Anne Fulton (activist)

Anne Fulton
Born	(1951-07-25)25 July 1951 Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	2 November 2015(2015-11-02) (aged 64)
Occupations	Counsellor writer
Known for	LGBT activism

Anne Fulton (25 July 1951 – 2 November 2015) was a Canadian activist in Nova Scotia, considered to be a founding mother of the LGBT community in Halifax. Fulton was among the founding members of the Gay Alliance for Equality, and was involved with many gatherings and demonstrations of LGBT activists in Halifax throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Fulton contributed to a number of publications in Canada such as The Voice, Lesbian Canada Lesbienne and The Sisters' Lightship.

Life

Anne Fulton was born on 25 July 1951 in Woodstock, New Brunswick to parents Robinson and Hazel Fulton. She earned a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Education, and a Master of Arts in counselling, and worked as a self-employed counsellor in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In 1973, Fulton was a founding member of the Gay Alliance for Equality, which was the first gay and lesbian activist organization in Nova Scotia. She is thus considered to be a founding mother of the LGBT community in Halifax. Throughout the 1970s, Fulton was actively involved in many gatherings of LGBT activists in Halifax. She was notably present at the first gay demonstration held in Atlantic Canada, which was organized in opposition to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation refusing to air a public service announcement concerning a help line for gay people known as GayLine, of which Fulton was one of the first volunteers.

As a writer, Fulton contributed to publications such as The Voice, as well as one-issue lesbian publications such as Lesbian Canada Lesbienne and The Sisters' Lightship.

Fulton died from a heart attack on 2 November 2015.

Selected publications

• Fulton, Anne (April 1985). "Halifax fights lesbian purge". Rites for Lesbian and Gay Liberation. Toronto, ON: Rites Publishing. p. n4. Retrieved 4 June 2025 – via Archive.org.

See also

• Halifax Pride
• LGBT rights in Canada

References

Sources

• Rose, Rebecca (11 February 2016). "Memories of a founding mother of gay and lesbian activism". The Coast. Halifax, NS. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
• Rose, Rebecca (21 July 2016). "Before the parade". The Coast. Halifax, NS. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
• Deveau, Leo (28 October 2019). "This week in Nova Scotia history: Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2019". The Chronicle Herald. Halifax, NS: Postmedia Network. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
• "Halifax Pride: In memory of Anne Fulton" (PDF). Metro Guide. Halifax, NS: Halifax Pride. 2016. p. 9. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
• "The beginnings" (PDF). gay.hfxns.org. 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
• "Obituary of Anne Fulton". Hogg Funerals. 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2025.

Further reading

Books

• Kinsman, Gary; Gentile, Patrizia (2010). The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. UBC Press: Vancouver, BC. pp. 241–242. ISBN 978-0-7748-5902-8. OCLC 424086445.
• Rose, Rebecca (2020). Before the Parade: A History of Halifax's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Communities, 1972-1984. Toronto, ON: Nimbus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7710-8782-7. OCLC 1164504032.
• Setterington, Ken (2022). Righting Canada's Wrongs: The LGBT Purge and the Fight for Equal Rights in Canada. Toronto, ON: James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 978-1-4594-1619-2. OCLC 1258974883.

Articles

• Valelly, Jonathan (May 2020). "Before the Parade: A History of Halifax's Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Communities 1972–1984 (review)". Quill & Quire. Toronto, ON: St. Joseph Media. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
• MacKay, Daniel (19 February 2019). "Review: Before the Parade". Wayves Magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
• "Woman of the Month: Anne Fulton" (PDF). Halifax Women's History Society Monthly Newsletter (5): 1–2. November 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2025.

External links

• Anne Fulton – via Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia
• Blown With the Wind by Anne Fulton, a playscript produced in Halifax – via The ArQuives
• Anne Fulton sound recording – via The ArQuives
• The Jury Room: Halifax, Nova Scotia – via Historic Places Days
• Green Lantern Building: Halifax, Nova Scotia – via Historic Places Days