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• Positive Space Poster
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• Pride march is a first for city's gay community
  Newspaper article announcing Mississauga's first Pride March
• There’s Something Queer About Tumblr
  Paul Byron and Brady Robards's article discusses their research project called, " Scrolling Beyond Binaries." The project explores "how young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people use the network."
• Positive Space Poster
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• Oral History With Daniyal Ahmad_
  Daniyal Ahmad is 25 years old, His preferred Pronouns are he/him. He grew up in a Syrian, Muslim household and he was born in Etobicoke himself. He later moved to Mississauga. He identifies as a bisexual male and uses the pronouns he/him. Daniyal completed his undergrad at York University. He spent a bulk of his life living in Etobicoke and he moved to Mississauga just before attending high school and then returned to live in Toronto for university. The major themes discussed throughout the interview revolved around acceptance, stereotypes and mainly freedom of expression that Daniyal faced when coming out specifically to his strict-faith family.
• trans buttons from Mirha-Soleil Ross fonds, The ArQuives
  Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay’s publishing company genderpress produced hundreds of buttons related to trans issues and activism in the early 1990s
• Chad Jankowski, March 2020
  Chad is the co-founder of OUT@UTM.  He currently works for the University of Toronto for the Mental Health Program Offices.  His pronouns are he/him and his sexual orientation is homosexual. The themes that are covered are Equality, Progress, Change, Bravery,  and Support. Chad Co-founded OUT@UTM so that members of the LGBTQ community had a place they could go to ask questions, find support and educate others about LGBTQ culture, content and history. Chad encountered challenges when he came out to his family but these challenges were overcome when Chad came up with strategies to educate his family about LGBTQ culture which in turn, strengthened his family's understanding and acceptance and brought his family closer.
• Oliver Bedard, February 2020
  Oliver Bedard is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto and served as an Executive director of OUT@UTM from 2012 to 2013. As an activist on the Mississauga campus, he volunteered himself to support LGBTQ issues and was involved in community planning. In this interview Bedardfocuses on the political, economic, and social issues that affect the Peel region as well as Canada as a whole. Educational governing, Transgender barriers and social discrimination were all topics that were brought up throughout the interview. Bedard also shares his thoughts on the recent historical oppression of the LGBTQ community, especially during the 1980s.
• Kevin Beaulieu, March 2020
  The interviewee's name was Kevin Beaulieu. He identifies as a homosexual man and is comfortable to be addressed as he/him. He speaks English and he mentioned he realized his gender and sexual identity as male at his childhood, to be exact, at his youth when he was at the age of between 20 to 21 years old. The major keywords that captured the significant themes were; Gender, Beaulieu acknowledged his gender as a male; Sexual Orientation, Beaulieu said his sexual orientation was gay; Gender Identity, Beaulieu identified it at his childhood; Gender Diversity, Beaulieu experienced challenges due to differences within cultural norms and; LGBTQ, Beaulieu has engaged in LGBT communities since 1995.
• Luke Drummond, February 2020
  Luke Drummond is a current student at the University of Toronto, Mississauga campus. He is the former social coordinator in the group OUT@UTM. He was born in Toronto and identifies as a transgender man and his pronouns are he/him. He has had experience working for other groups as a volunteer and social media coordinator. Within the interview, Luke places an emphasis on healthcare improvement in terms of accessibility and cost, such as within the Peel Region. He also speaks to the need for more education regarding LGBTQ2S+ content and that online spaces are important for LGBTQ2S+ people to communicate with each other.
• Oral History with Jay Gonzalez, February 2020
  Jason “Jay” Gonzalez Tinoco is a bisexual nonbinary trans man who serves as the executive of the OUT@UTM community group, based in the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto. Jay was born in Venezuela and his story largely recounts how the formation of his self-identity was impacted by the struggles of coming from Venezuela during a tumultuous time and moving to Canada. Jay spoke about various areas of importance in relation to LGBTQ2+ discourse and identity, such as the damaging rhetoric of controversial Professor Jordan Peterson and the influence society and media have on LGBTQ2+ communities. Jay’s personal story was important in helping him find OUT@UTM.
• Oral History Interview With Daniyal Ahmad
  Daniyal Ahmad is 25 years old, His preferred Pronouns are he/him. He grew up in a Syrian, Muslim household and he was born in Etobicoke himself. He later moved to Mississauga. He identifies as a bisexual male and uses the pronouns he/him. Daniyal completed his undergrad at York University. He spent a bulk of his life living in Etobicoke and he moved to Mississauga just before attending high school and then returned to live in Toronto for university. The major themes discussed throughout the interview revolved around acceptanc, stereotypes and mainly freedom of expression that Daniyal faced when coming out specifically to his strict-faith family.
