December 13 Toronto Gay community […]
When
1979-12-13
Description
December 13 Toronto Gay community representatives Gerald Hannon, Rev. Brent Hawkes, George Hislop, John Alan Lee, and Brian Mossop met with the minorities subcommittee of the Metropolitan Board of Commissioners of Police to demand an end to police entrapment of gays in parks and washrooms. One hundred and ninety gay men had been arrested in Toronto during 1979 and charged with sexual offences.
All Events
October 29 Toronto In his capacity […]July–September Toronto Undercover […]May–June Toronto A police entrapment […]All Places
TorontoAll People
Brian MossopJohn LeeGeorge HislopBrent HawkesGerald HannonAll Organizations
Metropolitan Board of Commissioners of Police, Metropolitan Police CommissionAll Citations
Robert Trow, "Stop Police Entrapment, Gays Tell Cop Commission Subcommittee," Body Politic, no. 60 (1980), p. 14.George Hislop, "190 Gay Men Arrested in Metro in 1979," RTPC Newsbreak (Toronto), (March 1980), p. 2Ann Hansen, "Gay Groups Gain Ground with Cops in Push Sparked by Washroom Arrest Death," Toronto Clarion, 16–29 April 1980, p. 3"Full Human Rights Commission to Meet with CGRO December 13," It's Your Move, 2, no. 1 (31 October 1979): (1)"Every 46 Hours and Eight Minutes," Body Politic, no. 61 (1980), pp. 1, 10"Arresting Figures: 190 in 1979," Body Politic, no. 61 (1980), p. 10
