April 27 Toronto John Argue, a […]

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1978-04-27

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April 27 Toronto John Argue, a swimming instructor with the Toronto Board of Education and a gay activist, was fired from his position as lifeguard at Glenview Senior Public School because of his open homosexuality. After a hearing, on May 17, 1978, the Personnel and Organization Committee of the Toronto Board of Education reversed the dismissal. Argue did not seek reinstatement, however, but was later rehired by the board as an instructor for its summer swimming program.

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Glenview Senior Public School Toronto

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John B. Argue

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Toronto Board of Education

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" John Argue " vertical file , Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto.Claire Hoy, "Why OK This Homosexual Teacher?" Toronto Sun, 9 June 1978, p. 20 Gerald Hannon, "'Proselytizing Is the Issue,'" Body Politic, no. 44 (1978), pp. 1, 27

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Glenview Senior Public School

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