

This button is part of the campaign to challenge heterosexist, traditional views and redefine what makes a family.

This subsection contains material on efforts to challenge and forge alternatives to heteronormative marriage and patriarchal familial relationships. Key themes include gaining rights for LGBTQ+ families, changing policies and laws to reflect emerging definitions of family, and supporting non-traditional, non-heteronormative relationships and housing arrangements.

Archival Materials

Audio

Dykes on Mykes: Diversité Festival – July 28, 1997

  • Year created:

    1997

  • Musical Artist/Group:

    Dykes on Mykes

  • Region:

    Quebec

  • Language:

    English
Dykes on Mykes: Mother’s Day – May 1999

  • Year created:

    1999

  • Musical Artist/Group:

    Dykes on Mykes

  • Region:

    Quebec

  • Language:

    English and French

Buttons

This button is part of the campaign to challenge heterosexist, traditional views and redefine what makes a family.
love makes a family

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English

Documents
Motherhood, Lesbianism and Child Custody (1977)

  • Year created:

    1977

  • Author(s):

    Francie Wyland

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English

Films

Film still from 'J’me marie, j’me marie pas' of a woman sitting at a desk turned to the camera smiling with her hand towards her chin. There are two flower vases on the desk with one holding a pink flower. The woman is also sitting in front of a book cart.
J’me marie, j’me marie pas

  • Year created:

    1973

  • Filmmaker(s):

    Mireille Dansereau

  • Language:

    French

  • Region:

    Quebec

Periodicals

Grapevine: Newsletter of the Lesbian Mothers’ Defence Fund

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Grapevine – Fall 1980

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Mary Ann, Lisa Bezaire, Francie Wyland, Catherine

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Fall 1981

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Francie Wyland, Vicky Hartford, Lynn Fraser, Lynda, Helen, Lee MacKay, Kathy Allgood, Barbara Price, Rosemary Doughty

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Fall 1982

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Francie Wyland, Lynn Fraser, Mary, Carolle, Fran Schechter, Jil Clark

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Fall 1983

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Jeanne, Mary, Lynn Fraser, Karen, Carolle, Helen, Francie Wyland, Kelly Fletcher, Lynda

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Fall 1985

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Shelley M. Hobbs-Randall, Lynn Fraser, Christine Guilfoy, Gayle, Jeanne

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Fall/Winter 1984

  • Year created:

    1984

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Jeanne, Hope, Deborah Randall, Shelley Hobbs, Susan, Van Young

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Spring 1981

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Francie Wyland, Peggy, Lynda, Kathy McGregor, Diane, Sylvia

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Spring 1983

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Mary, Jane, Eileen

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Spring 1984

  • Year created:

    1984

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Jeanne, Lynn Fraser, Carolle, Francie Wyland

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Spring 1985

  • Year created:

    1985

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Lynn Fraser, Carole, Francie Wyland, Denice Barrie, Christine Guilfoy, Diane, Van

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Summer 1979

  • Year created:

    1979

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Frieda M., Joyce T.

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Summer 1982

  • Year created:

    1982

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Francie Wyland, Mary, Lynn Fraser, Jil Clark, Geraldine W., Melanie, Kathy Pickard, Connie, Lynda, Melanie, Kathleen

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
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Grapevine – Winter 1979/80

  • Year created:

    1980

  • Publisher:

    Lesbian Mothers' Defence Fund

  • Author(s):

    Francie Wyland, Frieda M.

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English

The Pedestal

Pedestal – Vol. III, No. 2 – February 1971

  • Year created:

    1971

  • Publisher:

    The Pedestal Collective

  • Author(s):

    Helen Portrebenko

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English

Posters
A-space Playing House

  • Year created:

    1995

  • Visual Artist:

    Schuster Gindin, Cate Cochran

  • Region:

    Ontario

  • Language:

    English
The End of the Nuclear Family

  • Year created:

    1984

  • Visual Artist:

    moiseiwitsch

  • Region:

    British Columbia

  • Language:

    English