May 14 Toronto About 300 […]
When
1981-05-14
Description
May 14 Toronto About 300 demonstrators stood in the rain outside the Ontario Legislature to protest the exclusion of sexual orientation from the proposed Bill 7. The rally was held on the eve of the second reading of the bill. Susan Fish (PC–St. George) and Liberal Party leader Stuart Smith addressed the crowd, and pledged their "personal support" for the introduction of a sexual orientation amendment. The skeptical crowd repeatedly heckled them. The NDP was seen by some demonstrators as "cowardly" for failing to send an official representative to the rally, which had been organized by CGRO. (See also May 15, 1981.)
All Events
May 15 Toronto In her inaugural […]April 24 Toronto Ontario Labour […]All Places
Queen Elizabeth ParkTorontoAll People
Stuart SmithSusan FishAll Organizations
Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario CGRONew Democratic Party OntarioLiberal Party OntarioAll Monograph
Bill 7All Citations
"Mass Demonstration around OHRC," GO Update, May 1981, p. (2).Brian Maracle, "Homosexuals Heckle Fish at Rights Demonstration," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 15 May 1981, p. 13Ed Jackson, "Human Rights: Last Round at Queen's Park. Opposition Parties Find Born-again Support for Gay Amendment," Body Politic, no. 74 (1981), p. 11"Homosexual Protest Planned," Toronto Star, four star ed., 13 May 1981, p. C26"CGRO: Take Legislature 'Hostage,'" Gay Niagara News, 2, no. 4 (April–May 1981): (5)"The Battle for Human Rights Continues—CGRO Demonstration, May 14th," It's Your Move, 4, no. 4 (June 1981): (1)"200 Protest to Get Gay Rights in Code," Toronto Sun, 15 May 1981, p. 46
