September 24 Toronto Arnold Bruner's […]
When
1981-09-24
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September 24 Toronto Arnold Bruner's report Out of the Closet: Study of Relations between the Homosexual Community and the Police (commonly known as The Bruner Report), commissioned by Toronto City Council, was released. The 188–page report made sixteen recommendations. It called for recognition of the gay community as a legitimate minority community entitled to legal protection against discrimination, for the establishment of a permanent police-gay dialogue committee, and for an end to police entrapment and hidden undercover surveillance of gays. Reaction to the report in the gay community was cautiously optimistic; other reactions were mixed. Mayor Art Eggleton worried that the recommendations would "give special status or suggest special status to the gay community." (See also November 3, 1981, and December 10–11, 1981.)
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