July 21-September 26 Ottawa GO was […]

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1975-07-21 – 1975-09-26

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July 21-September 26 Ottawa GO was awarded a grant for $4,485 from the Secretary of State under the Student Community Services Program to fund Project Community Outreach. The project was designed to help educate people in the Ottawa area about homosexuality and to conduct seminars about GO and the gay community for local social service agencies. Ron Dayman, Ian Maclennan, Marie Robertson, and Greg Spurgeon participated in the project, which included the production of the bilingual booklet Understanding Homophobia/Pour bien comprendre l'homophobie. On September 4, Project Community Outreach held a public forum on homosexuality at the Ottawa Public Library Auditorium.

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Ottawa Public Library Auditorium Ottawa

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Ian Maclennan Greg Spurgeon Marie Robertson Ron Dayman

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Gays of Ottawa Gays d'Ottawa GO, Gays of Ottawa Gais de L'Outaouais GO

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Understanding Homophobia/Pour bien comprendre l'homophobie

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Greg Spurgeon, "GO Receives Govt. Grant," GO Info 2 (July—August 1975): 2."The Public Fears Gays, Forum Told," Ottawa Journal, 5 September 1975, p. 26;"$4,485 Given to Tell Public about Gay Life," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 1 August 1975, p. 4;Ron Dayman, "Government Grant for Gay Education," Body Politic, no. 21 (1975), p. 5;"Activists Win Grant," Gay Tide 2 (August 1975): 5;

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Ottawa Public Library Auditorium

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