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November 12 Montréal At the annual […]
When
1980-11-12
Description
November 12 Montréal At the annual meeting of the Montreal Metropolitan Social Services Centre/Centre de services sociaux du Montréal Métropolitain (MMSSC/CSSMM), which served eastern Montréal, the agency committed itself to hiring five people specifically to serve the lesbian and gay communities. More than one hundred lesbians and gays attended the meeting, making up the majority in the audience. Several gay organizations had asked people to attend because they had been lobbying unsuccessfully for five years to have such positions created. The Ville Marie Social Services Centre, which served western Montréal, had offered a variety of services to lesbians and gays for more than five years, and had a gay man and a lesbian on staff. The November 12 meeting also approved the creation of an advisory committee composed of representatives of the lesbian and gay communities.
