Event
Fifty Years On: Gay Liberation? A Lecture by Brian Lewis (Professor of History, McGill University)
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 05:30
McLennan Library Building
Colgate Room, Rare Books and Special Collections, 4th Floor, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
Wednesday 13 March 2019, 5:30 pm
McLennan Library Building Colgate Room, Rare Books and Special Collections 4th floor, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9.
2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Omnibus Act in Canada, which partially decriminalized homosexuality, and the Stonewall Riots in New York City, a milestone for gay liberation in the US. This talk examines the twin histories of these events and asks how far we have come in the last half century—and how far we still have to go.
A special exhibition and light reception will follow the event.
All are invited to attend. RSVP Here
Hosted by ROAAr, McGill Library, and the Department of History & Classical Studies. Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.