August 28 Ottawa; Vancouver Lesbians […]

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1971-08-28

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August 28 Ottawa; Vancouver Lesbians and gay men and their supporters assembled on Parliament Hill in support of the brief "We Demand." About one hundred people demonstrated for forty minutes in pouring rain. The crowd was addressed by Charles Hill of TGA, which organized the march, George Hislop and Pat Murphy of CHAT, Pierre Masson of FLH, and John Williams of Cleveland, Ohio. In Vancouver, GATE sponsored a demonstration at the courthouse to show solidarity with the Ottawa marchers. The twenty demonstrators attracted a sympathetic crowd of 150 to 200. Roedy Green, chairperson of GATE, spoke, as did representatives from Vancouver Gay Sisters and the GLF. These were the first large-scale public gay demonstrations held in Canada. They were held on this day to commemorate the second anniversary of the implementation of the amendments to the Canadian Criminal Code (Bill C-150). (see also August 30,1971.)

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Cleveland Parliament Hill Vancouver Ottawa

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Roedy Green John Williams Pierre Masson Patricia Murphy George Hislop Charlie Hill

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Gay Liberation Front GLF Gay Sisters Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE Vancouver Front de liberation homosexuelle FLH Community Homophile Association of Toronto CHAT Toronto Gay Action TGA

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C-150 Criminal Code We Demand

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Peter Zorzi, Queer Catharsis (Toronto: The Author, 1992), pp. 74-76.Lavender Worm, "GLF News: Gays to Protest on Parliament Hill," Georgia Straight, 6-10 August 1971, p. 11;John Wilson, "Marchers Demand Full Rights for Gays," Labor Challenge, 13 September 1971, p. 6;"Nouvelles: le jour gai: 28 août 1971," Le tiers, no. I (1971), p. 43;"In the Pouring Rain," Guerilla 2 (8 September 1971): 4;"Homosexuals Rally in Ottawa: Search for Social Equality," Montreal Star, final ed., 30 August 1971, p. 45;"Les homosexuels manifestent," Le droit, derniire ed., 30 August 1971, p. 4;"Homosexuals List Grievances in Protest on Hill," Ottawa Citizen, 30 August 1971, p. 2;Victor Hedworth, "Canadians March on Ottawa: 10 Demands Placed on Parliament," Advocate (Los Angeles), no. 69 (1971), pp. 1, 4;"Gay Rights Demo...," Georgia Straight, 13-17 August 1971, p. 17;"Gay Rallies: A Big First Step" ("The Gateway" column), Georgia Straight, 10—14 September 1971, p. 17;"Gay Lib Marches on Ottawa: Social Equality Sought," Montreal Gazette, final ed., 30 August 1971, p. 33;" 'Gay Is Good' Theme of Rally," Toronto Daily Star, four star ed., 30 August 1971, p. 28;"Equality Urged for Homosexuals," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 30 August 1971, p. 3;Rick Doucet, "Out of the Closets and into the Streets," Georgia Straight, 31 August-3 September 1971, p. 9;"Canada's Gays Join Forces for Rights Rally in Ottawa," Advocate (Los Angeles), no. 68 (1971), p. 2;"Anti-homosexual Laws Protested," Vancouver Sun, four star ed., 30 August 1971, p. 27;

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Government_building

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