2001, January 17 (Wednesday) * GLOW: Skeleton in the Closet?

Terry Pender, a reporter for the K-W Record informs GLOW that under the Freedom of Information Act, they had secured documents from the RCMP indicating that WUGLM had been the focus of police surveilance in the early 1970s. Jim Parrott was interviewed by the reporter. The article is published on 2001, April 21.
[source: Jim Parrott.]

2001, January 26 (Friday) * GLOW: Boyz & Boys & Girls & Girls Night at the Bomber

The first "Boyz & Boys & Girls & Girls Night" is held at the Bomber. The dance is a take off on the "Boys'N'Girls Night" held weekly at Fed Hall.
[source: Nigel Flear.; the name of the event does not seem quite right in the last half.]

2001, March 15 (Thursday) - March 18 (Sunday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival

The cover title of the Festival booklet read: "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001. Queer Culture on Film. WPIRG's 1st Annual Queer Film Festival, March 15 - 18, 2001, University of Waterloo Davis Centre 1302." A total of seven films were shown. The second page of the Festival booklet began: "Thanks for coming! We'd like to welcome all of you to Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival. We suspect that it's the first of its kind in the Waterloo area and definitely long overdue. What have the tri-cities been waiting for? We're big enough, smart enough, and dammit, good-looking enough too. Besides, launching a 'first' annual film festival in the year marking thirty years of GLOW (Gays and Lesbians Of Waterloo) was too good celebratory event to pass up. ... The Rainbow Reels Organizers: Usha Bhatia, Vanessa Duffy, Trevor Fenton, David Manning, Daryl Novak, Mark Schaan, Steven Singer, and Ron Welker. [And a special thanks to the designer of our logo & poster, Scott Pigeau.]"
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001."]

2001, March 15 (Thursday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Boys Don't Cry

Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Pierce, USA, 1999, 114 min.) was shown on Thursday, March 15, 2001 at 7 pm. "Sponsored by MathSoc. Admission: $2."
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.3 &and p.4.]

2001, March 16 (Friday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, USA, 1995, 102 min.) was shown on Friday, March 16, 2001 at 7 pm.
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001." p.5.]

2001, March 16 (Friday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Ma Vie en Rose

Ma Vie en Rose (Alain Berliner, France/Belgium/UK, 1997, 89 min.) was shown on Friday, March 16, 2001 at 9 pm.
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.5.]

2001, March 16 (Friday) * GLOW: 30th Anniversary: Boys'n'Boyz and Girls'n'Grrls Night

GLOW's 30th anniversary is marked with the second "Boys'n'Boyz and Girls'n'Grrls Night" at the Bomber.
[source: Nigel Flear and a booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.3.]

2001, March 17 (Saturday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Chocolate Babies

Chocolate Babies (Stephen Winter, USA, 1997, 83 min.) was shown on Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 7 pm.
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.6]

2001, March 17 (Saturday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Show Me Love

Show Me Love (Lucas Moodysson, Sweden, 1999, 89 min.) was shown on Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 9 pm.
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.6]

2001, March 17 (Saturday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Club Rennaisance

Club Rennaisance waived the cover charge for Saturday evening for anyone with a Festival coupon.
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.3.]

2001, March 18 (Sunday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Wine & Cheese

A wine & cheese reception was held on March 18 (Sunday), 2001 at 7 pm in Davis Centre Room 1301, with a cash bar.
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.3.]

2001, March 18 (Sunday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Slutty Shorts

A selection of short films, entitled Slutty Shorts was shown on Sunday, March 18, 2001 beginning at 8 pm. Films screened included: GO Dyke GO! (Maureen Bradley, Canada, 1998, 10 min.); Why I Stopped Going to Foreign Films (Steve Reinke, Canada, 1997, 5 min.); Toilet Mouth (Velveeta Crisp, Canada, 1999, 4 min.); Andy (Steve Reinke, Canada, 1997, 8 min.); and Below the Belt (Laune Colbert and Dominique Cardona, USA, 1999, 12 min.)
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.7.]

2001, March 18 (Sunday) * WPIRG: Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival: Relax! It's Just Sex!

Relax! It's Just Sex! (P.J. Castellaneta, USA, 1998, 108 min.) was shown on Sunday, March 18, 2001 at 9 pm.
[source: A booklet entitled "Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival March 2001," p.7.]

2001, April 21 (Saturday) * GLOW: K-W Record Exposé of RCMP Surveillance

Terry Pender, with the K-W Record, reported that more than 2,000 pages of once-secret documents had been obtained by The Record under the federal Access to Information Act. These documents made it clear that many groups and individuals on university campuses in Waterloo and Guelph had been under RCMP surveillance from August 1967 to December 1983. Among those under RCMP surveillance was WUGLM. Jim Parrott was one of many people interviewed by the reporter.
[source: The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario), April 21, 2001 Saturday Final Edition; article entitled: Cold War on Campus; RCMP kept close eye on student radicals in late '60s and early '70s.]

2001, May 5 (Saturday) * Friends of Dorothy Bowling League: Charity Tournament

"Charity Tournament: May 5, 2001. Raised for: Canadian Cancer Society $573.50. The Hospital for Sick Children (Paediatric AIDS fund) $573.50."
[source: a document written by Diane Kilby on the history of the Friends of Dorothy Bowling League from 1999-2005 (Jim Parrott has a copy).]

2001, June 8 (Friday) - June 10 (Saturday) * Pride Weekend 2001: Imagine: Be a Dreamer

Events were planned for Friday (June 8), Saturday (June 9) and Sunday (June 10). The theme was Pride 2001 Imagine: Be a Dreamer, and the sponsor was Waterloo-Wellington Regional Pride.
[source: inside front cover of The Voice, Volume Three, Issue 8, May 2001.]

2001, June 8 (Friday) * Pride 2001: Rainbow Chorus Concert

"At Kitcheners Victoria Park Pavilion - Rainbow Chorus Presents a Musical Concert The 'Rainbow Diary' 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. This will be followed by partying at Club Ren."
[source: inside front cover of The Voice, Volume Three, Issue 8, May 2001.]

2001, June 9 (Saturday) * Pride 2001: Roos Island Festivities

"Waterloo-Wellington Regional Pride Presents Pride 2001 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Roos Island in Kitchener's Victoria Park. Kick-off at noon with the 'Hate-Free-Zone Ribbon' being wrapped around the island to the tune of John Lennon's inspiring song 'Imagine.' This year's entertainment will feature Chris Edwards, the Ren Girls, and Sarah Dillon and Connie Buna, known as 'Removable Red.' Following our Pride-in-the-Park Celebration there is plenty of high-energy fun at Club Ren's First Annual 'White Ball.' For those of you in Guelph and surrounding area the Rainbow Chorus will be holding a dance at 611 Silvercreek."
[source: inside front cover of The Voice, Volume Three, Issue 8, May 2001.]

"The 2001 Pride Celebration followed in the footsteps of earlier years, again at Roos Island. Titled Imagine: Be A Dreamer, it once again featured a beer garden, BBQ, music, various entertainers and lots of information tables."
[source: Pride Guide 2006, May 27th - June 4th, p.29.]

2001, June 10 (Sunday) * Pride 2001: Other Activities

"First Unitarian Congregation of Waterloo and Guelph Unitarian Fellowship will hold LGBT-affirming services for Waterloo & Wellington Regions. 'JAMMIN PRIDE' will take place from 2:00 to late Sunday at the Wholistic Health Juice Bar & Lounge, at 119 King Street West, Kitchener. Bring your guitar or other musical instrument and join the jam or just come and listen."
[source: inside front cover of The Voice, Volume Three, Issue 8, May 2001.]

2001, July 7 (Saturday) * Friends of Dorothy Bowling League: Bowling Banquet

On Saturday July 7, 2001, nearly two months after the conclusion of its second season, the Friends of Dorothy Bowling League had a Bowling Banquet at the Walper Hotel.
[source: a document written by Diane Kilby on the history of the Friends of Dorothy Bowling League from 1999-2005 (Jim Parrott has a copy).]

2001, August 26 (Sunday) * Friends of Dorothy Bowling League: Free Bowling Party

On August 26, 2001, the Friends of Dorothy Bowling League had a Free Bowling Party. This occurred two weeks before the official start of their 2001-2002 season.
[source: a document written by Diane Kilby on the history of the Friends of Dorothy Bowling League from 1999-2005 (Jim Parrott has a copy).]

2001, September 9 (Sunday) * Friends of Dorothy Bowling League: Season 3 (2001-2002) Began

On September 9, 2001, the Friends of Dorothy Bowling League began their Season 3, which ran from September 9, 2001 to April 28, 2002 (32 weeks). League Fees: $10.00 September to December; $11.00 January on. The League had a Charity Tournament on March 9, 2002, and a Bowling Banquet on May 11, 2002. In Season 3, the League had 43 regular bowlers and 8 substitute bowlers, making 11 teams: Wizards of Odd, Rat Pack, Ditzy Divas, Right Up Dorothy's Alley, Wicked Witches, Warrior Princess, No Place Like Homo, Gutter Girls, Ruby Strikers, Dorothy's Dilemma, and Flying Monkeys.
[source: a document written by Diane Kilby on the history of the Friends of Dorothy Bowling League from 1999-2005 (Jim Parrott has a copy).]