November 20 Winnipeg Thirty-five […]
When
1976-11-20
Description
November 20 Winnipeg Thirty-five members of GFE and others picketed the Manitoba legislature in support of John Damien and for the inclusion of "sexual orientation" in the Manitoba Human Rights Act. Representatives of GFE, the RMG, and the Winnipeg Lesbian Society addressed the crowd. High winds and blowing snow did not deter the protest, which was the largest gay rights demonstration held in Winnipeg to that time.
All Events
November 15 Winnipeg John Damien […]All Places
WinnipegAll People
John DamienAll Organizations
Winnipeg Lesbian Society A Women's PlaceRevolutionary Marxist Group RMG, Revolutionary Workers League, Communist LeagueCampus Gay Club, University of Manitoba, Gays for Equality GFEAll Monograph
Manitoba Human Rights ActAll Citations
Peter J. Stendhal, "Damien's Visit Raises $1,000: Human Rights Commission Put on Defensive," Body Politic, no. 30 (1977), p. 4.Giselle Renault, "Against All Sexual Discrimination!," Old Mole (RMG, Toronto), 26 November 1976, p. 10"Homosexuals Demand Rights," Winnipeg Tribune, 22 November 1976, p. 4"Golden Boy Gazes as Gay March Rages," Gay Tide, no. 15 (February 1977), p. 1"Gays to Demonstrate Lack of Civil Rights," Manitoban (Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg), 18 November 1976, p. 1"Gays' Group Stages Protest," Winnipeg Free Press, 22 November 1976, p. 2
