February 1 Toronto About fifty-five […]

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1971-02-01

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February 1 Toronto About fifty-five people attended the first public meeting of CHAT, held at Holy Trinity Church. The meeting was chaired by George Hislop, the group's interim director. Hislop gave a general introduction concerning CHAT'S immediate goals as a service organization for the homophile movement in Toronto, namely the opening of an office and the operation of an educational and distress phone service, CHAT'S aim was to attain gay liberation by working through the existing political system and to sponsor social activities (such as dances) that would be a personal growth alternative to the Toronto gay ghetto. Hislop also introduced the other members of CHAT'S steering committee including Pat Murphy, one of the key lesbian organizers. In addition, Charles Hill of UTHA gave a talk about the homophile movement in Toronto. Before the opening of CHAT'S community centre in February 1972, CHAT'S office was located upstairs at 6 Charles Street E.; general meetings and events were held mostly at Holy Trinity Church, CHAT grew to become one of the major lesbian and gay organizations in Canada during the 1970s. It cooperated with various social agencies, sent speakers to high schools, monitored gay-related court cases, provided legal, medical, and psychiatric referrals, and lobbied government and police officials, CHAT officially disbanded at the end of 1977. (see also December 11, 1970.)

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December 11 Toronto During an […]

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CHAT Office CHAT Centre Holy Trinity Church Toronto

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Charlie Hill Patricia Murphy George Hislop

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University of Toronto Homophile Association UTHA Community Homophile Association of Toronto CHAT

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Peter Zorzi, Queer Catharsis (Toronto: The Author, 1992), pp, 28-32.Hartley Steward, "Coming Out in Toronto," Toronto Life, March 1972, pp, 41-45;Becki L. Ross, The House That Jill Built: A Lesbian Nation in Formation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995), pp, 34-35;"Ron and George Have Been Trying to Get Along for 14 Years, Just Like a Lot of Other Couples," Canadian Magazine, 27 May 1972, p, 6;Dan Proudfoot, "George Hislop: Straight Talk from the City's Most Out-Front Gay," Toronto Sunday Sun, 16 November 1975, pp. M4—M5;Lanny Nielsen, "CHAT Cheers Homophile Community," Ryersonian (Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto), 15 February 1972, p. 4;"Man to Man" (interviewing George Hislop), Exclusive Male I (January 1972): 30-31;Penny Kome, "Couples: Portrait of the Homophiles as Just Plain Folks," Maclean's, December 1972, pp, 44—45, 62, 64;George Hislop papers, 94-018, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;"Guerilla and Friends: CHAT," Guerilla 2 (7 June 1972): 4;Margaret Fulford, ed,. The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960–1990: A Guide to Archival Resources/Le mouvement canadien des femmes, 1960–1990: guide de ressources archivistiques (Toronto: Canadian Women's Movement Archives/ECW Press, 1992), entry 377;Chris Fox, "CHAT: Community Homophile Association of Toronto," Toronto Women's Liberation Movement Newsletter, September 1971, p, 7;Val Edwards, "The Time, the Place, and the Person," Body Politic, no, 68 (1980), pp. 22-25;Linda Diebel, " 'You're Driven Underground and Then Pursued There': Homosexuals in Toronto," Toronto Telegram, metro night ed,, 31 March 1971, p. 19;" Community Homophile Association of Toronto (CHAT)" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;Community Homophile Association of Toronto (CHAT) papers, 82-001, 82-023, plus inventory, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;

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