July Montréal A proposal was drafted […]

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1975-07

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July Montréal A proposal was drafted for a Gay Social Services Project to be operated under the Family Service Association at the Ville-Marie Social Service Centre, 5 Weredale Park, Westmount. The Project would formalize the services to lesbians and gay men that the Family Service Association had been providing since 1973. It became operational by September 1975 and by mid-1976 had expanded through additional funding. The Project provided a variety of services to the anglophone gay community, including a gayline, individual and group counselling, community relations groups, a foster children's project, a gay youth group, and educational seminars. It was coordinated by Miriam Boghen and employed two gay social workers (Bruce Garside and Joanne Stitt) as well as about forty male and female volunteers recruited from the gay community. Although it was meant to serve all members of the community, there were some complaints early on that the Project was male-oriented and did not serve lesbians well.

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Ville Marie Social Service Centre Montreal

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Jo-Anne Stitt Bruce Garside Miriam Boghen

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Family Service Association, Gay Social Services Project

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Stuart Russell, "Montreal: Gay Social Services Project," Body Politic, no, 31 (1977), p. 6.Jackie Manthorne, "FSA Says No to Lesbians," Long Time Coming 3 (April-May 1976): 12-14;Terry Last, "Ville Marie Social Service Centre Works for Gay Counselling," Montreal Gay Times 1 (December 1975): 9;"Gay Lines from The Gay Social Services Project...," brochure, (1976), 6 pp,, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;Ron Dayman, "Quebec: Five Years of the Movement," Body Politic, no, 29 (1976-77), p, 21;John Blacklock, "Government Finances Gay Counselling Service," Body Politic, no, 24 (1976), p. 4;"Association Offers Free Counselling," Gay Times 1 (April 1975): 4;

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Jo-Anne Stitt

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