September 29 Toronto Humber […]
When
1976-09-29
Description
September 29 Toronto Humber College's Runnymede Neighbourhood Learning Centre began the night school course "The Sociology of Homosexuality," taught by Earl Reidy, despite a sustained campaign against the proposed course based on the fear that it would "promote homosexuality." For example, on August 10, 1976, the Toronto Star published a misleading article on the course entitled "Homosexuality Taught as Way of Life in Humber Course—Will Make It Easier for Others," which was picked up by the Canadian Press wire service and published in newspapers across the country. Additional misleading articles and editorials about the course were published by the Star in the following weeks. This was the first gay studies course offered at an Ontario community college, with twenty-six students enrolled.
All Places
Humber CollegeTorontoAll People
Earl ReidyAll Periodicals
Toronto Daily Star; Toronto StarAll Citations
"Tolerance" (editorial), Gay Rising, October 1976, p. 2"The Star At It Again," Gay Rising, October 1976, pp. 1–2Nicholas Pron, "Homosexuals Aren't Ill Humber Students Told," Toronto Star, two star ed., 30 September 1976, p. B2"Une primeur au Canada," Gay Montréal, 1, no. 12 (7 September 1976): 3Michael Lynch, "Star Fails to Block Course," Body Politic, no. 27 (1976), pp. 6–7"Humber College to Keep Course on Homosexuals," Toronto Star, Saturday ed., 21 August 1976, p. A6"Homosexuality Course Offered," Montreal Gazette, final ed., 11 August 1976, p. 2Stef Donev, "Only 4 Students Enroll in Homosexual Course," Toronto Star, two star ed., 3 September 1976, p. B2Stef Donev, "Homosexuality a Humber Course: A Way of Life," Toronto Star, four star ed., 10 August 1976, p. A3"College Gets Cold Feet over Plans to Teach Homosexuality Course," Toronto Star, four star ed., 18 August 1976, p. A1
