Perceptions (magazine)
| Categories | GLBTQ, News, Health, Opinion |
|---|---|
| Year founded | 1983 |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Language | English |
Perceptions is an LGBT news magazine which began publication in 1983 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
History and profile
The periodical, founded by Gens Hellquist, is the longest-running GLBTQ publication in Canada.[1] It provides broad geographical news coverage, but with emphasis on the three Canadian prairie provinces (Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba). Issues also often carry opinion pieces, book and music reviews, articles on local GLBTQ history, and analytical pieces. Health issues in the GLBTQ community have been an ongoing concern of the publishers. A directory of GLBTQ prairie organizations is printed in each issue.
A detailed index, covering the period 1983 through 2004, is available electronically and in print. The electronic index is freely available to all for searching through the University of Saskatchewan Library's "Saskatchewan Resources for Sexual Diversity" Web site.
Copies of the magazine are held in a number of Canadian libraries, in full or partial runs. See, for example, the holdings of Library and Archives Canada, University of Saskatchewan Library (Saskatoon), University of Toronto's Thomas Fisher Library, and the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (Toronto).
A collection of articles from the periodical has been published under the title: Gay on the Canadian Prairie: Twenty Years of Perceptions, 1983-2002. This collection is available in a limited number of Canadian academic libraries.
References
- ↑ Alex Spence (2005). "About the Index of Perceptions". Saskatchewan Resources for Sexual Diversity. University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2 April 2009.