About this Walk Jo the Calgary Gay History Project’s Kev Allen on a walk through the cy centre. Quadrant: SW Areas of Intert: History, Diversy & Incln Accsibily: By Siwa...
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DOWNTOWN GAY HISTORY WALK
Wele to the se! Calgary is a relatively young cy, which om the 1950s on has bee a key metropolan centre and regnal powerhoe. Throughout the exponential populatn growth over the next 60 years, the cy’s gay muny has existed as a distct unrcurrent. However, not too much was known about ... This was the… * gay history walk calgary *
Started January 1973, the People’s Liberatn Coaln served the Calgary gay muny by offerg rmatn and unsellg g a peer support mol.
The group was an evolutn of the Gay Liberatn Front (GLF), which had begun meetg September 1972, spearhead by Universy of Calgary grad stunt Rick Sullivan.
Rex’s world expand as he was troduced to more gays and lbians. An Atralian gay activist named Brian Ldberg, who travelled through Wtern Canada later 1973, scribed the movement Calgary as gog through a difficult perd. “The gay rmatn centre was staffed by only a few people (one particular) who ntued to mata the service even though ltle assistance uld be obtaed.
JANE’S WALK: DOWNTOWN GAY HISTORY WALK
Consirg the populatn size of Calgary, I was surprised not to fd a well-anized gay liberatn movement. Queer peer support was rurrected June 1975 as Gay Informatn and Rourc Calgary (GIRC) by My Lipton and Wdi Earthworm.