Barbara Findlay
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| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | LGBT rights activism |
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Barbara Findlay, better known as barbara findlay[lower-alpha 1] QC is a longtime LGBT rights activist. She is the subject of the documentary in particular, barbara findlay.
Early life
Findlay has a BA from Queen's University. She later studied at the University of British Columbia, obtaining both a Master of Arts in sociology and an LLB.[2][3]
In the 1960s, findlay was admitted to a psychiatric ward against her will during her first year of university for admitting she was attracted to women.[4][5]
Career
Findlay was called to the bar in 1977.[3] She began practicing law soon after Canada's decriminalization of homosexuality.[6] Findlay is a founding member of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference (SOGIC), a queer lawyer group that is part of the Canadian Bar Association, and the December 9 Coalition. She is also a member of Alliance of Women Against Racism Etc (AWARE).[7] Findlay has a law practice in British Columbia specializing in family law for LGBT and child custody cases.[2] Findlay has been involved in many cases centring around trans rights, including Kimberley Nixon v. Vancouver Rape Relief Society.[7][8]
Findlay's life and career are chronicled in the documentary in particular, barbara findlay.[2][4] The film was directed by Becca Pluce.[9]
Findlay has also led workshops at Room Magazine's literary festival, Growing Room.[10] She is featured in Making Room: Forty Years of Room Magazine in the photo essay "The Cancer Year" (with Dorothy Elias).[11]
Personal life
Findlay lives with her partner, Sheila Gilhooly, in British Columbia.[4] She describes herself as "a white, cisgender, lesbian, activist lawyer with physical disabilities".[12][13]
Awards
In 2001, findlay was appointed to the Queen's Counsel.[14] In 2005, she was given an award of merit from the Sexual Diversity Studies Department at the University of Toronto.[15] In 2013, findlay was awarded a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal.[7]
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