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ELEVEN AMAZG PHOTOGRAPHS THAT TELL THE GAY HISTORY OF TORONTO
Stonewall: Celebratg 50 years of activism Another Pri week has e and gone Toronto, and this year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rts and the begngs of the Gay Liberatn Movement. For this special ocsn, I cid to do some diggg to the Toronto Star Photograph... * gay pride history in toronto *
A piic is anized by Toronto’s first queer activist anizatns – the Universy of Toronto Homophile Associatn (UHTA), Toronto Gay Actn Now, and the Communy Homophile Associatn of Toronto (CHAT). Toronto’s first “Gay Day Piic” is held at Hanlan’s Pot on Sunday, Augt 1st, as a fundraiser to send activists to Ottawa for a 2nd anniversary march markg Polic formed. The Judy Garland Memorial Bowlg League one of the olst queer sports North Amerin, holds the first banquet to raise money for gay and Lbian chari.
In 1983, US Ctom Service seized the leagu registratn forms when members attempted to participate the Int’l Gay Bowlg Tournament. By 2014, 18 teams 3 divisns play wh more than 300 anized Pri events take place, but the Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec is held Toronto.
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Teenager Emmanuel Jacqu is raped and murred above Yonge Street, and a strong backlash is levelled agast the Toronto gay be first provce to clu sexual orientatn s Human Rights . The Supreme Court l that unr the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Human Rights Act, gays and lbians nnot be exclud om enterg the Canadian Forc. To celebrate the theme “Come Out”, the para Grand Marshals are members of “support groups to gays and lbians the g out procs” para starts at Carlton Street at Church, mov over to Yonge, up to Bloor and back over to Church.
S., one ln lbians, gays and transgenred people attend the March On Washgton wh Canadians makg up the largt ternatnal ntgent. The Pri Commtee regniz as Grand Marshals those dividuals volved tablishg anti-homophobia iativ wh the tn system Toronto. ”Grand Marshal John Fisher, Executive Director of Egale Canada, was regnized for his hard work and ditn to issu of jtice and equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgenr people across the untry.