May 20–22 Toronto The first […]
When
1978-05-20 – 1978-05-22
Description
May 20–22 Toronto The first bi-national gay youth conference was held at the 519 Church Street Community Centre, sponsored by JGM, Young Lesbians Toronto (YLT), and GYT. The conference included workshops on age-of-consent laws, creating gay youth groups, and oppression within the educational system. There were over seventy-five delegates at the conference, almost all of whom were under twenty-five years of age. The conference approved the formation of the Bi-National Gay Youth Coalition, to be headquartered in Montréal and Toronto.
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Montreal519 Community CentreTorontoAll Organizations
Bi-National Gay Youth CoalitionGay Youth TorontoYoung Lesbians Toronto (YLT)Jeunesse gaie de MontréalAll Citations
"Youth Plan National Confab," Body Politic, no. 42 (1978), p. 7.Gary Kinsman, "'Being Nice Never Got Us Anywhere': Gay Youth Organize," Socialist Voice, 5 June 1978, p. 2Robin Hardy, "Heading for the Centre of Their Lives: Impressions of a Slightly Older Youth," Body Politic, no. 44 (1978), p. 4Robin Hardy, "Gay Youth Plan Assault on School System: Conference Fails to Resolve Age of Consent Question," Body Politic, no. 44 (1978), p. 4"Gay Youth Conference," GAGE, no. 2 (October 1978), p. 15"Conference of Young Homosexuals Urges Lower Age of Consent for Sex," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 23 May 1978, p. 5
