James Egan was a gay activist and the first Canadian in an openly gay relationship to be elected to public office. He and his partner Jack Nesbit challenged the courts over spousal allowance benefits in 1988, leading to the landmark decision that sexual orientation is a protected basis of discrimination in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
| Names |
James Egan (altName)
BE [n64.8]
Jim Egan (Main)
BE [n64.8]
James Leo Egan (altName)
BE [http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/egan_j.html(http://goo.gl/N2Yu9j)] J. L. E. (Pseudonym)BE [Linda Rapp, “Egan, Jim (1921-2000),” GLBTQ Archive, 2007, http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/egan_j_S.pdf] Leo Engle (Pseudonym)BE [Linda Rapp, “Egan, Jim (1921-2000),” GLBTQ Archive, 2007, http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/egan_j_S.pdf] Vern Baldwin (Pseudonym)BE [Hugh Brewster, “Outcasts,” The Walrus, 8 September 2014, http://thewalrus.ca/outcasts/] |
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| Related Pages | James Egan on LGLC
James Egan on VIAF |
| Birth Date | 1921/09/14 |
| Birth Place | Toronto |
| Death Date | 2000/03/09 |
| Death Place | https://lglc.ca/place/BC/ |
| Identities |
Gay
B [ISBN:9781280114342], G [http://www.glbtqarchive.com/ssh/egan_j_S.pdf(http://goo.gl/f5ZTu7)] |
| Occupations |
Journalist
1951 - 1964 https://lglc.ca/event/n64.17 ISBN:9781280114342 |
| Associated People |
https://lglc.ca/person/HGER/
Robert Champagne
https://lglc.ca/person/CEGA/
Jack Nesbit
Sidney Katz
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| Associated Periodicals |
Two (Editorialist)
1964 BCE [n64.17] Justice Weekly (Journalist)1951 ISBN:9781280114342 ONE Magazine (Journalist)[1958] ISBN:9781280114342 True News Times (Journalist)1951 ISBN:9781280114342 Toronto Daily Star; Toronto Star (LetterWriter)1964/01/21 BCE [n64.8] |