1900.E2.80.931950s Timeline of LGBT history in Canada

1 1900–1950s

1.1 1918
1.2 1943
1.3 1947
1.4 1949

1900–1950s
1918

montreal writers elsa gidlow , roswell george mills launch les mouches fantastiques, mimeographed underground magazine first known lgbt publication in canadian , north american history. @ least 5 issues published before mills , gidlow move new york city in 1920s.

1943

in montreal literary magazine first statement, john sutherland publishes review of poetry of patrick anderson, intuiting homoerotic themes , accusing anderson of sexual experience of kind not normal . although anderson in fact come out gay later in life, married woman @ time; threatened sue, , first statement printed retraction in following issue.

1947

john herbert, eaton s employee , part-time drag queen, arrested in toronto being dressed woman in public, , sentenced 4 months in youth detention centre. experience in jail later inspire 1967 play fortune , men s eyes, landmark in history of both lgbt literature , general theatre in canada.

1949

jim egan, toronto native later become co-plaintiff in landmark legal case egan v. canada, begins writing letters newspapers , magazines protesting depictions of homosexuality , calling reform of laws regarding homosexual canadians. writes letters until 1964, when , partner move british columbia.




^ canada s first gay rag . xtra!, february 19, 2015.
^ john barton , billeh nickerson, eds. seminal: anthology of canada s gay male poets. arsenal pulp press, 2007. isbn 1551522179.
^ man s scope: john herbert . body politic, vol 10 (1973).
^ warner, tom. never going back: history of queer activism in canada. toronto: university of toronto press, 2002. isbn 0802036082.