February 18 Toronto Thirty-five men […]
When
1974-02-18
Description
February 18 Toronto Thirty-five men and women picketed the offices of the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on University Avenue in a demonstration organized by GATE (Toronto). They were protesting the Commission's failure to respond to the brief "The Homosexual Minority and the Ontario Human Rights Code," submitted in August 1973, which called for the inclusion of sexual orientation in the Ontario Human Rights Code. Eight of the protesters were able to meet directly with Robert McPhee, director of the Commission. The picket also led to a meeting with the full Commission on March 1, 1974. (see also March 1, 1974.)
All Events
August 24 Toronto The brief "Ontario […]March 1 Toronto Representatives of […]August 21 Toronto A coalition of […]All Places
OHRC OfficeTorontoAll People
Robert McPheeAll Organizations
Gay Alliance toward Equality GATEOntario Human Rights CommissionAll Monograph
Ontario Human Rights CodeAll Citations
"Rights Commissioners Renege: GATE Demo Wins Meeting," Body Politic, no. 12 (1974), p. 5."Pickets Demand Equal Gay Rights," Metro Community News 1 (22 February 1974): 1,3;"Gays Screwed by OHRC: In Ontario," Gay Tide 1 (April 1974): 3, 6;"Gays Protest Stalling by Human Rights Commission," Varsity (Univ. of Toronto), 27 February 1974, p. 15;Don Brant, "Our Task," Body Politic, no. 12 (1974), p. 2;"Board Refuses to Set Gay Rights Pace: Only for Heterosexuals?" Advocate (Los Angeles), no. 134 (1974), p. 19;
