Demonstration against gay bashing, Toronto

Demonstration against gay bashing, Toronto

anti-gay violence, demonstrations

Clip is a record of a demonstration that took place outside of the Second Cup on Yonge street in the Church-Wellesley village, on October 21st, 1994. The rally was held in response to a violent attack on Ross Mulhearon and Steve Tait in the same spot, the weekend before. The clip features rally speaker Bob Gallaghar discussing the experiences of two victims and calling for change, rally signs, and protesters. Chants include "We're here, we're queer, we're not going away!" and "No more violence!".

Nancy Nicol

Clip is original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html

1994-10-21

Copyright held by Nancy Nicol

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English

Moving image

2016-074

Toronto

Demo Against Gay Bashing shot by Nancy Nicol from Canadian Lesbian + Gay Archives on Vimeo.