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December 10 Toronto Gay activist […]

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1979-12-10

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December 10 Toronto Gay activist George Hislop, under charge in the Barracks case, was elected to a three-year term on the Toronto City Planning Board, a citizen advisory board reporting to city council. Hislop was the first openly gay person to hold public office in Toronto. (See also February 1980 and November 10, 1980.)

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December 9–22 Toronto On December 9, […]

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Barracks BathhouseToronto

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George Hislop

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Toronto City CouncilToronto City Planning Board

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Robert Trow, "First Open Gay at City Hall, Hislop Plans Ward 6 Campaign," Body Politic, no. 59 (1980), p. 13.Peter Maloney, "Gay Politics," Our Toronto, 1, no. 2 (January 1980): 4"Homosexual on Planning Board," Toronto Sun, final ed., 11 December 1979, p. 5
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