May 3 Victoria, B.C. Almost a […]
When
1979-05-03
Description
May 3 Victoria, B.C. Almost a hundred people attended a "Public Indignation Meeting" at which the Coalition for Human Rights, a group representing minorities in the Victoria area, called for the resignation of members of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission after insulting remarks were made by several commissioners about women and gays at a commission meeting held on April 3, 1979, and also later in the press. (See also December 7–9, 1979.)
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December 7–9 Vancouver The British […]April 3 Victoria, B.C. During a […]All Places
VictoriaAll Organizations
British Columbia Human Rights CommissionCoalition for Human RightsAll Citations
Ric Langford, "Rights Officials Make Jokes, Group Demands Resignations," Body Politic, no. 53 (1979), p. 15.Stephen Hume, "Gays Can Sometimes 'Prey'—Rights Commissioner," Victoria Colonist, 15 April 1979, p. 9Stephen Hume, "Candidates Berate Rights Body," Victoria Colonist, 5 May 1979, p. 10"H.R. Commission Still Defective," SPAG News (Vancouver), 1, no. 9 (July–August 1979): 9"Homosexual Teachers Get Backing from Ruff," Vancouver Express, 18 April 1979, pp. A1–A2
