-Rufus Wainwright, singer-songwriter and composer
You'll be captivated and keep returning to this stunning and impressively researched chronicle of the pathos, passion, and pleasure of LGBTQ2+ life and politics in Canada.
-Richard Fung, award-winning video artist, professor, and theorist
Out North is an essential resource to anyone looking for a comprehensive, stunningly detailed view of queer history in Canada and an eminently readable and visually dazzling tour-de-force.
-Kai Cheng Thom, performer and author of I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World
With love, respect, and infectious energy, this invaluable book shares a sense of wonder and excitement at remarkable stories of community building and righteous outrage over the last eighty years.
-Liz Millward, professor and author of Making a Scene: Lesbians and Community Across Canada, 1964-84
Thought-provoking, engaging, and subtly subversive, Out North vividly illustrates the tremendous volume of activist, cultural, social, political, and educational work that precedes us, and reminds us of the many, many battles still remaining.
-Valerie J. Korinek, professor and author of Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985
The book is a perfect intersection of the archives' rich holdings, Jennex's research in queer culture and Eswaran's work on the notions of friendship and kinship.
-TorontoMet Today
This book will captivate you from cover to cover and will leave you with more knowledge than you could have imagined.
-Daily Hive