August 1–7 Vancouver Mayor Mike […]
When
1981-08-01 – 1981-08-07
Description
August 1–7 Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt fulfilled an election promise by proclaiming "Gay Unity Week '81." Events were planned and organized by the newly formed Gay Festival Society. More than 1,500 people marched in a parade, the first held as part of this celebration. There were also cultural events (including Pat Bond's two performances of Gerty, Gerty, Gerty), displays, workshops, and a dance. Anti-gay hate literature likely made by a Vancouver branch of the KKK was distributed in Vancouver's suburbs during the week.
All Places
VancouverAll People
Pat Bond'sMike HarcourtAll Monograph
Gerty, Gerty, GertyAll Citations
David Wright, "Churches, Police Join in Gay Week," Toronto Star, Sunday ed., 9 August 1981, p. A6."West Coast Gay Fest," Body Politic, no. 75 (1981), p. 12Paul Watson, "Gayfest Organizers Plan Convention," Vancouver Sun, three star ed., 4 August 1981, p. A10"Vancouver's Gay Parade: A Winner All the Way," Page One (Vancouver), no. 3 (1981), p. (1)"Proclamation a First: Gay Unity Week," West Ender (Vancouver), 30 July 1981, p. 5David Myers, "VGCC and Gay Unity Week '81," VGCC News, 2, no. 8 (August 1981): 9David Myers, "'Hate' Literature," VGCC News, 2, no. 9 (September 1981): 23–25Don Larventz and Rick Parry, "Pride and Panache: Vancouver," Body Politic, no. 76 (1981), p. 8Linda Hossie, "A Gay Celebration (In Both Senses)," Vancouver Sun, four star ed., 30 July 1981, p. A4K.H., "Gay Unity Week in Vancouver: A Day in the Sun. Personal Opinion," Gaze, September 1981, p. (4)"Gay Unity Week Rites," West Ender (Vancouver), 6 August 1981, p. 7"Gay Unity Week '81 Review," VGCC News, 2, no. 9 (September 1981): 4–11"Gay Blades Camping It Up" (photographs), Vancouver Province, 2 August 1981, p. A4Margaret Edgar, "Gay Unity Week '81 and VGCC," VGCC News, 2, no. 9 (September 1981): 3C.B. (Chris Bearchell), "'Beat That Queer': Hate Lit Spreads West," Body Politic, no. 77 (1981), p. 10Bob Allen, "Joyous Audience Greets Gerty" (review), Vancouver Province, 9 August 1981, magazine section, p. 12Stuart Alcock, "The Roar of the Greasepaint...," VGCC News, 2, no. 9 (September 1981): 12Advertisements for Gay Unity 81, VGCC News, 2, no. 8 (August 1981): 4–8
