Brian Mossop met with the minorities subcommittee of the Metropolitan Board of Commissioners of Police in Toronto to demand an end to police entrapment of gays in parks and washrooms. He was also expelled from the Communist Party of Canada in 1976 for “exhibiting an openly hostile attitude toward the Party,” this likely being an excuse since he advocated homosexuality publicly which was against party rules. In 1977 he demanded an apology from Errol Townshend, the editor of The Islander newspaper who published an editorial attacking gays and their supporters, and instead received a vitriolic response saying “Now, drop dead. But get one thing straight before you do: Blacks and your crowd are not in the same boat.”
| Names | Brian Mossop (Main) BE [n75.39] |
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| Related Pages | Brian Mossop on LGLC
Brian Mossop on VIAF |
| Birth Date | 1946 |
| Birth Place | 502 Bad Gateway |
| Identities |
Gay
1974 BCG [ISBN:9781280114342] |
| Occupations |
Journalist
1975/06 - 1976 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.39 1974 ISBN:9781280114342 |
| Associated People |
502 Bad Gateway
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| Associated Organizations |
Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Chairperson)
1975 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Founder)1975 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Member)1967 - 1976 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (President)1977 - 1980 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Member)ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Executive Member) - 1981ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Founder)1978 ISBN:9781280114342 |
| Associated Periodicals |
502 Bad Gateway (Journalist)
1975 - 1976 BDE [n75.39], C [n75.97] 502 Bad Gateway (Journalist)1975/06 BCE [n75.85] 502 Bad Gateway (Writer)1981/12 BCE [n81.44] 502 Bad Gateway (Critic)1977 BCE [n76.146] 502 Bad Gateway (LetterWriter)1977/06/09 BCE [n77.157] 502 Bad Gateway (Translator)[1980] BCE [n80.253] |