November Montréal Naches filed a […]

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1979-11

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November Montréal Naches filed a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Commission after the Young Men's–Young Women's Hebrew Association (YM-YWHA) refused to rent a meeting space to them. Naches had been trying to rent space from the YM-YWHA since April 1977, without success. In October 1982 Beatrice Vizkelety, a lawyer investigating the case, ruled that Naches had indeed been excluded from the Y based on the sexual orientation of its members, which was an act of discrimination under the provincial human rights charter. Before the commission as a whole made a ruling, the YM-YWHA notified Naches that it could rent a room for meeting space.

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Beatrice Vizkelety

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Young Men's - Young Women's Hebrew Association Québec Human Rights Commission Jewish Gay Discussion Group, Naches

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"Y Denies Space to Gay Jewish Group," Body Politic, no. 61 (1980), p. 9."Naches vs. The YM-YWHA," Naches Notes (Montréal), 4, no. 1 (January 1980): 1, 7 "Gays Win Right to Rent at Y: Five Year Battle Ends," Canadian Jewish News, 21 October 1982 J.B. (Jeremy Bass), "Discrimination contre les juifs gai," Le Berdache, no. 7 (1980), p. 11 Janice Arnold, "Launch Complaint against YM-YW," Canadian Jewish News, 11 December 1980, pp. 1, 11

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Beatrice Vizkelety

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