February Toronto Gerald Chan and […]

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1980-02

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February Toronto Gerald Chan and Richard Fung placed an advertisement in the Body Politic, asking for gay and lesbian Asians to meet to discuss common interests and concerns. They were joined by Nito Marquez and Tony Souza and began meeting regularly at the 519 Community Centre. This was the beginning of the group Gay Asians Toronto (GAT).

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519 Community Centre Toronto

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Tony Souza Nito Marquez Richard Fung Gerald Chan

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Gay Asians Toronto

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The Body Politic

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Tom Warner, Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002), p. 185."A Minority Within a Minority: Gay Asians Reconcile Two Communities Through Dialogue and Mutual Support," Body Politic, no. 66 (1980), p. 41 Alan Li, "Celebr-Asian," Pink Ink, August 1983, p. 17 " Gay Asians Toronto " vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto Richard Fung, "Gay Asians of Toronto," Asianadian, 5, no. 4 (April/Spring 1984): 9–11 Gerald Chan, "Out of the Shadows," Asianadian, 2, no. 1 (Summer 1979): 10–12 "Asian & Gay/Lesbian?" (advertisement), Body Politic, no. 60 (1980), p. 12

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Nito Marquez

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