June 19 Montréal CHAR/GCAR organized […]
When
1976-06-19
Description
June 19 Montréal CHAR/GCAR organized the largest Canadian gay demonstration and march to date, which protested police harassment of gay bars and bathhouses in an attempt to "clean up" Montréal for the forthcoming Summer Olympics. Three hundred people marched from Dominion Square past Premier Bourassa's office, COJO headquarters, and City Hall, to Viger Square, where a large rally was held to demand an end to police raids and the dropping of all charges laid against the men arrested in the recent baths raids. (See also June 24, 1976.)
All Events
June 24 Montréal Stuart Russell, a […]May 20 Montréal The Comité […]All Places
Viger SquareCity Hall (Montreal)Dominion SquareMontrealAll Organizations
Comite Organisateur des Jeux Olympiques de Montreal 1976Service de police de la Ville de Montreal/Montreal Police ServiceThe Comité homosexuel anti-repression/Gay Coalition against Repression CHAR GCAR, Association pour les droits des gai(e)s du Québec ADGQ, L’association pour les droits de la communauté gaie du Québec ADGQAll Citations
Stuart Russell, "Montreal Gays Protest Police Raids," Labor Challenge, 5 July 1976, p. 8.S.R. (Stuart Russell), "Gays Organize against Olympic Crackdown," Gay Rising, Summer 1976, pp. 1, 7"Olympics: State Attacks Gays" (editorial), Gay Tide, 3, no. 3 (August 1976): 2"Olympic Crackdown," Body Politic, no. 25 (1976), pp. 1, 17(Robin Metcalfe), "Olympic Clean-up Campaign," Voice (GAE, Halifax), no. 1 (July 1976), p. (10)"Local Gays Protest Police 'Repression,'" Sunday Express (Montréal), 20 June 1976, p. 4Huguette Laprise, "Les homosexuels: manifestation contre la répression policière," La Presse (Montréal), 21 June 1976, p. D13G.K. (Gary Kinsman), "Montreal: Gays Fight Olympic Repression," Old Mole (RMG, Toronto), July–August 1976, p. 6David B. Goodstein, "Pre-Olympic Cleanups: 150 Arrested, Montreal Baths Close," The Advocate, 30 June 1976, p. 9David Garmaise, "Gays Protest Police Harassment," GO Info, 3, no. 3 (June–July 1976): 2Anne Fulton, "A Personal Reaction to the Cleanup," Voice (GAE, Halifax), no. 1 (July 1976), pp. (11–12)Jocelyne Depatie, "300 homosexuels dans la rue pour se plaindre de... La Police!" Journal de Montréal, 20 June 1976, p. 11Ron Dayman, "Montreal Community Rallies," Gay Tide, 3, no. 3 (August 1976): 3"Le CHAR dans la rue," Dimanche-Matin (Montréal), four star ed., 20 June 1976, p. 2"Appuis importants au CHAR," Gay Montréal, 1, no. 10 (10 August 1976): 3
