March 12 Regina Representatives of […]
When
1977-03-12
Description
March 12 Regina Representatives of SAHR presented a brief to Ned Shillington, Minister of Cooperation and Cooperative Affairs, urging the Saskatchewan government to include sexual orientation in proposed amendments to the provincial Human Rights Act. SAHR also coordinated what was called "the largest gay rights demonstration ever held on the Prairies." About 125 people marched before the Saskatchewan Legislature in support of the amendment. The marchers were hit by a few eggs and were photographed by undercover policemen. The march was followed by a panel discussion entitled "Perspectives on the Struggle for Gay Liberation," attended by more than seventy-five people. The panel members included Walter Davis (After Stonewall), Mallory Neuman and Bev Siller (activists from Regina), and Doug Wilson (GCCS).
All Places
Saskatchewan LegislatureReginaAll People
Doug WilsonBev SillerMallory NeumanW.D. (Walter Davis)Ned ShillingtonAll Organizations
Saskatchewan GovernmentSaskatchewan Ministry of Cooperation and Cooperative AffairsGay Alliance toward Equality GATE, Gay Students Alliance GSA, Saskatoon Gay Action, Zodiac Friendship Society, Gay Community Centre of SaskatoonRegina Police ServiceSaskatchewan Association on Human RightsAll Periodicals
After StonewallAll Citations
M. Stobbe, "Gays Demand Protection of Rights," Sheaf (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon), 15 March 1977, p. 1.Dick M. Smith, "My First Gay March," After Stonewall, no. 2 (1977), pp. 17–19"SAHR Gay Rights Demonstration," Sheaf (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon), 8 March 1977, p. 5Lloyd Robertson, "Shillington Supports 'Gay Rights,'" Briarpatch, April 1977, pp. 10–11G.H. (Gens Hellquist), "Editorial," Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon News, March 1977, p. (1)Gens Hellquist, "Demonstrators from Two Provinces Converge on Prairie Capital," Body Politic, no. 32 (1977), p. 4"Gays Stage Protest," Regina Leader-Post, 14 March 1977, p. 4Carolyn Deby, "Marchers Protest for Human Rights," Carillon (Univ. of Regina), 17 March 1977, p. 3Lorinda Cayo, "Forum Following March," Carillon (Univ. of Regina), 17 March 1977, p. 3
