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George Hislop was a gay rights activist and the first openly gay person to run for municipal office in Canada. He co-founded the Community Homophile Association of Toronto (CHAT) in 1971, and was an organizer of We Demand, a gay rights demonstration on Parliament Hill in August 1971. As an owner of the Barracks bathhouse, Hislop was charged with being a keeper of a common bawdy house, but was later acquitted. He spoke at rallies, conferences, and events on the topic of homosexuality and gay liberation.

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190 Gay Men Arrested in Metro in 1979 Entrapment Toronto Update: Directions to Note Address by George Hislop, President of CHAT Given on Saturday, August 18,1973 From the President's Pen 'Homosexuality Shouldn't Be Cured' Gay Liberation For Sale or Rent

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George Hislop papers, 94-018, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;

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Address by George Hislop, President […]

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