November 3 Toronto During a speech […]
When
1979-11-03
Description
November 3 Toronto During a speech at Ontario's first Gay Human Rights Day rally, Scarborough's mayor Gus Harris declared his support for amending the Ontario Human Rights Code to protect sexual orientation. Harris was later barraged by letters and telephone calls, about half of which were negative. The rally and fundraising concert, featuring lesbian feminist stand-up comic Robin Tyler, was organized by the Human Rights Campaign Committee of CGRO and was held at the Faculty of Education Building, University of Toronto, 371 Bloor Street West.
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Faculty of Education BuildingUniversity of TorontoTorontoAll People
Robin TylerGus HarrisAll Monograph
Ontario Human Rights CodeAll Citations
Tom Warner, Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002), pp. 151–52.Paul Trollope, "Scarborough Mayor Adds Support at Gay Human Rights Day Rally," Body Politic, no. 59 (1979–80), p. 13"Scarborough Mayor Supports Gay Human Rights at Robin Tyler Concert," It's Your Move, 2, no. 3 (31 December 1979): 3–4Maureen (McReavy), "Robin Tyler in Concert," Lesbian Perspective (LOOT), December–January 1979–80, p. (2)"Mayor Harris for Code Change," Metro Community News 7 (7 December 1979): 15Stan Josey, "Views Mixed on Mayor's Stand on Homosexual Rights," Toronto Star, four star ed., 12 November 1979, p. A22Karen Henderson, "Our Time Has Come: Opinion," Lesbian Perspective (LOOT), December–January 1979–80, p. (2)Karen Henderson, "Coming Out with Tyler," Lesbian Perspective (LOOT), December–January 1979–80, p. (8)Jon Ferry and Daniel Pearce, "Second Mayor Gives Support to Gay Rights," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 5 November 1979, p. 5Advertisement, Body Politic, no. 57 (1979), p. 2
