Ian Young – Prosopography

Ian Young was a writer, poet, and an important figure in Canada’s gay liberation movement. His writing and poetry contained homosexual themes and covered topics including gay liberation and Canadian literary censorship. He coordinated Catalyst Press, a Toronto-based gay literary publisher, which ceased publication in 1980 due to financial difficulties. Young was an early member of the University of Toronto Homophile Association.

Names	Ian Young (Main) BE [n75.116]
Related Pages	Ian Young on LGLC Ian Young on VIAF
Birth Date	1945/01/05
Birth Place
Identities	Gay BG [n75.116] English BG [ISBN:9781280114342], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Young_(writer)#cite_note-new-5(https://goo.gl/fei6Ve)] Canadian BG [ISBN:9781280114342]
Occupations	Academic [1982] https://lglc.ca/event/n73.8 Columnist [1975] - 1985 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.11 ISBN:9781280114342 Editor 1973 - 1975 https://lglc.ca/event/n73.7 ISBN:9781280114342 Journalist 1968/09/10 - [1979] https://lglc.ca/event/n68.17 https://lglc.ca/event/n71.6 Poet 1969/04/01 - [1974] https://lglc.ca/event/n69.6 https://lglc.ca/event/n74.9 Publisher 1970 ISBN:9781280114342 Writer “Ian Young” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto
Associated People	(Coactivists) Personal Social 10/24/1969 - 1973 (Coactivists) Personal Social 1/19/1970 (Coactivists) Personal Social 10/24/1969 - 1973 (Coauthors) Professional Occupational 1971/01 (Coworkers) Professional Occupational 1969/09 - 1980 (Coworkers) Professional Occupational 1969/09 - 1980 1/14/1970 - 1/23/1970 (Friends) Personal Social 1969 "George Hislop" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto ({subjectTranslation}) Professional Occupational notAfter(1978/12)
Associated Organizations	(Member) 1972/05 BCE [n72.46] (Chairperson) “Hard Times,” Body Politic, no. 82 (1982) p. 6 (Founder) 1970/03 https://lglc.ca/event/n70.16 ISBN:9781280114342 “Gay in the Seventies,” Body Politic, no. 40 (1978), p. 18 (Publisher) 1970 - 1980 “Ian Young” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto (Founder) 1997 ISBN:9781280114342 (Founder) 1981 ISBN:9781280114342 (Member) - 1973/12/31 BDE [n69.21] (Founder) 1969 ISBN:9781280114342
Associated Periodicals	(Writer) 1969/01 BCE [n70.16] (Columnist) 1975 - 1985 ISBN:9781280114342 (Journalist) 1975 - 1980 BCE [n69.3], D [n70.16] (Journalist) 1968/09/10 BCE [n68.17] (LetterWriter) 1974 BCE [n74.153] (LetterWriter) 1970/01/14 - 1970/01/23 BCDE [n69.21] (LetterWriter) 1972/06 BCE [n72.1] (Publisher) - 1980 BDE [n70.16] () 1969/09 BCE [n70.16] (Member) 1970 “Ian Young” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto