March 7 Collingwood, Ont. A display […]

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1979-02-07

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March 7 Collingwood, Ont. A display ad printed in the Collingwood Times and the Enterprise-Bulletin weekly newspapers, and other local papers later, announced the opening of the Gay Information Centre. The informal centre, which operated from a post office box and a telephone number, coordinated parties at members' homes in an attempt to give focus to gay life in the Collingwood region, and to provide accurate information about homosexuality. Charles La Frenie and Greg Rogers coordinated the ads and the centre. (See also March 21, 1979.)

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March 21 Collingwood, Ont. Charles […]

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Collingwood

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Greg Rogers Charles La Frenie

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Gay Information Centre

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Enterprise Bulletin Collingwood Times

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Tom Warner, Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002), p. 169.Richard Thomas, "Town Has Gay Information Centre: Collingwood Meeting Place," Barrie Examiner, 14 March 1979 "Organizer Is Undisturbed by Protests to Gay Centre," Collingwood Times, 23 March 1979 "Georgian Bay Gays to Stay: Organizing in Small-town Ontario," Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 10 "Gay Centre Panned at Council," Enterprise-Bulletin (Collingwood, Ont.), 21 March 1979 "Gay Centre Is Determined: Organizers Are Undaunted by Protests to Council," Midland Times, 23 March 1979 "Centre Will Supply Gay Information: So Far, a Positive Response," Collingwood Times, 16 March 1979 "Businessman and Pastor Want Action: 'Abolish Centre,'" Collingwood Times, 21 March 1979

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Charles La Frenie

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