April 30 Winnipeg Three hundred […]
When
1978-04-30
Description
April 30 Winnipeg Three hundred fifty people demonstrated during a visit by Anita Bryant to the Winnipeg Convention Centre, sponsored by Renaissance Manitoba. This was by far the largest gay demonstration to date in the city, and was organized by the CAAB. WDL sponsored a lesbian concert, which raised funds for the first Lesbian Mothers' Defense Fund (LMDF) in Winnipeg. Bryant's visit also garnered attention for the newly formed organization Manitoba Physicians for Homosexual Understanding, a pro-gay group of six male doctors dedicated to open discussion of homosexuality.
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Winnipeg Convention CentreWinnipegAll People
Anita BryantAll Organizations
Manitoba Physicians for Homosexual UnderstandingLesbian Mothers' Defense FundWages Due LesbiansCoalition to Answer Anita Bryant (Winnipeg)Renaissance ManitobaAll Citations
"Pray for Anita Bryant" (advertisement), Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1978, p. 12.Bob Papi, "Open Letter to the Bishops," Dignity Ottawa Dignité, 2, no. 5 (May 1978): 1–3Terry Ludlam, "Gays Will Protest Anita's Canada Crusade," Georgia Straight, 28 April–5 May 1978, pp. 4–5Manfred Jager, "Homosexuality: Doctors Form Group to Lobby," Winnipeg Free Press, final ed., 26 April 1978, p. 10Vic Grant, "I Won't Open the Door on the Gay Closet" (column), Winnipeg Tribune, final ed., 13 April 1978, p. 2Andrea Goth, "Hundreds Demand Gay, Lesbian Rights," Socialist Voice, 8 May 1978, p. 5Georgette Ganne, "Our Day in the Sunshine: Winnipeg, April 30, 1978" (photographs), After Stonewall, no. 6 (Summer 1978), pp. (10–11)Heather Fletcher, "The Anita Experience," After Stonewall, no. 6 (Summer 1978), p. (14)Walter Davis, "Winnipeg Gays Come Out against Anita," Manitoban (Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg), 25 May 1978, p. 7"'Come Out!,'" Wages for Housework Campaign Bulletin (Toronto), 3, no. 1 (Summer–Fall 1978), p. 2"Bryant Opponents Organize for Visit," Winnipeg Free Press, final ed., 28 April 1978, p. 2"Bryant Hits Canada; Canada Hits Back: The Greens Find the True North Rather More Than Expected," Body Politic, no. 43 (1978), pp. 1, 4John Bertrand, "300 Take to Streets in Anti-Bryant Rally," Winnipeg Tribune, 1 May 1978, pp. 1, 5Isabel Andrews and Neil Glickman, "Responses from Wages Due" (letters), After Stonewall, no. 7 (Fall 1978), p. 13John Allec, "Renaissance: Throwing the First Stone," After Stonewall, no. 6 (Summer 1978), p. 9
