Gender Failure has a long history in Antigonish. Click on the Gender collection in Imagine Antigonish’s Photo Gallery, especially these links:
http://www.imagineantigonish.ca/work-or-play-c-1910/
http://www.imagineantigonish.ca/cross-dressing-c-1910/
http://www.imagineantigonish.ca/the-wild-geese-the-parade-of-mount-st-bernard-academy-women-c1912/