June 30 Toronto The first […]

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1973-06-30

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June 30 Toronto The first exclusively lesbian conference in Canada was held at the YWCA, 21 McGill Street. The Gay Women's Festival included discussion groups on legal rights, relationships, lesbian mothers, lesbians and employment, and lesbian feminism. A dance and picnic were also held. Proposals were put forth to attempt to form new groups, including a lesbian bar-club in Toronto, as well as a group of radicalesbians. About fifty women attended, some from as far away as Vancouver and Montréal.

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Montreal Vancouver YWCA Hall Toronto

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Becki L. Ross, The House That Jill Built: A Lesbian Nation in Formation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995), pp, 46-47.Jackie (Manthorne), "Lesbians Together," Long Time Coming 1 (August 1973): 6-10;"Lesbian Conference First in Canada," Body Politic, no. 9 (1973)) p, 7;"In Toronto," Gemini 11 1 (July 1973): 4-5;Guthrie, "A Letter and a Reply," Other Woman 2 (September-October 1973): 1;"Gay Women's Festival (Toronto, 1973)" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;"Coming Events," Back/Chat Newsletter 3 (13 June 1973): 4;

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