by Donald W. McLeod
Offers "invaluable starting places for research and should be required reading for all researchers and students of lesbian / gay / queer history, sociology, and literature during this period."
Gary Kinsman
in Centre/Fold
Toronto Centre for Lesbian and Gay Studies,
#10, Spring 1996
Donald W. McLeod's Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: A Selected Annotated Chronology, 1964-1975 is an authoritative reference source for the first twelve years of the organized homophile / gay liberation movement in Canada.
It begins with 1964 -- when the Association for Social Knowledge (ASK), Canada's first large-scale homophile organization, was formed in Vancouver -- and continues through 1975, the year of the founding of the National Gay Rights Coalition / Coalition nationale pour les droits de homosexuels (NGRC / CNDH), the first truly national coalition of Canadian lesbian and gay groups.
Each entry in the chronology is combined with a brief bibliography of sources. Coverage is selective and focusses on self-declared lesbians and gay men and their activities in regard to the forging of lesbian and gay communities and liberation in Canada. Special attention has been given to important demonstrations, political action and lobbying, and legal reform. In addition, artistic and cultural contributions with significant lesbian or gay content are included, such as books, dramatic productions, films, etc. Three appendices provide supplementary information on lesbian and gay organizations, periodicals, and bars and clubs.
Don McLeod is an editor and writer living in Toronto. He has been a long- time volunteer at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. His previous books include Psychosocial Dimensions of HIV and AIDS: A Selected Annotated Bibliography (with Dennis J. Haubrich, 1988) and Medical, Social and Political Aspects of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Crisis: A Bibliography (with Alan V. Miller, 1985).
Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada: A Selected Annotated Chronology, 1964 - 1975
by Donald W. McLeod
Co-published by ECW Press and Homewood Books ,
1996
6 x 9 inches, paper. 320 pages, 18 illustrations. $30.00
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