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Contents:

• GLEN MURRAY BE NORTH AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF A MAJOR CY (OCTOBER 28, 1998)
• ROB FORD WANTS GAY PRI FLAG OUTSI OF CY HALL TAKEN DOWN
• TORONTO MAYOR TO MARCH IN GAY PARADE
• MAYOR JIM WATSON OFFICIALLY OUT AS GAY
• GAY TORONTO

GLEN MURRAY BE NORTH AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR OF A MAJOR CY (OCTOBER 28, 1998)

On October 28, 1998, Glen Murray ma history when he was elected Wnipeg’s 41st mayor, beg the first openly gay mayor of any large cy North Ameri. TorontoMayor John Tory said Tuday that he will meet wh lears Toronto's Gay Village to addrs the relatnship between Toronto's LGBTQ muny and police followg the arrt of Bce McArthur, now charged wh 5 unts of first-gree have faced tough qutns about their rponse to missg men Gay VillageToronto Mayor John Tory said he is open to hearg om the cy's LGBT muny about their often troubled relatnship wh police. (John Rieti/CBC)Mayor John Tory said Tuday that he will meet wh lears Toronto's Gay Village to addrs the relatnship between Toronto's LGBT muny and police followg the arrt of Bce McArthur, now charged wh five unts of first-gree murr.

Tory's pledge to meet amid ncerns about the police's handlg of the McArthur vtigatn, cludg that police failed to take sufficient actn on a strg of disappearanc of gay men of lour — three of whom McArthur is now charged wh murrg. Snrs nied prence of serial killerDurg that same news nference, Snrs said there was no evince of a serial killer the Gay Village, spe long-perlatg mours that disappearanc om the neighbourhood were nnected.

"There was a picture that went around social media that had 12 fac on ially, which brought a lot of attentn to the issue, " said Greg Downer, a iend of Andrew Ksman who helped anize search and meetgs to keep public attentn foced on the Gay Village disappearanc, Augt. Steven Gleason, who worked as a bartenr the Gay Village 2013, said mours about a serial killer that was "targetg gay men" were rampant. Wtern Universy crimology profsor Mike Arntfield told CBC Rad's The Current that his stunts spotted a pattern of disappearanc Toronto's Gay Village "three years ago.

ROB FORD WANTS GAY PRI FLAG OUTSI OF CY HALL TAKEN DOWN

Cold se murrs of gay men and regular bathhoe raids throughout the 70s and 80s put members of the muny at odds wh police. Watch the vio above: Rob Ford wants gay pri flag outsi of cy hall taken down.

TORONTO MAYOR TO MARCH IN GAY PARADE

TORONTO – Mayor Rob Ford wants a rabow flag raised outsi of cy hall support of gay rights Rsia to be taken down and replaced by the Canadian flag was put up on the cy’s ceremonial flagpole support of gay rights Rsia which have been stamped out by recent legislatn banng “gay propaganda”  the 2014 Olympics’ host untry. It was put up Friday morng by the cy’s protol office at the requt of Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays, Kelly said.

Several ci across the untry are showg siar signs of support for gay rights, cludg Montreal, Vanuver, Ottawa, Edmonton and St.

TORONTO, June 10 (LSN) – Toronto’s Mayor Mel Lastman announced yterday he would march the Gay Pri para June 28. The Toronto Sun reported that the mayor ma his cisn nsultatn wh Kyle Rae, the gay cy uncillor who was rponsible for brgg the event to Toronto 1981. (Judy Trh/CBC)Jt a day before Pri celebratns Ottawa officially kick off, Ottawa's Mayor Jim Watson has e out as an openly gay said on Saturday was time to share his secret wh the cy after 40 years of worryg about how his nstuents, iends and fay would react.

MAYOR JIM WATSON OFFICIALLY OUT AS GAY

"I've been thkg about for 40 years … I've known I was gay sce I was a teenager, " he said. "He said he chose to e out bee was "the right thg to do, " but wish he'd told everyone Jim Watson explas makg this cisnMayor Jim Watson officially reveals he's gayMayor Jim Watson officially reveals he's gay"My hope is … hopefully will make easier for some young people who are havg doubts about whether they should say anythg, " he said. "Watson said he's the only openly gay mayor of a cy Ontar, and the first said the reactn to his announcement has been mostly Sabour, the chair of Capal Pri, said took a lot of urage for Watson to e out.

GAY TORONTO

The famoly gay former mayor of Wnipeg was lured to Toronto by a group of backroom nabobs and rema as an fluential member of Dalton McGuty’s ner circle.

The man who served as the first openly gay mayor of a Canadian cy appears to be readyg himself for somethg much bigger. The rooms are rated to satisfy the rigours of high homosexual taste, wh everythg gleamg and whe, hard-edged and certa, right down to the tall vase of lla lili on the table and the slightly ngo (and therefore ratively perfect) lfsk gs that alleviate the relentls pale grey of the ncrete floor. The cy already had a long history of gay activism and at least two gay bars, but the scene was, many rpects, very small-town.

In 1989, bolstered by a mpaign team who sniffed victory for him an affluent neighbourhood, he beme Wnipeg’s first out gay cy uncillor. He would be victor that ward twice more and then bee the untry’s first out gay mayor, grabbg, 1998, over 50 per cent of the vote.

Another first: he fostered an extremely troubled teenage boy at a time when puttg a youth to a gay man’s re would have been seen as the equivalent of liverg him to the hands of a predator.