December 1 Toronto The interfaith […]
When
1979-12-01
Description
December 1 Toronto The interfaith funding agency PLURA (Presbyterian, Lutheran, United, Roman Catholic, Anglican) awarded a grant of $4,000 to the Human Rights Campaign Committee ofCGRO. The grant was used to employ Robin Hardy as a full-time grassroots organizer in small towns and rural areas of Ontario, beginning March 3, 1980. This was part of CGRO's push for the inclusion of sexual orientation in the Ontario Human Rights Code.
All Places
TorontoAll People
Robin HardyAll Organizations
PLURA (Presbyterian, Lutheran, United, Roman Catholic, Anglican)All Monograph
Ontario Human Rights CodeAll Citations
"Robin Is on the Road," It's Your Move, 3, no. 1 (15 April 1980): 1–2."Paid Organizer Sought," Metro Community News 7 (1 February 1980): 11"Operation Outreach" (advertisement), Body Politic, no. 62 (1980), p. 21P.M. (Peter Maloney), "CGRO Gets $4,000 from Established Churches," Metro Community News 7 (7 December 1979): 3Ross Irwin, "Church Group to Pay for Gay Organizer," Body Politic, no. 60 (1980), p. 13Claire Hoy, "Morality vs. Perversity: Church Group Aids Homosexuals" (column), Toronto Sun, final ed., 21 December 1979, p. 8Gerald Hannon, "On the Road with Outreach: Creating a Sense of Family from Toronto to Thunder Bay," Body Politic, no. 64 (1980), p. 14"Grassroots Organizing," It's Your Move, (June 1980), pp. 3–4"Coming Soon to a Small Town Near You," Body Politic, no. 62 (1980), p. 14Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario (CGRO) papers , accession 1989–006, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto"Churches Give CGRO a $4,000 Grant for Grass-roots Organizing," It's Your Move, 2, no. 3 (31 December 1979): 3Chris Bearchell, "Gay from Toronto to Thunder Bay," Body Politic, no. 66 (1980), p. 13
