March 19 Toronto Eight gay fathers […]
When
1978-03-19
Description
March 19 Toronto Eight gay fathers and three children attended the first meeting of Gay Fathers of Toronto (GFT). This inaugural meeting of the group was convened by Michael Lynch at his home after he had received letters from gay fathers responding to an article about him and his son Stefan, published in the Globe and Mail.
All Places
TorontoAll People
StefanMichael LynchAll Organizations
Gay Fathers of TorontoAll Periodicals
The Globe and Mail, The Globe MagazineAll Citations
"You Are Not Alone: Gay Fathers Find a Warm Welcome at Toronto's GFT," Body Politic, no. 60 (1980), p. 41.Barbara Yaffe, "It Seems All Right to Him to Care for His Son, But Society Doesn't Agree, Homosexual Says," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 30 March 1978, p. 5Lorna Weir, "Competitive Suffering" (letter), Body Politic, no. 43 (1978), p. 2Michael Lynch, "Forgotten Fathers," Body Politic, no. 42 (1978), pp. 1, 10–12Thomas B. Greenfield papers , accession 1992–087, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto
