July 27–August 6 Vancouver Gay Unity […]
When
1979-07-27 – 1979-08-06
Description
July 27–August 6 Vancouver Gay Unity Week was held, and focused on various social events including a picnic held in Mission, B.C., on August 5. One highlight of the week occurred on July 31, when almost 300 people attended a public meeting held at the West End Community Centre (WECC) to discuss increasing violence against gays and lesbians in Vancouver. GATE (Vancouver) sponsored the meeting. Audience members claimed that a recent "clean-up" campaign organized by Vancouver city council had caused some of the violence. The meeting was temporarily disrupted when an assailant threw a stink bomb into the auditorium. Resolutions were passed calling on Mayor Jack Volrich and police to stop ignoring crimes against gays, and also endorsing a rally against anti-gay violence to be held August 11, 1979. (See also August 11, 1979.)
All Events
August 11 Vancouver More than 400 […]All Places
West End Community CentreMissionVancouverAll People
Jack VolrichAll Organizations
Vancouver City CouncilGay Alliance toward Equality GATE VancouverAll Citations
Russ Wodell, "Versions of Violence," SEARCH News, 2, no. 6 (September–October 1979): 5."Vancouver Anti-gay Violence," After Stonewall, no. 9 (1979), p. 4"Stink Bomb Disrupts Homosexual Rally," Vancouver Sun, four star ed., 1 August 1979, p. F7"Pride Week in Progress," West Ender (Vancouver), 2 August 1979, p. 6Ken Popert, "The Sounds of Violence," Body Politic, no. 56 (1979), p. 20Ken Popert, "Pacific Gays and Lesbians Rally to Combat Rising Street Violence," Body Politic, no. 56 (1979), pp. 8, 15Norman Poole, "Gays Protest Seafest Violence," West Ender (Vancouver), 2 August 1979, p. 6Geoff Mains, "Vancouver Gay Unity," SEARCH News, 2, no. 5 (June–July 1979): 1–2Geoff Mains, "'A Lot Can Be Gained by Working Together,'" Body Politic, no. 59 (1979–80), p. 7"Gay Unity Picnic," West Ender (Vancouver), 16 August 1979, p. 8"Anti-gay Violence. Self Defence: An Ongoing Response," Gay Tide, no. 23 (1979), p. (3)
