June 28 Toronto About 2,000 people […]
When
1981-06-28
Description
June 28 Toronto About 2,000 people celebrated Lesbian and Gay Pride Day, enjoying entertainers in Grange Park and marching through the streets of Toronto (led by the Amazon Motorcycle Club). This occasion also marked the first appearance in Toronto of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This celebration, organized by GLARE and the Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Committee, was the first of the modern, annual Gay Pride celebrations held in Toronto.
All Places
TorontoAll Organizations
Toronto Lesbian and Gay Pride Day CommitteeGay Liberation Against the Right EverywhereSisters of Perpetual IndulgenceAmazons Motorcycle ClubAll Citations
Robert Trow, "Pride and Panache: Toronto," Body Politic, no. 76 (1981), p. 9.Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (Toronto) papers , accession 1989–114, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, TorontoKyle Rae and Gary Kinsman, "Glaring Omissions" (letter), Body Politic, no. 78 (1981), p. 5Kyle Rae papers , accession 1987–022, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto"Lesbian & Gay Pride Day," Body Politic, no. 75 (1981), p. 32Dan Healey papers, accession 1997–109, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, TorontoMargaret Fulford, ed., The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960–1990: A Guide to Archival Resources/Le mouvement canadien des femmes, 1960–1990: guide de ressources archivistiques (Toronto: Canadian Women's Movement Archives / ECW Press, 1992), entry 418"Anti-cop Protests Now a Gay Habit?" (photograph), Toronto Sun, 29 June 1981, p. 5John Allec, "No More Guilt!: A Tour of the Territory of Perpetual Indulgence," Body Politic, no. 81 (1982), pp. 29–31Virginia Adamson papers , accession 1997–031, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto
