Erv (later Tom) Warner – Prosopography

Tom Warner is an author and Canadian gay rights activist. He was involved with several gay organizations in Saskatoon, and after moving to Ontario became a key member of Gay Alliance Towards Equality (GATE) in Toronto. Warner formed the Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario (CGRO) initiative with the particular goal of amending the Ontario Human Rights Code to include protections based on sexual orientation. He was involved with the Body Politic, the Committee to Defend John Damien, the Right To Privacy Committee, and others. During the 90s he served as the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner, the first openly gay man to do so in Canada. Warner is the author of Never Going Back, a book on historical Canadian queer activism.

Names	Erv Warner (altName) BE [n71.80] Tom Warner (Main) BE [n71.80]
Related Pages	Erv (later Tom) Warner on LGLC Erv (later Tom) Warner on VIAF
Birth Date	1952
Birth Place	Nipawin
Identities	Gay 1970 BCG [http://www.tomwarnerbooks.com/tom_warner.php(http://goo.gl/FrojGK)]
Occupations	Journalist 1974 https://lglc.ca/event/n74.128
Associated People	https://lglc.ca/person/IDOR/ (Spouses) Personal Romantic http://www.tomwarnerbooks.com/tom_warner.php(http://goo.gl/FrojGK) Denis Leblanc notAfter(1976) Event: September 4â6 Toronto The fourth […]
Associated Places	(Founder)
Associated Organizations	Organization: Association of Gay Electors (Member) 1979 - 1981 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Committee to Defend John Damien (Member) 1975 - 1986 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Coalition for Gay Rights in Ontario CGRO (Founder) 1975/01/18 - 2010 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.18 ISBN:9781280114342 http://www.tomwarnerbooks.com/tom_warner.php(http://goo.gl/FrojGK) “Unemployed,” Body Politic, no. 107 (1984), p. 11 Organization: Committee to Elect George Hislop (Member) 1980 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE (Founder) 1973 https://lglc.ca/event/n73.27 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE (Member - Administrative Committee) 1973/11/03 BCE [n73.121] Organization: Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE (President) [1973] - 1977 ISBN:9781280114342 http://www.tomwarnerbooks.com/tom_warner.php(http://goo.gl/FrojGK) Organization: Gay Alliance toward Equality GATE […] (Founder) 1971/09 - 1972 https://lglc.ca/event/n71.80 ISBN:9781280114342 http://www.tomwarnerbooks.com/tom_warner.php(http://goo.gl/FrojGK) Organization: Lesbian and Gay Advisory Committee […] (Member) 1986 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: National Groups National Gay […] (Coordinator) 1974 ISBN:9781280114342 http://www.tomwarnerbooks.com/tom_warner.php(http://goo.gl/FrojGK) Organization: Ontario Human Rights Commission (Commissioner) 1993 - 1996 ISBN:9781280114342 https://lglc.ca/organization/RTPC/ (Member) 1978 - 1979 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Toronto Lesbian and Gay Community […] (Member) 1981 - 1982 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Working Group on Police-Minority […] (Member) 1979 - 1980 ISBN:9781280114342 Organization: Association of Gay Electors (President) 1979/08/09 BCE [n79.209] Organization: Gay Community Choir (Representative) notAfter(1981/12/11) BCE [n81.416]
Associated Periodicals	Gemini News, Zodiac Friendship […] (Writer) 1972/12 BCE [n72.12] The Body Politic (Journalist) 1974 BCE [n74.128] Gay Rising (Journalist) 1975/12 BCE [n75.212] The Body Politic (LetterWriter) 1976 BCE [n75.144]