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February 21 Edmonton Doug Whitfield […]

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1980-02-21

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February 21 Edmonton Doug Whitfield of ALGRA filed a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission relating to the Edmonton Journal's refusal on December 3, 1979, to print a classified advertisement for Gay Horizons. The commission found that the Journal had discriminated against Gay Horizons but could not take much action, as it had no legal authority in the matter. The commission's chairman, Bob Lundrigan, wrote to the Journal's publisher J. Patrick O'Callaghan in complaint. O'Callaghan denied that there had been discrimination, and stated that the ad was rejected because Gay Horizons "didn't conform to our standards of taste and acceptability."

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Edmonton

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Doug WhitfieldJ. Patrick O'CallaghanBob Lundrigan

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Alberta Human Rights CommissionAlberta Lesbian and Gay Rights Association (ALGRA)

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Gay Moods, Gay Calgary, Gay Horizons: A Western Publication for Lesbians and Gay Men, Reach, Gay Information CalgaryEdmonton Journal

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Bob Wells, "Daily Rejects Sub Ad, Denies Bias Charge," Body Politic, no. 64 (1980), p. 13."Publisher Denies Discrimination: Banned Ad for Homosexual Publication at Issue," Edmonton Journal, 30 April 1980, p. B2
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