June 10 Saskatoon About twenty men […]
When
1975-06-10
Description
June 10 Saskatoon About twenty men and women demonstrated in front of the Star-Phoenix building to protest the paper's refusal to print an ad submitted by the Gay Community Centre. The Centre had sent questionnaires on gay matters to all candidates running in the June 11 provincial election. Nine of the twenty-five candidates in Saskatoon replied: eight were supportive of gay rights, one was negative. The ad refused by the Star-Phoenix listed the results of the poll. This was the first gay picket held in Saskatoon.
All Events
March 3 Ottawa Michel Gravel […]All Places
Star Phoenix BuildingSaskatoonAll Organizations
Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE, Gay Students Alliance GSA, Saskatoon Gay Action, Zodiac Friendship Society, Gay Community Centre of SaskatoonAll Periodicals
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix!All Citations
"Saskatoon Gays Fight Back," Gay West, no. 2 (1975), pp. 6,15."Prairie People Picket Paper," Gay Tide 2 (August 1975): 10;Doug Hellquist, "First Prairie Picket Held," Body Politic, no. 19 (1975), p. 6;Vern Greenshields, "Gay Community Protests Ad Decision: Star-Phoenix Picketed," Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 10 June 1975, p. 3;"GCCS Polls Candidates," Gay West, no. 2 (1975)> P- 7;"During the Past Provincial Election a Campaign Was Undertaken by the GCCS to Poll All the Candidates and Get Their Stand on Gay Rights," Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon Newsletter, August 1975, pp. 1-2;
