May 16 Toronto The TLBC, the first […]
When
1978-05-16
Description
May 16 Toronto The TLBC, the first association of gay businesses in Canada, had been incorporated in Ontario in 1977 as a non-profit corporation. It was an independent association operated to promote gay business. The council's first president was Michael Laking, and its first general meeting was held May 16, 1978, at Dudes, with representatives of eight businesses present.
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Dudes BarTorontoAll People
Michael LakingAll Organizations
Toronto Lambda Business CouncilAll Citations
" Toronto Lambda Business Council " vertical file , Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto.Ken Popert, "Gay Business: Its Interests, and Ours," Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 18"Metropage," Metro Community News 5 (2 June 1978): 12Michael Laking, "A Gay Business Council?" Standout Magazine (Toronto), 2, no. 2 (1979): 8"Gay Business Is Still Business," Workers' Action, no. 53 (February 1980), p. 9John Belanger, "Being Gay a Fact of Life, and Also One of Business" (column), Toronto Sun, final ed., 25 April 1982, p. 79
