August Montréal International Sex […]
When
1967-08
Description
August Montréal International Sex Equality Anonymous (ISEA), an educational and social homophile organization, was founded by Paul Bédard. During 1967-68 Bédard was also involved with the Club Cherrier, 847, rue Cherrier, a discreet, semi-private mixed club for men. In September 1968, Bédard was acquitted of charges of gross indecency and contributing to juvenile delinquency after a member of the club was found to have used it to recruit customers for young male hustlers. By April 1969, Bédard and ISEA had opened the Gemini I Club at 1285, boul. Maisonneuve O. ISEA was active until at least 1971. (See also April 19, 1969, and September 13, 1969.)
All Events
September 13 Canada A four-page […]April 19 Montréal Gemini I, a social […]All Places
Gemini I ClubClub CherrierMontrealAll People
Paul BédardAll Organizations
International Sex Equality Anonymous ISEAAll Citations
"Le president du club des 'homophiles' est acquitté," La Presse, metro ed., 17 September 1968, p. 33."Le president des homophiles acquittal" Montréal-Matin, 17 September 1968Gary Kinsman, " Official Discourse as Sexual Regulation: The Social Organization of the Sexual Policing of Gay Men " (Ph.D. dissertation. University of Toronto, 1989), pp. 402-03ISEA file. University of Toronto Homophile Association (UTHA) papers, 82-006/01, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, TorontoRoss Higgins, "Lives, Oral Narratives, Writing the Past," revised version of a paper delivered at the Out of the Archives Conference, Department of History, York University, North York, Ont., 13-15 January 1994, pp. 14-20"Ceux qui voulaient un jeune garcon n'auraient eu qu'a choisir parmi des photos cataloguies," Le Nouveau Samedi, 31 August 1968, p. 3Levy Beaulieu, "Une explosion de joie chez les 70,000 homosexuels du Quebec," La semaine, 17-23 June 1969, p. 6
