August 1–7 Vancouver Mayor Mike […]

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1981-08-01 – 1981-08-07

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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.

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Vancouver

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Pat Bond's Mike Harcourt

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Gerty, Gerty, Gerty

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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. 12 Paul 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. 5 David Myers, "VGCC and Gay Unity Week '81," VGCC News, 2, no. 8 (August 1981): 9 David Myers, "'Hate' Literature," VGCC News, 2, no. 9 (September 1981): 23–25 Don Larventz and Rick Parry, "Pride and Panache: Vancouver," Body Politic, no. 76 (1981), p. 8 Linda Hossie, "A Gay Celebration (In Both Senses)," Vancouver Sun, four star ed., 30 July 1981, p. A4 K.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. A4 Margaret Edgar, "Gay Unity Week '81 and VGCC," VGCC News, 2, no. 9 (September 1981): 3 C.B. (Chris Bearchell), "'Beat That Queer': Hate Lit Spreads West," Body Politic, no. 77 (1981), p. 10 Bob Allen, "Joyous Audience Greets Gerty" (review), Vancouver Province, 9 August 1981, magazine section, p. 12 Stuart Alcock, "The Roar of the Greasepaint...," VGCC News, 2, no. 9 (September 1981): 12 Advertisements for Gay Unity 81, VGCC News, 2, no. 8 (August 1981): 4–8

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Gerty, Gerty, Gerty

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