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October 16 Toronto Don Garner, a gay […]

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1980-10-16

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October 16 Toronto Don Garner, a gay man who had been selling his poetry chapbooks at Yonge and Maitland streets, across from the Parkside Tavern, for three years, was charged under a Metro Toronto by-law for selling on the sidewalk without a permit. Garner had applied for a permit every year, but was always refused. The charge was withdrawn on November 14, 1980.

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Parkside TavernToronto

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Ken Popert, "Don Garner: Poet on the Strip," Body Politic, no. 67 (1980), pp. 27–28."Police Acknowledge Charges Wrongly Laid," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 21 November 1980, p. 4"Poetic Licence Not Needed," Body Politic, no. 69 (1980–81), p. 14Ian Mulgrew, "No Metro Poetic Licence: Policeman Lays Charge under Bylaw," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 22 October 1980, p. 5
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