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Queer History Moment - The Purge

When: Tuesday, November 11 following the Remembrance Day Ceremony (aprox 12 PM)

Where: Lockwood Books, 488 Talbot Street, St Thomas

Who: All are welcome to join with respect

FREE admission

Join Rainbow Connections to discuss and learn the history of "The Purge of Members of the LGBT Community in the Military and Civil Service" between the 1940s-1990s, which included such tactics as the "Fruit Machine."

ALSO: Hear activist Michelle Douglas speak in an interview from the "LGBT Purge Survivor Stories" YouTube archive about her experience with interrogation and accessing the support of Sven Robinson, Canada's first openly gay MP.

#RainbowConnections #GECO #RemembranceDay #GenderDiversity

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