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	Ottawa
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	Cil Pinkett (Coauthors) Professional Occupational 1972/05 Event: May Toronto CHAT published the […] Alex Goudeketting (Coactivists) Personal Social 5/13/1971 Event: May 13 Toronto UTHA members Danny […] Danny Gerrard (Coactivists) Personal Social 5/13/1971 Event: May 13 Toronto UTHA members Danny […] Denis Leblanc (Coactivists) Personal Social 10/15/1974 Event: October 15 Ottawa Ron Dayman […] Graham Jackson (Coactivists) Personal Social 1/19/1970 Event: January 19 Toronto Gay activists […] Jacques Hoffman (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: September 14 Ottawa Maurice BÃ©langer […] J. Moldenhauer (Coactivists) Personal Social 10/24/1969 - 1973 Event: October 24 Toronto The first public […] Philip Bianco (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: September 14 Ottawa Maurice BÃ©langer […] Reg Turcotte (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: September 14 Ottawa Maurice BÃ©langer […] Terry Reichey (Coactivists) Personal Social 9/14/1971 Event: September 14 Ottawa Maurice BÃ©langer […] Ian Young notAfter(1970/01/14) Event: October 24 Toronto The first public […] William McRae notAfter(1970/01/14) Event: October 24 Toronto The first public […] Albert Lunt (Friends) Personal Social 1970 "Charles Hill" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto Cil Pinkett (Coactivists) Personal Social 1972/05 Event: May Toronto CHAT published the […]
Associated Organizations	Organization: Community Homophile Association of […] (Member) 1972/05 BCE [n72.46] Organization: Gays of Ottawa Gays d'Ottawa GO […] (Member) 1971/09/14 BE [n74.177], C [n71.73] Organization: Gays of Ottawa Gays d'Ottawa GO […] (President) 1973/04 BCE [n71.73] Organization: Gays of Ottawa Gays d'Ottawa GO […] (Founder) [1971] ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Toronto Gay Action TGA (Member) 1971/08/28 BCE [n71.68] Organization: University of Toronto Homophile […] (Chairperson) 1969/10/24 - 1973/12/31 BCDE [n69.21] Organization: University of Toronto Homophile […] (Member) 1971/05/13 BCE [n71.48] Organization: University of Toronto Homophile […] (Founder) 1969 ISBN:9781280114342
Associated Periodicals	Varsity (Columnist) 1971/12/08 BCE [n71.100] The Globe and Mail, The Globe Magazine (LetterWriter) 1970/01/14 - 1971/04/24 BCE [n69.21], D [n71.45] Toronto Telegram (LetterWriter) 1970/11/13 BCE [n70.32] Ottawa Citizen (LetterWriter) 1937/07/17 BCE [n73.77] GO Info (Writer) 1973 BCE [n69.11]