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Dances were advertised to the lesbian and gay community in Toronto in the form of double-sided handbills, which were also used as posters. One side featured a unique design related to the dance theme; the other listed participating groups, their mandate, and their contact information. Volunteers distributed these handbills around the city with particular attention to the Church Street area. Below is a digital exhibition of GCDC handbills—click on the images to learn more about the dances. https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/charleston daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1633012962501-OHOA9UWMVUPO6EOFE9W5/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-09-30%2Bat%2B10.39.29%2BAM.jpg Charleston: A Night From the Twenties https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/carnival-in-rio daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/a48dfe36-30b8-4bdb-9a26-3a281e3b0dfa/Screen+Shot+2021-09-30+at+10.44.04+AM.png Carnival in Rio https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/star-gays daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/7be2228b-2a99-49f0-9840-301ddbdda77c/Copy+of+GCDC_Poster_1982_03_20.jpg Star Gays https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/spring-prom daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/dd5f5d7d-010b-4774-87fd-88dee88294db/Copy+of+GCDC_Poster_1982_05_22.jpg Spring Prom https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/hot-summer-nights daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/c771e77a-ba65-458d-b22f-797ec38ddd82/Copy+of+GCDC_Poster_1982_06_26.jpg Hot Summer Nights https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/tut-tut daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/5ea94ea1-278e-43cc-983b-b38d54f932f5/Copy+of+GCDC_Poster_1982_09_04.jpg Tut Tut https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/navel-maneuvers daily 0.75 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/006a2a02-cd27-4267-b63d-3f142f4632f8/Navel+Maneuvers.jpg Navel Maneuvers https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/winter-fantasies daily 0.75 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/40544bc8-bbc2-4678-8e44-0973afbdb7f1/WinterFantasies.jpg Winter Fantasies https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/soap daily 0.75 2022-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/94cebdb5-120c-4bca-b276-8c4f1bc6b135/Copy+of+GCDC_Poster_1983_02_05.jpg SOAP https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/mardi-gras daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/85291206-9cb6-4195-af4c-5b708a751d10/Copy+of+GCDC_Poster_1983_03_26.jpg Mardi Gras https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/all-night-long daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/6a9461c0-0f44-4c60-b253-6e0bb7cd8e45/All+Night+Long.jpg All Night Long https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/sapphos-garden-party daily 0.75 2022-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/907756bf-8d03-4b6d-a9fc-da01235d204d/Sapphos.jpg Sappho's Garden Party https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/soap-ii daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1654704844855-2QMC5O603O2TYACPQ28N/SOAP-II.png SOAP II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/c9aefa5b-7477-4859-96da-fe1c79730701/SOAP+II.jpg SOAP II https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/pyjama-party daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1638977584247-1DQ9478ENVN5DPRJK56L/PJ+Party+%281%29.jpg Pyjama Party https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/madhatter-masquerade daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/bd599e35-e395-4550-b277-c66300da33d7/Copy+of+GCDC_Poster_1983_05_07.jpg MadHatter Masquerade https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/celebration daily 0.75 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/e7e561e5-4eeb-456a-93f9-e32e3aa4feac/Celebration%21.jpg Celebration! https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/among-friends daily 0.75 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/74736474-4ce7-4e70-912e-4159a2052d86/Among+Friends.jpg Among Friends https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/tricks-treats daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/d5bb5c08-680e-4927-af7b-f900e70f4270/Tricks%26Treats.jpg Tricks & Treats https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/gcdc-participating-groups daily 0.75 2022-06-22 https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/test daily 0.75 2021-12-17 https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/gcdc-about daily 0.75 2022-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1644621372465-1Q903HTELNGCEV0TMXDH/FastFoto_0155_a.jpg GCDC - The Gay Community Dance Committee Toronto’s Gay Community Dance Committee (GCDC) was a volunteer-run, coalition-building organization that raised funds for various LGBTQ2+ community groups by hosting hugely popular community-run dances and dividing the profits among participating groups. In the 1980s, GCDC dances funded AIDS activism, lesbian mothers’ custody battles, youth organizations, the burgeoning Canadian gay and lesbian archives, and much more. https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/about-us daily 0.75 2025-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1650379905949-BABDGU0D9C1KIAW9J3YM/sshrc_logo_compact.