August 29 Victoria, B.C. Maurice […]

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1973-08-29

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August 29 Victoria, B.C. Maurice Flood and Fred Gilbertson of GATE (Vancouver) and George Nicola, a gay activist from Oregon, met with B.C. Minister of Labour William King to discuss civil rights for gays, and protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation as an addition to the provincial Human Rights Act. The minister rejected the group's requests and declared that homosexuality should not have explicit legal sanction. (See also November 7,1973.)

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November 3 Toronto About thirty […]

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Victoria

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William King George Nicola Fred Gilbertson Maurice J. Flood

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Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE Vancouver

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Human Rights Act

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"No Progress in British Columbia Talks," Advocate (Los Angeles), no, 121 (1973), p, 17,"King Agrees to Meet with GATE," Body Politic, no. 9 (1973), p. 6;"Gay Alliance to Meet King on Rights for Homosexuals," Vancouver Province,final ed., 27 August 1973, p, 40;Maurice Flood, "King Says No to Civil Rights," Gay Tide 1 (October 1973): 1, 6;"B.C. Gays Meet Labour Minister," Body Politic, no, 10 (1973), p, 6;

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Fred Gilbertson

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