May 20, 27 Vancouver Members of GATE […]
When
1972-05-20
Description
May 20, 27 Vancouver Members of GATE (Vancouver) boycotted and picketed the newly renovated Castle Hotel pub after an attempt was made by the management to exclude "obviously gay" men from the premises. The pub had hosted a large gay clientele for twenty years but had shown insensitivity to its gay patrons. During 1971, members of GLF had demonstrated outside the pub and had confronted the owner-manager but were unsuccessful. During the GATE picket, one local taxi company refused to pick up fares at the hotel in a show of solidarity with the demonstrators. The protest was opposed by Dick Rulens and members of the CGAA, who crossed the picket line.
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Castle HotelVancouverAll People
Dick RulensAll Organizations
Canadian Gay Activists Alliance CGAAGay Liberation Front GLFGay Alliance toward Equality GATE VancouverAll Citations
Untitled article with photo, Georgia Straight, 25 May-1 June 1972, p. 4."Total Win Possible in Castle Boycott" ("The Gateway" column), Georgia Straight, 8-15 June 1972, p. 17;Photo, Gay Canadian 1 (7 September 1972): 3;"Partial Victory at the Castle Pub" ("The Gateway" column), Georgia Straight, 11-18 May 1972, p. 15;"Partial Pregnancy" (letter), Georgia Straight, 18-25 May 1972, p. 8;"News of the Gay: Vancouver," Body Politic, no. 5 (1972), p. 16;Jearld Moldenhauer and Bob Wallace, "History: Toronto & Vancouver," Gay (supplement to McGill Daily), 24 November 1972, pp. 3, 6;Garry Ker, "Castle Anti-gay" (letter), Georgia Straight, 27 April-4 May 1972, P- 7;"Government Anti-gay?" Georgia Straight, 10—17 August 1972, p. 4;"Gays to Picket Castle Hotel" ("The Gateway" column), Georgia Straight, 18-25 May 1972. p 9;"GATE Galls for Gay Boycott of Castle Hotel" ("The Gateway" column), Georgia Straight, 27 April-4 May 1972, p. 10;"Castle Pub: 'Incredible Lack of Sensitivity,' " Georgia Straight, 2-6 July 1971, p. 2;"Cab Drivers Honour Homosexual Picket in Vancouver," Zodiac Friendship Society/Gemini Club Newsletter 1 (June 1972): 3;