• Positive Space Logo
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• Oral History with Christopher Lengyell
  Christopher Lengyell is a UTM alumni, LGBTQ+ ally and recent co-chair of the Positive Space Committee at UTM. During this interview he discusses his experience with the committee as a co-chair and his experiences at UTM and living in Peel. This interview has a recorded duration of 37 minutes and 27 seconds and approximately 10-15 minutes that did not record.
• Oral History Interview with Judith Andersen, March 2020
  Judith Anderson is a psychology professor at the University of Toronto-Mississauga. Anderson discusses her experience attending both a religious educational institution as well as attending and working in a non-religious institution. She goes over the challenges that come along with identifying as LGBTQ+, how the ethics in different work setting vary as some are more welcoming than others. Being a part of the Positive Space Committee from 2011-2018, professor Anderson discusses her role in the committee, the influence the annual gala had on her and other individuals, what should be done to better the future of the LGBTQ+ community, etc.
• Oral History with Devin Kreuger, February 2020
  Devin Kreuger is the Director of Research at University of Toronto (Mississauga). In this interview he shares his experiences being Queer in Peel and working with the Positive Space Community from 2009. He describes working with other student organizations such as OUT@UTM, making the RAWC gym scene more inclusive, and the impact the committee had at UTM. He discussed the difficulties the committee encounters, and expresses his desires for the future of the Positive Space Committee.
• Oral History with Chad Jankowski, March 2020
  Chad Jankowski shared his experience being part of the Positive Space Committee at UTM. He was a student in the pasta the university, then became a staff member, whom was very active and involved in the UTM community creating a shared and positive environment for the LGBTQ+ staff and students. The committee continues to grow and learn, as in Chad's interview, he shared the ups and downs of the committee, accomplishments, future goals, and areas of improvements, Being part of the UTM community for different periods of time, as identified as a queer male . As he was impacted through the forces and behind the scene of the positive space committee.
• Oral History with Kayleigh Robinson, February 2020
  Kayleigh Robinson (preferred pronouns she/her) grew up in Guelph, Ontario and is now a student at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) living at the UTM Campus. Kayleigh speaks about her family relations and growing up queer in a French Canadian-Dutch Family. Furthermore, Kayleigh shares how social media, particularly Tumblr, shaped how she came to explore and understand queerness. By making connections between Capitalism and new social media policies, Kayleigh provides an insight into how she thinks social media has become commercialized and user policies have adapted to protect its connections with corporations while censuring queer creators.
• Oral History with Christina Caldi, February 2020
  Christina Caldi has lived in the Peel region her entire life and attended Loyola Catholic Secondary School. She began to explore her sexuality following a bad breakup in the beginning of University and describes herself as coming out ‘late’. She touches upon some formative moments that were influential for her, specifically when she read ‘Sing You Home’ by Jodi Picoult. She describes the relationship that she has with her family after she had come out to them, with some family members being supportive, but her main support group remains her close friends. When seeking queer spaces and people she has spent most of her time in the Village in Toronto. She also touches upon some volunteer work that she’s looking to do and the additional ways she wants to get involved with the community.
• Oral History with Konstello Armonia Villegas Velasco, February 2020
  Self-described as a warm individual, Konstello came to Brampton when they were 4. For a few years they attended a Catholic school and had to deal with some bullying, but it did not stem exclusively because they were queer. Konstello identifies as non-binary, masculine presenting and referred to some specific instances where they were able to catch a ‘heteronormative break’ from the cultural and societal norms that they found themselves in. They also describe the relationship that they have with her family, which can be described as difficult. Konstello’s high school experience was better than that of elementary school, as they found a close group of queer friends.
• Oral History with S Trimble, February 2020
  Moving to Mississauga at the age of six, Dr. S Trimble stayed in the Mississauga region until the beginning of university. Also known as T, she is a professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto St. George Campus. She began to explore her gender at a young age with influences of celebrities and online Queer communities. While also struggling with a strict Anglican Church and finding groups like the 519-youth group, to support her in high school. Currently, her focus is on providing guidance to her students and being a role-model to enhance their experiences at the University of Toronto.
• Trifles: bringing new relevance to a classic
  News article of production of Trifles (2018)