Maureen Fitzgerald
From QueerBio.com
Country
Canada
Birth - Death
Occupation
Academic
Description
Professor, University of Toronto. Co-author 'Queerly Canadian: An Introductory Reader in Sexuality Studies'. In the 90’s she was involved in 'Lesbians Making History', a community based history project centred on “gay” women in 50’s and 60’s Toronto. As managing editor of Women’s Press in the 80’s, FitzGerald initiated and fought for the inclusion of lesbian-centred writing, both fiction and non-fiction there. More recent activities have been as co-curator with Don McLeod and Scott Rayter of the Queer Can Lit exhibition at the Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto (2008). Former Director, Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto.
