April 2, 9 Toronto Commissioner […]

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1980-04-02

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April 2, 9 Toronto Commissioner Winfield McKay of the Metropolitan Toronto Commissioners of Police caused a public outcry after excerpts of letters he had sent to Globe and Mail columnist Dick Beddoes were published. In them McKay called gay community leader George Hislop and feminist school trustee Susan Hunter-Harvey "misfits" and also attacked Black activist Dudley Laws. Despite calls for his firing by members of Toronto City Council and also members of the gay and Black communities, McKay was censured but not disciplined and continued his attacks on Hislop and Laws at a public meeting in May 1980.

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Toronto

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Dudley Laws Susan Hunter-Harvey George Hislop Dick Beddoes Winfield McKay

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Toronto City Council Toronto Police Service

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The Globe and Mail, The Globe Magazine

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Winfield McKay

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