Spring Québec, Qué. The Liberal […]

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1974-03 – 1974-05

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Spring Québec, Qué. The Liberal government of Robert Bourassa announced that a Quebec Charter of Human Rights would be introduced. Lesbians and gays in the province began to lobby for the inclusion of a clause guaranteeing protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation. An informal coalition of members of AHM/GMA, CHAL, CHUM, and individuals was established to lobby the government. Known as the Civil Liberties Committee, the group was led by Roger Bellemare, a law student at Laval University. Working hard as behind-the-scenes lobbyists during the next several months, the Committee wrote briefs and collected letters of support. AHM/GMA, CHAL, and CHUM also prepared briefs concentrating on the legal arguments for gay civil rights protection. (see also January 23,1975.)

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January 23 Québec, Qué. Parti […]

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Quebec City

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Roger B.Robert Bourassa

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Civil Liberties Committee Centre homophile urbain de Montreal CHUM Centre humanitaire d'aide et de liberation CHAL Association homophile de Montreal Gay Montreal Association AHM GMA

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Quebec Charter of Human Rights

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"The Quebec Charter of Human Rights," Nous nous préparons/Getting Ready, May 1974, pp. 11-13."Gay Montreal Prepares Brief," Body Politic, no. 13 (1974), p. 6;Ron Dayman, "Quebec: Five Years of the Movement," Body Politic, no. 29 (1976-77), pp. 21-22;

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Robert Bourassa

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