Charles Hill – Prosopography

Charles Hill was an activist in Ontario’s homophile movement. In 1971 he was part of the first large-scale gay rights protest in Canada, We Demand, on Parliament Hill. In April of that year he also took part in a CBC radio debate with other activists against Dr. Daniel Cappon, who believed that homosexuals were dangerous because they attracted others to homosexuality. In 1972 he became curator at the National Gallery as well as the second president of Gays of Ottawa (GO). In 1975, Hill and Ron Dayman met with Ottawa Mayor Lorry Greenberg to discuss police discrimination, and possible civil rights protections for gay municipal employees. Hill and Dayman also appeared before the Ontario Press Council, claiming that the Ottawa Citizen had engaged in a sensationalist anti-gay witch-hunt.

Names	Charles C. Hill (Main) BE [n69.11] C. Hill (altName) BE [n73.39] Charles Hill (Main) BE [n69.21]
Related Pages	Charles Hill on LGLC Charles Hill on VIAF
Birth Date	1945
Birth Place	502 Bad Gateway
Identities	Gay BG [n69.21] Homosexual BG [“Charles Hill” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto] Canadian BG [Neil McKinnon, “Charlie Hill: from protest to the Order of Canada,” Daily Xtra, 6 July 2011, https://www.dailyxtra.com/charlie-hill-from-protest-to-the-order-of-canada-6919]
Occupations	Columnist 1971/12/08 https://lglc.ca/event/n71.100 Curator 1980 “Charles Hill” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto Curator 1980 BCG [“Charles Hill” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto]
Orders of Merit	Member of the Order of Canada (2000-11-15)
Charges	Committing an indecent act Discharged 1966 “Charles Hill” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto
Associated People	502 Bad Gateway (Coauthors) Professional Occupational 1972/05 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 5/13/1971 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 5/13/1971 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 10/15/1974 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 1/19/1970 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 10/24/1969 - 1973 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway notAfter(1970/01/14) Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway notAfter(1970/01/14) Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Friends) Personal Social 1970 "Charles Hill" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 1972/05 Event: 502 Bad Gateway
Associated Organizations	Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Member) 1972/05 BCE [n72.46] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Member) 1971/09/14 BE [n74.177], C [n71.73] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (President) 1973/04 BCE [n71.73] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Founder) [1971] ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Member) 1971/08/28 BCE [n71.68] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Chairperson) 1969/10/24 - 1973/12/31 BCDE [n69.21] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Member) 1971/05/13 BCE [n71.48] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Founder) 1969 ISBN:9781280114342
Associated Periodicals	502 Bad Gateway (Columnist) 1971/12/08 BCE [n71.100] 502 Bad Gateway (LetterWriter) 1970/01/14 - 1971/04/24 BCE [n69.21], D [n71.45] 502 Bad Gateway (LetterWriter) 1970/11/13 BCE [n70.32] 502 Bad Gateway (LetterWriter) 1937/07/17 BCE [n73.77] 502 Bad Gateway (Writer) 1973 BCE [n69.11]