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1650493362902-25B4D36SIJ64IRWB01FN/ArQuives.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1652795968640-3V920RZZQT7II066SEXN/tmu.png About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/f26043be-2b3b-4574-9c5e-9129612d932e/Screen+Shot+2022-04-19+at+11.09.11+AM.png About Liberation on the Dance Floor is a collaborative research project that was started in 2020. Researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Ontario initiated this work by exploring and analyzing the work of the Gay Community Dance Committee (GCDC), a Toronto-based community organization that was active in the 1980s. Now we are expanding our focus to better understand the politics of popular music and collective dance in lesbian and gay liberation movements across Canada. https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/contact daily 0.75 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645110868457-1WVR8N09UJRQH4DZ053O/IMG_0283.jpg Contact - Contact us. Dr. Craig Jennex, Associate Professor Department of English, Toronto Metropolitan University Jorgenson Hall, 380 Victoria St. Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3 craigjennex@torontomu.ca https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/listen-again-about daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645040072248-0SLDYE2WVLGQJH2KFBFH/IMG_0134.jpg Listen Again - Listen Again Spend time with the music and venues that animated lesbian and gay liberation. We’re regularly adding historical music charts, playlists, and digital exhibits on important 20th century music venues in the lesbian and gay liberation movement in the city of Toronto. https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/listen-again-charts daily 0.75 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1649717220706-7OEEZQTBB1CPI0EKTM5Z/GCDC+Vinyl-02.png Historical Music Charts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1649717248357-ERBQDQFFRR6J7TTNEMSZ/GCDC+Vinyl-03.png Historical Music Charts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1649717295692-CDGR9WJM0SXRFQTHNZ1L/GCDC+Vinyl-04.png Historical Music Charts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645110119260-U38NOWKCBFJJYARUK0O9/unsplash-image-HRyjETL87Gg.jpg Historical Music Charts - Historical Music Charts Listen to the music that served as the soundtrack for lesbian and gay liberation movements in the 1980s, featured on Sam Carvelli’s Hot Wax year end charts published in Xtra! To see the charts and listen to the music, click the “View Chart” buttons below. https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/87-of-87 daily 0.75 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645109165851-OGLH2PYN0GVPOYB9YRV8/unsplash-image-o6GEPQXnqMY.jpg 87 of 87 Sam Carvelli’s Hot Wax Top 87 of ‘87 Published in Xtra! January 1, 1988 https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/listen-again-venues daily 0.75 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1644619808475-67MJCFPXUMM00Z1AX49B/Saphire+Tavern.jpeg Historical Music Venues Historical Queer Toronto Music Venues We’ve mapped some of the most important music venues during the lesbian and gay liberation era in Toronto, but we need your help! Do you have memories of music venues in Toronto that played a part in the lesbian and gay liberation movement? Add your memories to this HistoryPin map and help us archive these important spaces. To see the HistoryPin collection, click the button below. https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/home-test daily 0.75 2022-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645040173779-DWQQ0NONF8YF9K2EQ02J/IMG_7369.jpeg Home (TEST) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645039982253-99LYHAENDIWQ0PAB0T2Y/FastFoto_0204_a.gif Home (TEST) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645137681334-5CX3I2HQYIT4DEVJZDOY/IMG_3751.jpg Home (TEST) https://www.liberationonthedancefloor.ca/88-of-88 daily 0.75 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/611ff572d7da041dcfdcccf3/1645109165851-OGLH2PYN0GVPOYB9YRV8/unsplash-image-o6GEPQXnqMY.jpg 88 of 88 Sam Carvelli’s Hot Wax Top 88 of ‘88 Published in Xtra! 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Publications & Open Access Materials - Articles - Liberation on the Dance Floor: Collective Dance and Queer Politics in Canada In “Liberation on the Dance Floor: Collective Dance and Queer Politics in Canada,” published in the Journal of Canadian Studies, Craig Jennex considers Black Lives Matter-Toronto’s protest at the 2016 Toronto Pride Parade and reads this protest alongside two specific examples of community organizing: the Gay Alliance for Equality (GAE) in Halifax and the Gay Community Dance Committee (GCDC) in Toronto to show how collective music participation has long been fundamental to LGBTQ2+ organizing in Canada.