May 20 Montréal The Comité […]
When
1976-05-20
Description
May 20 Montréal The Comité homosexuel anti-repression/Gay Coalition against Repression (CHAR/GCAR) was formed to protest a perceived campaign of police harassment, raids on gay establishments, and the arrest of gays as part of an attempt to "clean up" Montréal for the forthcoming Summer Olympics. In October 1976, CHAR/GCAR developed into the Association pour les droits des gai(e)s du Québec (ADGQ), the first gay civil rights organization in Québec. (See also June 19, 1976, and October 30–31, 1976.)
All Events
October 30–31 Montréal Thirty-five […]June 19 Montréal CHAR/GCAR organized […]All Places
MontrealAll Organizations
Service 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
André Rousseau, "Montreal Gays Organize to Stop Cop Attacks," Labor Challenge, 7 June 1976, p. 4.Jean-Guy Prince, "Naissance du CHAR: Les Homosexuels et la loi," Mainmise, August 1976, p. 39Richard Mayrand and Jean-Guy Prince, "Artisan du Comité anti-répression policière, Jean-Guy Prince déclare: 'Mon but est de changer l'image sociale de l'homosexuel'" (interview), Gay Montréal, 1, no. 8 (13 July 1976): 18–19Gary Kinsman and Patrizia Gentile, The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010), pp. 312–13"Les Homos ont créé le CHAR," Montréal Matin, 27 May 1976, p. 20"Gay Group Angered by Police," Montreal Star, 27 May 1976, p. 14"Gay Coalition against Repression (GCAR)" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, TorontoRon Dayman, "Quebec: Five Years of the Movement," Body Politic, no. 29 (1976–77), pp. 20–23R.D. (Ron Dayman), "Police Repression: A National Struggle," NGRC Forum, 1, no. 2 (Summer 1976): 1
