Michel Girouard – Prosopography

Michel Girouard was a Québécois singer and journalist. In 1972 he married Réjean Tremblay in a downtown Montreal discotheque. The couple signed business partnership and personal union contracts under Reverend Boniface Grosveld, and it was the first widely-publicized gay marriage ceremony in Canada. His autobiography “Je vis mon homosexualité” was published in 1980.

Names	Michel Girouard (Main) BE [n72.31]
Related Pages	Michel Girouard on LGLC Michel Girouard on VIAF
Birth Date	1944/08/29
Birth Place	Montreal
Identities	Homosexual BG [https://echenier.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/breaking-the-chains-of-homosexual-oppression-girouard-and-tremblays-1973-gay-marriage-record-album/ (https://goo.gl/UpWtxA)], G [http://queermusicheritage.com/gaymarriage2.html (http://goo.gl/t43iYP)] Christian - Catholic BG [“Michel Girouard & Regeant Tremblay,” Queer Music Heritage, n.d., http://queermusicheritage.com/gaymarriage2.html]
Occupations	Columnist “Michel Girouard & Regeant Tremblay,” Queer Music Heritage, n.d., http://queermusicheritage.com/gaymarriage2.html Journalist 1972/02/26 https://lglc.ca/event/n72.31 Singer Music 1972/02/26 https://lglc.ca/event/n72.31 Writer notAfter(1980) https://lglc.ca/event/n80.6
Associated People	RÃ©jean Tremblay (Partners) Professional Occupational 2/26/1972 Event: February 26 MontrÃ©al Singer and […] RÃ©jean Tremblay (Spouses) Personal Romantic 1972/02 “Charles Hill” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto RÃ©jean Tremblay (Spouses) Personal Romantic 1972/02 BCDF[“Charles Hill” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto]
Associated Periodicals	Tele-Radio Monde (Columnist) “Michel Girouard & Regeant Tremblay,” Queer Music Heritage, n.d., http://queermusicheritage.com/gaymarriage2.html