April 4 Toronto "Fight the Right: A […]
When
1981-04-04
Description
April 4 Toronto "Fight the Right: A Day of Lesbian and Gay Pride, Culture and Information" was sponsored by GLARE. About 125 attendees heard speakers including Scott Tucker, a member of the American group Lavender Left Network. Lesbians were very active at the event. The play Pink Triangle Tears, about recent attacks on Toronto's gay community, was written and performed by Gay Bell and Marcia Cannon. The Red Berets, a feminist singing group, performed, as did singer Kathy Arnup. Numerous workshops were also held.
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March 7 Toronto A feminist and gay […]All Places
TorontoAll People
Marcia CannonScott TuckerKathy ArnupGay BellAll Organizations
Gay Liberation Against the Right EverywhereAll Monograph
Pink Triangle TearsAll Citations
Rhonda Sussman, "Coalition Takes Aim at Right Wing Bigots," Toronto Clarion, 13 March 1981, p. 5.Ken Popert, "Fight the Right Day Offers Ideas, Culture," Body Politic, no. 73 (1981), p. 12Stephen MacDonald and Stephen Stuckey, "Gay Bell: Not Just Clowning Around. Getting Men and Women Together with Guerrilla Theatre," Body Politic, no. 74 (1981), pp. 25–26B.C. (Bernard Courte), "Une réplique: la journeé contre la droite," Le Berdache, no. 21 (1981), p. 16Susan Aharan, "Blinkered Observation" (letter), Body Politic, no. 75 (1981), p. 5
