2022 Pride CEFP Proposal

REVISION IN PROGRESS

There are two proposals here

• One for auxiliary support for the Elders Hangout and
• One for a historian to write the story of the inception of GAE.

The parts entitled "Pride Submission" are the answers to the questions in the Pride Funding Application.

Name: Elders Hangout: 50th Anniversary of the first LGBTQ organization in Nova Scotia (Gay Alliance for Equality)

We are submitting two interrelated proposals. The first is for auxiliary expenses to make the Elders Hangout 2022 into a reunion and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of GAE. The second is for the research and writing of a short description of the creation of GAE in 1971 - 1972.

Partner Organizations: Elderberries and Wayves Magazine

Part 1: Elders Hangout / 50th Anniversary Reunion and Celebration

Possible elements:

• Travel expenses for community pioneers who live out of town
• Honoraria for speakers
• Sign language interpretation
• Extra catering : finger food and refreshments
• Possibly a bar, proceeds going to the Elderberries Pride expenses; any extra going to LGBTQ youth projects
• Chris Aucoin’s history exhibit set up in one corner
• Sales - maybe bound copies of Scott MacNeil & Reg Giles’ story cycles, mugs, Robin’s This Way Out, or other items
• Reading of excerpts from Reg Giles' and Scott MacNeil's pieces with q&a after.
• Computer with big screen and a slideshow of old photos with elders to narrate, tell stories.

Budget

• $300 catering
• $400 travel expenses for out-of-town pioneers
• $200 honoraria for moderators / oral historians
• $100 design & printing of handouts
• $200 tours for the Green Lantern Building and Turret Building if possible.
• Sign language interpretation (Note : awaiting quote from Society of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Nova Scotians)
• $500 contributed by Elderberries
• Total $700 requested from Pride

Pride Submission 1: Elders Hangout / 50th Anniversary Reunion

Title

GAE 50th Anniversary Reunion (an enhanced Elders Hangout event)

In 150 words or less, please summarize your event

Reunion style event : drop in anytime during a four-hour window. People can grab some food and a beverage, sit down and catch up with fellow elders OR engage in some storytelling of Halifax's rich queer history OR sit back and listen in.

At the front of the tent, near the stage/screen, we'll have a slideshow, a presentation about the beginnings of GAE, and some discussions of historical finer points, arranged into (probably) 1-hour blocks - half hour presentation, 15 minute Q&A, 15 minute break.

This is billed as an Elders Hangout, but all are welcome. There can be discussions about how the world is different, or you can just sit back and listen to stories about the good, and bad, old days.

The Elderberries and Wayves publisher Dan MacKay are submitting two interrelated proposals. The first is for auxiliary expenses for the Elders Hangout to make it into a celebration of the 50th anniversary of GAE. The second is for the research and writing of a short article on what must have been the exciting creation of GAE in 1971 - 1972.

In 150 words or less, please summarize your reasons for hosting this event

This year is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Gay Alliance for Equality, the first LGBTQ organization in Nova Scotia, and we're looking forward to celebrating.

Part of the funding is for a couple of tours of places significant to our community; these tours wouldn't be during the Hangout but at other times during the Festival.

Print Description: Calling all elders and friends of elders! This year, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Gay Alliance for Equality, fifty years of an organized 2SLGBTQ+ community. That deserves a reunion. There will be conversation and catching up, Sign interpretation, panel discussions, story telling, and food.

If you need assistance to attend, please contact us.

Online Description: Calling all elders and friends of elders! This year, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Gay Alliance for Equality - fifty years of an organized 2SLGBTQ+ community. That deserves a reunion, and that's what this is! There will be conversation and catching up, Sign interpretation, panel discussions, story telling, and food.

Part 2: The GAE Genesis Story

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Pride Submission 2 : Research and Writing

Budget

• $800 Researcher / writer
• $100 Research expenses
• $300 Publishing expenses
• ($100) donation by the Elderberries
• ($300) donation by Wayves / Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia
• Total $800 requested from Pride

Title

Research & writing for the "Creation" story for our community.

In 150 words or less, please summarize your event

There is a piece of gay Halifax history that hasn't been told in either Rebecca Rose's _Before The Parade_ or in the Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia. It is the story of something that happened in 1971 to create the Gay Alliance for Equality in 1972 - fifty years ago this year.

This research will reveal the reasons and the process, credit the people, and create an exciting, short telling of the story of this swift course of action and bravery. The format will be under 1000 words, in an exciting style reminiscent of the very familiar telling of the New York Stonewall story. The writer will be available to present the story at the Elders Hangout and other Pride events where it would be germane; the story will be in the public domain.

This is an important time to do it because: • it is the 50th anniversary of the event • this story has not been documented and it is one of a kind; it is a story that will be reprinted and retold throughout the history of LGBTQ Nova Scotia, and • the people who can tell the story are getting old and will not be able to tell the story for much longer.

The Elderberries and Wayves will be supporting this project both financially and with people's time. We have a relationship with a researcher / writer / journalist who is excited to do the work.

We are submitting two interrelated proposals. The other is for auxiliary expenses for the Elders Hangout to make it into a celebration of the 50th anniversary of GAE. The "Genesis" document will be presented at that event.

In 150 words or less, please summarize your reasons for hosting this event

There is a piece of gay Halifax history that hasn't been told in either Rebecca Rose's _Before The Parade_ or in the Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia, and this is an important time to do it:

• it is the 50th anniversary of the event
• this story has not been documented and it is one of a kind; it is a story that will be reprinted and retold throughout the history of LGBTQ Nova Scotia, and
• the people who can tell the story are getting old and will not be able to tell the story for much longer.

Print Description: Presentation of the story of GAE's genesis story, how the organization came about, written from interviews with the people who were there.

This very short history, and how it was created, will be presented twice, by the author, during the Pride Elders Hangout.