November 16 Montréal ADGQ was denied […]

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1977-11-16

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November 16 Montréal ADGQ was denied access to a school auditorium that it had booked weeks before. Hundreds of people had assembled to discuss strategy proposals to combat ongoing police oppression of the gay community in Montréal and had to be turned away when the booking was cancelled at the last moment. The executive of the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal/Montreal Catholic School Commission (CECM/MCSC) had decided that the aims of ADGQ were "not in keeping" with those of the commission. Claude Beaulieu, president of ADGQ, made complaints to the commission and a press release denouncing the discriminatory policies of the board was distributed. After the amendment to the Québec Human Rights Charter was passed on December 15, the Commission reconsidered its position and allowed the ADGQ to rent the hall, although signs and banners outside the school during gay meetings continued to be banned.

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Montreal

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Claude Beaulieu

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Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal (CECM)/ Montreal Catholic School Commission Service de police de la Ville de Montreal/Montreal Police Service The Comité homosexuel anti-repression/Gay Coalition against Repression CHAR GCAR, Association pour les droits des gai(e)s du Québec ADGQ, L’association pour les droits de la communauté gaie du Québec ADGQ

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Québec Human Rights Charter

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Bob Rowlands, "MCSC Turns Down Hall Rental to Gays," Montreal Star, final ed., 17 November 1977, p. A18.David Pinto, "School Commission Refuses to Rent Room to Gay Group," Georgian (Concordia Univ., Montréal), 18 November 1977, p. 3 Ron Doyle, "Catholics Close Door on Gays: CSCM," McGill Daily (McGill Univ., Montréal), 18 November 1977, p. 1 Ron Dayman, "School Commission Reneges, Gay Group Can Meet," Body Politic, no. 40 (1977), p. 5 Claude Beaulieu, "La CECM contre les gai(e)s de Montréal," Gai(e)s du Québec: Bulletin, 2, no. 3 (April 1978) : 1–2 "L'Assemblée générale de décembre," Gai(e)s du Québec: Bulletin, 2, no. 1 (February 1978): (7–8)

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Québec Human Rights Charter

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