Partial round-up of Montreal's feminist groups

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Montreal's Roundtable of Women's Groups recently put out a useful pamphlet attempting to demystify and destigmatize lesbian immigrants.
    Apparently many Canadians believe that some women come to the country as a Lesbians-until-accepted-as-refugees.
   The notion that refugee claimants often fake sexual repression back home just to get accepted into Canada is apparently widespread and incorrect as they note in their pamphlet.
   Although when perusing the pamphlet it occurred to me that the group might've considered illustrating the pamphlet with real lesbians rather than with stock images of random women used for other purposes, such as for a breast-health centre (image 1), a Dutch poverty resource (2), and an abortion clinic (3).
   I don't mean to diminish the fine work this group surely does, but I'm still unsure which groups mean to cover which bases in the local quilt of feminist groups, which also includes something called  The Montreal Women's Council (Le conseil des Montrealaises).
   That group is organized by the City of Montreal has existed since 2004. It consists of 15 commissioners and two full-time staffers. They put out an occasional paper about women doing too much of the housework and such stuff. I would have applied for a seat on the council just because it'd be uh..interesting to stand up for the males of the species, but it turns out those who serve this fine duty are unpaid, although there are two full time, paid staffers in the group, as I have been told by a representative.