March 26 Montréal Jean Basile (pseud […]
When
1971-03-26
Description
March 26 Montréal Jean Basile (pseud, of Jean-Basile Bezroudnoff) and Georges Khal of the periodical Mainmise initiated meetings that led to the formation of the first francophone gay organization in Quebec, the Front de liberation homosexuelle (FLH). Other early organizers of the group included Normand Bourque, Denis Côté, and Mark Wilson. In its first five months the FLH grew from thirty to 200 members, attracting a wide diversity of men and women with differing goals and ideologies. In November 1971, the more progressive members (including the founders) left when the membership decided to legally incorporate the FLH, and the group became more service- oriented and social. By October the FLH was operating a drop-in centre at 2065, rue St. Denis, which was active until May 1972 when it was closed by order of the City. In June 1972 the centre was reopened at 279, rue Ste. Catherine E. The grand reopening of the centre was raided by the police on June 17-18,1972. As a result, many FLH members were scared away and the group's executive resigned. By the autumn of 1972 the FLH had collapsed. (see also, June 17-18, 1972.)
All Events
June 17-18 Montréal FLH held a dance […]October Montréal The inaugural issue […]All Places
FLH Drop- InMontrealAll People
Mark WilsonDenis CôtéNormand BourqueGeorge KhalJ.B. (Jean Basile)All Organizations
Service de police de la Ville de Montreal/Montreal Police ServiceFront de liberation homosexuelle FLHAll Periodicals
mainmiseAll Citations
Socrate du Quebec, "FLH: un front de liberation des homosexuels â Montreal," Le tiers, no. i (1971), pp. 40—42.Gaétan St-Arnaud, "Le FLH, sept dimensions d'une expérience d'animation socio-culturelle," unpublished student paper, École de service social. Université de Montréal, 8 December 1971, 10 pp. (copy at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto);Gérard Pollender, "Un oasis," Le Berdache, no. 20 (1983), p. 46;Jean LeDerff, "FLH: un front de liberation des homosexuels â Montreal," Le tiers, no. 2 (1972), p. 48;Ross Higgins, "L'impasse linguistique," Sortie, no. 25 (1985), p. 12;Ross Higgins, "Le financement du mouvement gai de Montreal," Sortie, no. 34 (1985-86), pp. 21-23;Gilles Garneau, "Souvenirs, ô souvenirs...," Le Berdache, no. 20 (1981), p. 46;Gilles Garneau, "Pour en savoir plus sur le FLH," Le Berdache, no. 21 (1981), p. 7;Gilles Garneau, "Les militants de la première heure: il y a dix ans naissait le FLH," Le Berdache, no. 20 (1981), pp. 44-45;" FLH " file. University of Toronto Homophile Association (UTHA) papers, 82-006/01, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;"Essai critique sur l'histoire du mouvement gai québécois 1970-1977," in Contribution sur l'histoire du mouvement gai (Montreal: Ligue Ouvrière Revolutionnaire Quatrième Internationale, n.d.), pp. (25-28);Luc Doré, "La libération des homosexuels" (Interview), Liberation, November 1972, p. 10;Luc Doré, "History: Montreal — FLH," Gay (supplement to McGill Daily), 24 November 1972, p. 3;Luc Doré, "Le FLH," Le Berdache, no. 20 (1981), pp. 47-48;Ron Dayman, "Quebec: Five Years of the Movement," Body Politic, no. 29 (1976-77), p. 20;Jean Basile, "Le premier soir," Le Berdache, no. 20 (1981), p. 47;
