March 12 Saskatoon The Western […]

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1974-03-12

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March 12 Saskatoon The Western Producer, a weekly farm newspaper, refused to print a classified ad for the Zodiac Friendship Society/Saskatoon Gay Action. The same ad had been printed weekly in the Star-Phoenix and The Commentator for almost two years without incident. The Society filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, and the complaint was investigated. The Commission ruled that refusal of the ad was not a breach of the Human Rights Code because sexual orientation was not included in the Code. This is believed to be the first time that a Canadian Human Rights Commission actively investigated a complaint of discrimination based on sexual orientation. (see also Summer 1974.)

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Summer Regina Saskatchewan […]

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Saskatoon

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Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE, Gay Students Alliance GSA, Saskatoon Gay Action, Zodiac Friendship Society, Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon

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Commentator Saskatoon Star-Phoenix!The Western Producer

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"Zodiac Fights Discrimination," Saskatonian, 8 August 1974, p. 3."Sask. Commission Investigates Discrimination," Gay West, no. i (1974), p. 3;"Prairie Paper Won't Print Ad," Body Politic, no. 14 (1974), p. 4;

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