May 14 Toronto RTPC announced the […]
When
1981-05-14
Description
May 14 Toronto RTPC announced the formation of a Gay Street Patrol to prevent assaults against gay people in downtown Toronto. It was felt that the gay community's declining trust in police, combined with eleven documented street attacks between February 20 and April 10, 1981, and the unresolved murders of gay men in Toronto in recent years, made the patrol necessary. Dennis Findlay was the spokesperson for the group.
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TorontoAll People
Dennis FindlayAll Organizations
December 9th Defence Fund, Right to Privacy Committee (RTPC)All Citations
Peter Rickwood, "Toronto's Gay Street Patrol: Protection for the Homosexual Minority," Toronto Star, four star ed., 29 June 1981, p. A3.Ken Popert, " Street Patrols: A Whistle Away from Help," Body Politic, no. 75 (1981), p. 11"Patrolling Street Is Police Job" (editorial), Toronto Star, four star ed., 30 June 1981, p. A6"No Vigilante Patrols in Metro" (editorial), Toronto Star, four star ed., 1 June 1981, p. A8"Homosexuals Organize Patrols," Toronto Star, four star ed., 29 May 1981, p. A3"Homosexual Activists Organize Street Patrol," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 13 May 1981, p. 5Gerald Hannon, Fay Orr, Ken Popert, and Eric Walberg, "Street Patrols, Lawsuits, Boycotts: Countering Attacks on All Fronts," Body Politic, no. 74 (1981), p. 13"Gay Street Patrol Gets Ackroyd's Qualified Okay," Toronto Star, four star ed., 30 June 1981, p. A4"Gay Patrols May Start Next Week," Toronto Sun, 15 May 1981, p. 64
