#michael riordon

[commiepinkofag]

A gay “kiss-in” demonstration Yonge and Bloor streets, Toronto, 17 July 1976

L to R: David Foreman, Tim McCaskell, Ed Jackson, Merv Walker, David Gibson, Michael Riordon. Credit: Gerald Hannon, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, accession 1986-032/08P(35).

On February 9, 1976, gay activists Tom Field and Bill Holloway were arrested at the corner of Yonge and Bloor streets in Toronto for kissing in public. They were charged with obstructing the sidewalk and committing an indecent act. Ironically, the men had been posing for photographs for an article on homophobia to be published in the now-defunct newspaper Alternative to Alienation. …

Field and Holloway were found guilty of committing an indecent act by Judge Charles Drukarsh on July 13, 1976, and were each fined $50. The ruling infuriated Gay Alliance Toward Equality [GATE], the Body Politic, and members of the community. The need for protest was in the air, but only a very special kind of protest would do. 

A few days later, on July 17, GATE and the Body Politic sponsored a kiss-in to support the right for gay people to publicly show affection. About twenty people paraded in same-sex couples at Yonge and Bloor streets, kissing as they walked. Policemen watched from the sidelines, but did not intervene. The protesters had made their point. — Donald W. McLeod

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[roseswitheraway]

A gay “kiss-in” demonstration, Yonge and Bloor streets, Toronto, July 17, 1976. Left to right: David Foreman, Tim McCaskell, Ed Jackson, Merv Walker, David Gibson, Michael Riordon (Photographed by Gerald Hannon)

#gerald hannon #gay #gay men #gay history #gay photography #toronto #canadian history #1970s photography #1976

[natsufatsu]

Great book, met the author at a lecture.

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[omnewswire]

Barred in Victoria: 'Our Way to Fight' Will Appear in Victoria - Here Pacific Free Press RSS (Creative Commons ) - 2/5/12 8:52 PM Our Way to Fight, banned in BC! by Michael Riordon l Our Way to Fight Our Way to Fight has arrived. Got a message this morning from Victoria, the capitol of British Columbia, Canada: “Feb 4 Program, Our Way to Fight, is being censored by Shaw. We have just received an email saying that Shaw TV cannot broadcast our scheduled program: Our Way to Fight: Peace-work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine, by Michael Riordon, as it is too ‘unbalanced’ and ‘controversial.’ You can watch the program here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxGUJtWVSpo, and decide for yourself.” Shaw TV is the community cable arm of Shaw Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications corporations. Based in Calgary, Alberta, it controls telephone, internet and television networks, including digital satellite, and broadcasting stations from Hamilton, Ontario, to Victoria. As a federally licensed community cable network, Shaw TV is required to air locally created programming. The program that Shaw banned is a 29-minute video of a talk/reading I gave last November at the University of Victoria. Read more...

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