September 15 Vancouver Rob Joyce and […]

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1979-09-15

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September 15 Vancouver Rob Joyce and a male friend were evicted from Humphrey's Lounge at the Denman Place Inn, 1733 Comox Street, for allegedly kissing and hugging at a table. GATE (Vancouver) launched a complaint of discrimination with the B.C. Human Rights Commission and with the Vancouver licensing inspector. At a city hall hearing on October 30, 1979, Roger Herbert, the Director of Licences and Permits, noted that sexual orientation was not one of the grounds for protection from discrimination under a by-law that governed licensed establishments in Vancouver and refused to temporarily suspend the lounge's licence. GATE (Vancouver) vowed that it would ask Vancouver City Council to amend the by-law but was unsuccessful when the council's Standing Committee on Community Services agreed with Herbert on November 29, 1979.

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Humphrey's Lounge, Denman Place Inn Vancouver

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Roger Herbert Rob Joyce

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Vancouver City Council British Columbia Human Rights Commission Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE Vancouver

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Peter Walls, "'Demeaning' Eviction of Gays Stands," Vancouver Province, 31 October 1979, p. A4."'No Hugs in Bar': Group Challenges Law," Body Politic, no. 59 (1979–80), p. 11 Andrea Maitland, "Homosexual Claims Lounge Bounced Him over Sex Bias," Vancouver Sun, four star ed., 31 October 1979, p. B11 "Gays Charge Discrimination," Westender (Vancouver), 11 October 1979 "Gay Duo's Eviction Protested," Victoria Colonist, 31 October 1979, p. 32 "Gay Complaint Dismissed," Westender (Vancouver), 1 November 1979 "Fighting Prejudice... Out Now: Never Going Back," Gay Tide, no. 23 (1979), p. (5)"City Council Dismisses Appeal," Gay Tide, no. 24 (1981), p. 3

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Humphrey's Lounge, Denman Place Inn

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