March 12 Kingston, Ont. About thirty […]
When
1977-03-12
Description
March 12 Kingston, Ont. About thirty people, representing QHA and other groups, picketed the King's Lounge, a new downtown bar, due to its prohibition of male same-sex dancing. The demonstration drew a crowd of more than a hundred spectators, as well as reporters from the Whig-Standard and local radio and television stations. This was the first gay demonstration held in Kingston.
All Places
King's LoungeKingstonAll Organizations
The Québec's Homophile AssociationAll Periodicals
Whig-StandardAll Citations
Sarah Yarnell, "Can't Dance at Disco Bar, Gays Picket," Queen's Journal (Queen's Univ., Kingston), 15 March 1977."Queen's Students Demonstrate for Rights," Golden Words (Kingston), 16 March 1977Ann Lukits, "Lounge Orders Homosexual Males Off the Dance Floor: 30 Pickets Call for Same-sex Dancing," Whig-Standard (Kingston), final ed., 14 March 1977, p. 29"Kingston Bar Sells Sexism," QHA News (Kingston), 1, no. 3 (March 1977): 4John Higgins, "Bar's Policy Produces First Gay Demo," Body Politic, no. 32 (1977), pp. 4–5
