June 1 London, Ont. Lyn MacDonald […]

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1978-06-01

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June 1 London, Ont. Lyn MacDonald was fired as a clerk at the Master Variety Store, 478 Central Avenue, after the owner learned that she was a lesbian. MacDonald called a press conference, printed protest leaflets asking people to boycott the store, and with about fifteen other people held London's first gay demonstration at the store on June 6–7, 1978. MacDonald was later harassed and evicted from her apartment. The Gay Action Group for Equality (GAGE) was formed after these events.

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Master Variety Store London

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Lyn (MacDonald)

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Gay Action Group for Equality

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"Support Given GAGE," GAGE, [July 1978], p. 3.Eileen [Renton], "Repercussions," GAGE, [July 1978], p. 2 Eileen Renton, Letter, London Lesbian Collective Newsletter, 3, no. 2 (September 1978): 9 Eileen Renton, "GAGE London," Dyke Daily: Newsletter of the Bi-national Lesbian Conference, no. 1 (1979), p. 5 Lyn MacDonald, Letter, London Lesbian Collective Newsletter, 3, no. 2 (September 1978): 8–9 Lyn (MacDonald), "Lesbian Fights Discrimination," London Lesbian Collective Newsletter, 2, no. 6 (June 1978): 6 Lyn MacDonald, "After the Media," GAGE, [July 1978], p. 5 "London Lesbian Fired, Evicted, Harrassed [sic]," Lesbian Organization of Toronto (LOOT) Newsletter, July 1978, p. (2)"GAGE," GAGE, [July 1978], p. 1 Bev, "Gay Rights Issue: Interview with Lyn MacDonald," London Lesbian Collective Newsletter, 3, no. 1 (July–August 1978): 2–10 Chris Bearchell, "'Due to the Fact You Being a Lesbian …,'" Body Politic, no. 45 (1978), p. 1

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