Stuart Russell – Prosopography

Stuart Russell was a gay rights activist and key figure of the Body Politic. Openly gay and a socialist, Russell was fired from his position in the Olympic games coordinating committee in June of 1976, supposedly because he had not been given the necessary security clearance by the RCMP. In July, the Québec Human Rights Commission dropped Russell’s discrimination case against the committee. He was a coordinating committee member of the Gay Coalition Against Repression (CHAR/GCAR) and leader of the Young Socialists.

Names	Stuart Russell (Main) BE [n75.29]
Related Pages	Stuart Russell on LGLC
Identities	Gay BG [ISBN:0919888321]
Occupations	Journalist 1975 - 1978 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.29 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.104 Telex Operator for COJO or the Official Olympic Organizing Committee for Montreal Olypics 1976 Operator - 1976/06/24 “COJO Fires Gay Militant,” Body Politic, no. 26 (1976), p. 4 “Montreal: Rights Commission Reverses Stand, Drops Gay Case,” Body Politic, no. 27 (1976), p. 5
Associated People	Chris Vogel (Coactivists) Personal Social 2/14/1975 Event: February 14-16 Winnipeg Stuart […] Michael Lynch (Cowriters) Professional Occupational 1978 Event: June 25 QuÃ©bec, QuÃ©. Justice […] https://lglc.ca/person/Marcel Roy/ (Antagonists) Professional J.B. (Jacques Briand) ({Translator}) Professional Occupational notAfter(1978) Event: January QuÃ©bec, QuÃ©. Jacques […] John Fergus (Cotranslators) Professional Occupational notAfter(1978) Event: January QuÃ©bec, QuÃ©. Jacques […] Paul Trollope (Cowriters) Professional notAfter(1980) Event: September Lennoxville, QuÃ©. Campus […]
Associated Organizations	Organization: The ComitÃ© homosexuel […] (Member) http://www.socialisthistory.ca/Docs/1961-/Gay/Gay-Lib-1.htm(http://goo.gl/rZYt6Q) Organization: Comite Organisateur des Jeux […] (Member) - 1976/06/24 ISBN:0919888321 Organization: Campus Gay Club, University of […] (Delegate) 1975/02/14 BCE [n75.29] Organization: League for Socialist Action (Member) - 1977/01/22 http://www.socialisthistory.ca/Docs/1961-/Gay/Gay-Lib-1.htm(http://goo.gl/rZYt6Q) “LSA Line ‘Inadequate’, Gay Activist Resigns,” Body Politic, no. 31 (1977), p. 6 Organization: Young Socialists (Member) 1971 http://www.socialisthistory.ca/Docs/1961-/Gay/Gay-Lib-1.htm(http://goo.gl/rZYt6Q)
Associated Periodicals	Labor Challenge (Correspondent) http://www.socialisthistory.ca/Docs/1961-/Gay/Gay-Lib-1.htm(http://goo.gl/rZYt6Q) The Body Politic (Journalist) 1975 - 1978 BCE [n75.29], D [n75.104]