35th Anniverary Memory Book
References:
Land Acknowledgment
- Reclaiming Spaces Between: Coast Salish Two Spirit Identities and Experiences, Corrina Sparrow (2006)
- What is Two-Spirit: recognizing Indigenous gender and sexual diversity, resisting colonial norms, Scott de Groot (March 2024)
The beginnings of Mabel
- It’s how you play the game, Georgia Straight article by Jon Azpiri (August 2007)
Softball at Britannia
- Baseball: The Lesbian Show, Interview with Kate Stewart about the LIL softball tournament, City of Vancouver Archives (1987) (part 1 and part 2)
- Prism Tape #2: Interview with Kate Stewart about the LIL Softball tournament, City of Vancouver Archives (1993)
- City of Vancouver Archives, BC Gay and Lesbian Archives
- Vancouver Outdoor Club for Women
- Pride in the great outdoors, interview with Kelly Moon about the Vancouver Outdoor Club for Women (June 2022)
- Interview with Joey Hartman, Labour Heritage Centre, where they discuss working with activists at RayCam community center (April 2024)
- Black Strathcona: Militant Mothers (2014)
Gay Games 1990
- Gay Games: The Lesbian Show, City of Vancouver Archives (1990)
- Celebration ‘90, Gay Games III Catalogue (1990)
- Community Stories: Gay Games III, Digital Museums Canada
Womyn Warriors
Kinesis
- Kinesis Archive collection, UBC Open Collections (various issues)
Queer History on the Drive
- A trip down Commercial Drive’s queer memory lane, Xtra Magazine article by James Loewen (October 2007)
- AIDS Activist History, Vancouver Interviews (September 2016)
- Timeline of lesbian milestones in BC, Xtra Magazine article (November 2012)
- Queering Vancouver: the Work of the LGBTQ Advisory Committee, 2009-2014, Catherine Murray (2015/2016)
- Queer Scapes: Patterns and Processes of Gay Male and Lesbian Spatialisation in Vancouver, BC, Anne-Marie Bouthillette (1995)
- Queerly Familial: Canadian Histories of Queer Reproduction, Parenting and Activism, 1968-2005, Erin Gallagher-Cohoon
- Queer Vancouver: The Past, Present and Future, documentary by Steph and Katie Burlton (EP 1 and EP 2)
- Gay footsteps through time, Xtra Magazine article by Robin Perelle (August 2006)
- ‘Unfit for Publication’ a lavender history of B.C.: The Lesbian Show, City of Vancouver Archives (1986)
Why Softball?
- There’s No Crying in Baseball, But there are Lesbians! Queer History of the AAGPBL, History is Gay podcast
- Transition of Women’s Baseball: An Overview, Gai Berlage (September 2001)
- Women and Baseball? Jessica Coltrin (June 2006)
- A Lavender League of Their Own? Voice and Visibility of Lesbian Ballplayers, Peter Dreier (2022)
- Revealing the long but hidden history of queer women in sport, Becki L. Ross (2021)
- Making a Scene, Lesbians and Community across Canada 1964-84, Liz Millward (2015)
Trans Inclusion
- Queering Sport: Lesbian Softball Leagues and the Transgender Challenge, Travers (2006)
- Mabel League objects to Outgames’ trans policy, Xtra Magazine article by Doerthe Keilholz (November 2010)
- Mamela v. Vancouver Lesbian Connection (1999)
- Women and nonbinary people’s understandings of their sports-based activism, Hannah Sanvido (2023)
- Mabel Diversity and Inclusion Policy (created August 2023, revised May 2024)
Alumni stories and additional information included throughout the document provided via email and through in-person interviews with Mabel alumni. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed their time and stories.
If you have a Mabel story to tell or more information about the history of the league to share, please reach out to Zoë at (member-at-large email to be provided soon!).