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Proud life - Jane Rule: 1931 - 2007
Memorial piece by Marilyn Schuster, Xtra.ca, Nov 2007
We lost an eloquent, courageous friend when Jane Rule died Nov 27 on Galiano Island, British Columbia surrounded by friends and family; she was 76. American by birth and Canadian by choice, Rule's pioneering work as a writer and activist reached across borders. Read more...
Detained at Customs: Jane Rule testifies at the Little Sister's trial (click to download PDF, approx 5.4 MB)
Read Jane Rule's complete testimony here, republished with permission of Lazara Press
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PHOTOS
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ABOUT JANE
Jane Rule: The woman behind Lesbian Images
The Body Politic, Dec 1975
At home with Jane Rule
Xtra West, Mar 2007
Galiano Island remembers Jane Rule
Xtra.ca, Dec 2007
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ESSAYS
Teaching sexuality
The Body Politic, Jun 1979
Extended care
The Body Politic, Dec 1982
An Act of God: Jane Rule on AIDS & the Fear of Death
The Body Politic, Jul/Aug 1983
Pornography
The Body Politic, Jan 1984
Fantasy
The Body Politic, Jul 1985
Grief: Jane Rule writes about the death of her partner Helen Sonthoff
Go Big, Issue 3, 2001
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COLUMNS
Stumps
The Body Politic, Jul 1979
Letters of the heart
The Body Politic, Sep 1979
Seeing through both eyes
The Body Politic, Nov 1979
Home and mother
The Body Politic, Feb 1980
Fucking pariahs on the schoolroom shelf
The Body Politic, Apr 1980
Reflections
The Body Politic, Sep 1980
Closet burning
The Body Politic, Nov 1980
Belated thanks to Mordecai Richler
The Body Politic, Apr 1981
The myth of genital jealousy
The Body Politic, Nov 1981
Report from the country
The Body Politic, Apr 1982
Free to live
The Body Politic, Mar 1983
The last to know
The Body Politic, May 1983
Walking canes
The Body Politic, June 1984
Border crossings
The Body Politic, Sep 1984
The question of children
The Body Politic, Nov 1984
Straights, come out
The Body Politic, Jan 1985
Hindsight
The Body Politic, Mar 1985
Rulemaking
The Body Politic, June 1985
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REVIEWS OF JANE
In art, in bed: Jane Rule's web
The Body Politic, Mar 1981
Desert of the Heart
Xtra, Jan 2008
Jane Rule's last book, Loving the Difficult
Xtra, Apr 2008
Xtra West, Apr 2008
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REVIEWS BY JANE
Pornography as proof
The Body Politic, Jun 1981
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JANE IN THE NEWS
Jane says no to same-sex marriage
Xtra West, Apr 2001
Icon Jane Rule refuses to apply for survivor benefits
Xtra, Apr 2001
Author calls on all Canadians to lie on census
Xtra, May 2001
The greatest Canadian lesbians
Capital Xtra, Nov 2004
Rekindling intimate ideas in out-of-print gay classics
Capital Xtra, May 2005
The meaning of the marriage vote for the movement
Xtra, Jul 2005
Jane Rule makes list of top reads
Capital Xtra, May 2006
Same-sex marriage is not enough
Capital Xtra, Sep 2006
Jane Rule wins order of Canada
Xtra West, Mar 2007
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OUTSIDE LINKS
rbebout.com
Lives of our own invention — Nov 2002
hillgirlz.com
Jane Rule interview — 2006
library.ubc.ca
list of Jane Rule's papers donated to the University of British Columbia
abcbookworld.com
Jane Rule profile
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BOOK EXCERPTS
Memory Board
An excerpt from Jane Rule's 1987 novel
Desert of the heart
An excerpt from Jane Rule's 1964 novel
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VIDEO
Memorial held for Jane Rule on Galiano Island
Those who remember her share their stories and thoughts
Highlights from the 1994 documentary Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule
Rule speaks about censorship and sexuality issues
Xtra West reading series tribute to Jane Rule
Queers gather to read works, pay respect
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