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IS CALGARY'S MAYOR GAY
Activists om the muny, however, say this is nothg Allen, the rearch lead of the Calgary Gay History project and the thor of Our Past Matters, Stori of Gay Calgary, says there is always a pendulum that swgs back and forth wh human rights stggl. In the 1970s, Ana Bryant, a well known anti-gay activist spearhead a movement around the same theme, llg "Save the Children. Allen said that was siar to what's been happeng Allen is a Calgary-based gay history wrer.
'"Past vlenceIn the mid 80s, to mid 90s and early 2000s, was not unmon to be physilly attacked enterg or exg a gay bar Calgary or Alberta, acrdg to Jam Demers, a transgenr man and long-time activist. "Right around 2003 to 2005, particular Edmonton, there were a bunch of cints where people were shootg at the wdows of gay bars wh patballs, " Demers said. "Calgary mayor threatens to fe protters after drag event ncelledCalgary LGBT muny ph to save one of 3 remag gay barsAllen echoed that sentiment, sayg he hop the recent acts will be looked back on as a last gasp of homophobia.
"The ath knell of homophobia and transphobia the arc of history if we're lookg back at not only five years but another 50 years, " he THE AUTHORTerri Trembath is a vio journalist who joed CBC Calgary 2008.
NENSHI FIRST CALGARY MAYOR TO LEAD GAY PRI PARA
Former Alberta Premier Ralph Kle, had a high-profile disda for gay rights: nouncg the advent of same-sex marriage Canada as well as publicly disagreeg wh the Supreme Court’s cln of sexual orientatn as a protected human right Canada. ” And the early months of his mayoralty that clud gay people too. He was ved by Bce May, then print of Gay Informatn and Rourc Calgary (GIRC).
Kle gave a 15-mute meo appearance, where he ma a speech praisg the good work of GIRC and exclaimed that law-abidg gay people were wele the Cy of Calgary.
The Calgary Sun, one of the cy’s newspaper daili, took extreme umbrage that Kle appeared at a gay event and for days wrote damagg and hostile edorials and lumns. On January 12th, the Sun’s banner headle was, Kle backs gay rights.