September 17 Toronto Brian Mossop […]
When
1976-09-17
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September 17 Toronto Brian Mossop was expelled from membership in the Communist Party of Canada (CPC) for "exhibiting an openly hostile attitude toward the Party." Mossop was a gay activist who publicly advocated homosexuality, which was against Party rules.
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Brian Mossop, "Gay and Socialist or Some Reflections of a Commie Fag," Canadian Dimension, June 1980, pp. 49–51.Michael Kaufman, "Gay Activist Expelled," Old Mole (RMG, Toronto), 26 November 1976, p. 10David Gibson, "Communist Party Expels Gay Activist," Body Politic, no. 28 (1976), p. 5Gay Tide and Stuart Russell (interview), "Gay Marxist Speaks Out," Gay Tide, no. 15 (February 1977), pp. 9, 11"Communist Party Expels Gay Activist," Gay Tide, no. 15 (February 1977), p. 2"Brian Mossop Expelled," Canadian Tribune, 11 October 1976, p. 11
