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Ron Kelly is organizing an Act up (Aids Coalition To Unleash Power) group in the hopes of jolting Metro's gay community into taking more radical actinon
Ron Kelly is organizing an Act up (Aids Coalition To Unleash Power) group in the hopes of jolting Metro's gay community into taking more radical actinon

Ron Kelly is organizing an Act up (Aids Coalition To Unleash Power) group in the hopes of jolting Metro's gay community into taking more radical actinon

Date1/24/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Dr. Coates: Researcher studies spread of Aids in Torotno's gay community.
Dr. Coates: Researcher studies spread of Aids in Torotno's gay community.
1/5/1987
With $1 billion in buying power, Metro's homosexual community is showing its political and financial muscle
With $1 billion in buying power, Metro's homosexual community is showing its political and financial muscle
8/27/1980
Equal rights: City employee Bill Dwyer, right, is trying to persuade a Metro committee to extend health benefits to his gay partner Paul Rees.
Equal rights: City employee Bill Dwyer, right, is trying to persuade a Metro committee to extend health benefits to his gay partner Paul Rees.
5/14/1991
Comfortable image: At some point you have to give up worrying about what other people think of you, and just be yourself, says Doriano Calvano, who is gay.
Comfortable image: At some point you have to give up worrying about what other people think of you, and just be yourself, says Doriano Calvano, who is gay.
2/28/1989
Bar owners Roger Wilkes (left) and David Payne: 'Aldermen' in the gay community
Bar owners Roger Wilkes (left) and David Payne: 'Aldermen' in the gay community
1/4/1979
Laurie and Mary Jones counsel parents of gays and lesbians
Laurie and Mary Jones counsel parents of gays and lesbians
8/6/1992
Court Setback: Brian Mossop, right, and Ken Popert express disappointment yesterday after ruling denying family benefits to gay couples.
Court Setback: Brian Mossop, right, and Ken Popert express disappointment yesterday after ruling denying family benefits to gay couples.
2/25/1993
Serious subject: Orvilla Ganes, a retired Etobicoke graphic artist, has produced a comic book he hopes will help educate the public about AIDS.
Serious subject: Orvilla Ganes, a retired Etobicoke graphic artist, has produced a comic book he hopes will help educate the public about AIDS.
6/28/1989
Geoggrey Joy: Aids worker hopes to set record straight.
Geoggrey Joy: Aids worker hopes to set record straight.
3/1/1993
Bill Dwyer: Metro worker wants gay partner covered by health plan
Bill Dwyer: Metro worker wants gay partner covered by health plan
5/14/1991
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
5/31/1973
Claiming dignity: Queer Nation, which held an anti-war demonstration in downtown Toronto on Saturday, is part of a new wave of gay activists
Claiming dignity: Queer Nation, which held an anti-war demonstration in downtown Toronto on Saturday, is part of a new wave of gay activists
1/28/1991