February Toronto Gerald Chan and […]
When
1980-02
Description
February Toronto Gerald Chan and Richard Fung placed an advertisement in the Body Politic, asking for gay and lesbian Asians to meet to discuss common interests and concerns. They were joined by Nito Marquez and Tony Souza and began meeting regularly at the 519 Community Centre. This was the beginning of the group Gay Asians Toronto (GAT).
All Places
519 Community CentreTorontoAll People
Tony SouzaNito MarquezRichard FungGerald ChanAll Organizations
Gay Asians TorontoAll Periodicals
The Body PoliticAll Citations
Tom Warner, Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002), p. 185."A Minority Within a Minority: Gay Asians Reconcile Two Communities Through Dialogue and Mutual Support," Body Politic, no. 66 (1980), p. 41Alan Li, "Celebr-Asian," Pink Ink, August 1983, p. 17" Gay Asians Toronto " vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, TorontoRichard Fung, "Gay Asians of Toronto," Asianadian, 5, no. 4 (April/Spring 1984): 9–11Gerald Chan, "Out of the Shadows," Asianadian, 2, no. 1 (Summer 1979): 10–12"Asian & Gay/Lesbian?" (advertisement), Body Politic, no. 60 (1980), p. 12
