January 11 Montréal The Association […]

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1974-01-11

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January 11 Montréal The Association homophile de Montréal/Gay Montréal Association (AHM/GMA) held its first general assembly. The AHM/ GMA was organized out of the Centre d'accueil homophile/Gay Community Centre, which had wanted to expand into the social, service, and political spheres, and to involve more people. About ninety percent of the group's charter members attended, many of whom were women. Robert Valise was elected president; the other officers were Danielle Dahan (vice-president), Tony Farebrother (secretary), and Felicity Stevens (treasurer). The AHM/GMA was anxious from the start to balance francophone/anglophone and male/ female elements in the organization but was ultimately unsuccessful — eventually most members were male anglophones. It sponsored a variety of activities: the large drop-in centre located at 3439, rue St. Denis, counselling services, a gayline, a coffee house, a newsletter (Gay-Zette), a civil liberties committee, and the McGill dances. Financial problems fueled by the cancellation of the McGill dances, and internal divisions, led to a series of collapses. The demise of AHM/GMA occurred by February 1976, although a few members were able to continue to operate the gay information phone line Gay Info. (see also May 6,1974, and July 1975.)

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Gay Community Centre Montreal Montreal

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Felicity Stevens Tony Farebrother Danielle Dahan Robert Valise

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Centre d'accueil homophile Gay Community Centre Association homophile de Montreal Gay Montreal Association AHM GMA

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Association homophile de Montreal/Gay Montréal Association Bulletin Newsletter, Gay-Zette

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Charles H. Thorpe, "Gay Montreal Is Dead. Why?" Montréalités 2 (February 1976): 7.Eric Hill, Eric Hill Letter, Montreal Gay Times 1 (December 1975): 18;Eric Hill, "Death of Gay Montreal" (letter), Montréalités 2 (February 1976): 3;Ross Higgins, "L'impasse linguistique," Sortie, no. 25 (1985), p. 12;Ross Higgins, "Le financement du mouvement gai de Montreal," Sortie, no. 34 (1985-86), pp. 21-23;"Gay Montreal Association Is Dead: News in Brief," Montreal Gay Times 2 (Spring 1976): 6;"Gay Montreal Association, Inc." vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;"Gay Montreal: Going Down for the Third Time," Montreal Gay Times 1 (December 1975) 6;"Gay Montreal: General Assembly Elects Officers," Gay News 2 (January 1974): 1;"The Finances of Gay Montreal," Montreal Gay Times 1 (August 1975): 8,14;Tony Farebrother, "What Went Wrong with GMA," Gay Times 1 (June 1975): 7;Ron Dayman, "Quebec: Five Years of the Movement," Body Politic, no. 29 (1976-77), p. 21;Bernard Courte, "1983: les dix ans de Gay Info," Sortie, no. 4 (1983), p. 45;"Charter Granted," Body Politic, no. 12 (1974), p. 24;" Association homophile de Montreal/Gay Montreal Association (AHM/GMA)" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;

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Robert Valise

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