March 14 Windsor, Ont. Windsor City […]
When
1977-03-14
Description
March 14 Windsor, Ont. Windsor City Council adopted a resolution prohibiting discrimination against city employees on the basis of sexual orientation. The resolution carried by a narrow margin, four to three, and only after outbursts of homophobic comments from members of council and spectators. WGU had lobbied for support of the resolution. Windsor was the third Canadian city (after Toronto and Ottawa) to pass such a resolution.
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OttawaTorontoWindsorAll Organizations
Windsor Homophile Association, Windsor Gay Unity WGUWindsor City CouncilAll Citations
"Municipal Victory in Windsor," GO Update, April 1977, p. 2.Jim Monk, "City Council Adopts Gay Rights Resolution," Body Politic, no. 32 (1977), p. 4"Homosexuality, Bisexuality, and Heterosexuality Are Now OK for Employees of City of Windsor," Metro Community News 4 (April 1977): 1"Gays to Ask Council for Anti-bias Guarantee," Windsor Star, final ed., 10 March 1977, p. 3"Gays Get Full Rights in Hiring Policy," Windsor Star, final ed., 15 March 1977, p. 5"City Council Victory," Windsor Gay Unity Newsletter, April 1977, p. (1)
