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[felis_ultharus]

So I've been doing a lot of historical research about queer life in Montreal (and Canada generally). Right now I'm reading up on the Montreal tabloid press reporting in the 1950s. Here are two of my favourite headlines from 1957, translated by me:

"40 Homos celebrate the New Year in an unimaginable orgy!"
"Lesbians numerous in the countryside!"

I've also been trying to locate the old bars and hang-outs I've been reading about. They're marked on maps in my books without addresses, so it's hard to know which building's the one I'm looking for.

Believe it or not, this relates quite directly to the novel I'm writing ^_^

Editing goes well, though there were some setbacks. I've also been kind of sick the last couple of days, so naturally I'm suddenly getting lots of hours at work. It always seems to end up that way :/

EDIT: Seems I'm not getting LJ-notification when someone responds to a comment or post. So if I miss something, sorry about that!

Comments

[retrogamerbear.livejournal.com]

Whne LJ misbehaves like that (which it does often), it's time to use their recent comments feature so you won't miss a thing: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/recent_comments.bml

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Thank you ^_^

My own tactic of sacrificing incense to the demons infesting LJ wasn't working, and that's pretty much the extent of my computing knowledge :/

[yumemisama.livejournal.com]

"40 Homos celebrate the New Year in an unimaginable orgy!"

Well, hell. I think I'm on the wrong team...

...although I might show up to that party with a camera anyway. XD

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid you're 50 years too late for that party. It took place on December 31, 1956 ;)

[ubergreenkat.livejournal.com]

many moons ago I wrote a paper on the migration of the village in Montreal, I could probably dig it out if you're interested

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

That'd be marvellous :)

I'm also interested if there's any information from an earlier date. Sortie de l'Ombre is great, but it has very little pre-1950. I'm wondering if there's anywhere I could go for more turn-of-the-20th-century information...?

[sorceror.livejournal.com]

Those headlines **so** have to be from Le Journal de Montreal. ^_^

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Actually, they both predate the existence of Le Journal (founded 1964).

The first comes from a magazine called Ici Montreal, a now-defunct tabloid that should not be confused with the Mirror's sister publication in French which started long after the tabloid died.

The second comes from a similar paper called CanCan.

Both were very, very like Le Journal in content. There were about a half-dozen similar.