

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Decriminalizing Homosexuality and Other Myths
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 02:15 pm
- **Event Description**: (Postponed from March 3 - please note the new date &amp; time!)

All are welcome to attend this guest talk and Q&amp;A in Prof. Robert Wright’s Queer Criminology class (CRIM 4829). It's on Tuesday, March 10 from 1:00 to 2:15 pm (location to be announced). 

Robin Metcalfe (he/him) is a writer, curator, cultural activist and community historian and community historian of Acadian and Newfoundland ancestry, now living in Sheet Harbour Passage (Weijuik) on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. 

His writing has been published on four continents and in six languages. In half a century of Queer activism, mainly in Halifax, Robin has assembled one of Atlantic Canada's largest archives of Queer materials, which he  has been activating through the Passage Memory Project. 

In 1979 on Robin's initiative, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Coalition proclaimed February 14th a Queer holiday, Pink Triangle Day. Halifax Pride honoured him as Honorary Grand Marshal in 2010. He is the 2SLGBTQIA+ Program Coordinator for SeaHorse Sexual Health Centre and Chair of Sheet Harbour Pride.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/halifax/decriminalizing-homosexuality-and-other-myths/200029784370540
- **Event Categories**: workshops, health-wellness, art, literary-art, holiday
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029784370540?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=halifax-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Halifax
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 923 Robie Street - McNally Building, Halifax, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3
- **lat**: 44.63259
- **long**: -63.58296
- **full address**: 923 Robie Street - McNally Building, Halifax, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: SMArts - Saint Mary's Faculty of Arts (https://allevents.in/org/smarts-saint-marys-faculty-of-arts/13639430)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 923 Robie Street - McNally Building, Halifax, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** SMArts - Saint Mary's Faculty of Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, health-wellness, art, literary-art, holiday
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Decriminalizing Homosexuality and Other Myths ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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