Jearld Moldenhauer – Prosopography

Jearld Moldenhauer was instrumental in the founding of several pioneering Canadian gay organizations. In 1969 he founded the University of Toronto Homophile Association (UTHA), which was the first gay organization formed at a Canadian university. Moldenhauer started Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto in 1970, which grew into one of the most comprehensive lesbian and gay bookstores in the world. He was also a key force in the formation of Toronto Gay Action (TGA). In the fall of 1971, he held a TGA meeting at his home concerning the formation of a new gay newspaper, which would become the Body Politic. As an editor of the Body Politic, Moldenhauer began accumulating a collection of materials, much of which was used to start the Canadian Gay Liberation Movement Archives. The archive was renamed the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives and grew to become one of the largest repositories of gay and lesbian materials in the world.

Names	Jearld Frederick Moldenhauer (altName) BE [“Jerald Moldenhauer” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto] Jearld Moldenhauer (Main) BE [n69.20]
Related Pages	Jearld Moldenhauer on LGLC Jearld Moldenhauer on VIAF
Birth Date	1946
Birth Place
Identities	Gay 1967 BCG [http://www.pinktrianglepress.com/sites/default/files/data/1981%20Who%20we%20were%20Who%20we%20are%20by%20Gerald%20Hannon.pdf(http://goo.gl/MQuIY3)], BG [“Jerald Moldenhauer” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto] Atheist BG [“Jerald Moldenhauer” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto] American BG [n69.21] BG [ISBN:9781280114342] Canadian BG [n69.21] BG [ISBN:9781280114342]
Occupations	Journalist 1972/11/24 https://lglc.ca/event/n72.103 Photographer [1973] https://lglc.ca/event/n73.6 Store Owner Retail 1970/12 https://lglc.ca/event/n70.36
Charges	Disturbing the peace Dismissed Journal editor’s case dismissed without hearing,” Body Politic, no. 11 (1974), p. 5
Associated People	(Coactivists) Personal Social 2/14/1973 (Coactivists) Personal Social 2/14/1973 (Cowriters) Professional Occupational 11/24/1972 ({subjectInterview}) Professional Occupational [1976/09]
Associated Places	Glad Day Books (Founder) “Jearl Moldenhauer,” Body Politic, no. 80 (1982), p. 32 Glad Day Books (Founder) BEFGH[“Jearl Moldenhauer,” Body Politic, no. 80 (1982), p. 32] Glad Day II (Owner) “Jearl Moldenhauer,” Body Politic, no. 80 (1982), p. 32
Associated Organizations	(Founder) 1973/09 BCE [n73.97] (Founder) 1969 “Jerald Moldenhauer,” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto (Founder) 1973 https://lglc.ca/event/n73.27 ISBN:9781280114342 (Founder) 1971 ISBN:9781280114342 (Member) - 1973/12/31 BDE [n69.21] (Founder) 1969 ISBN:9781280114342 (Founder) “Taking Issue,” Body Politic, no. 82 (1982), p. 82 (Founder) “Jerald Moldenhauer” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto (Founder) 1969 BCEH[“Jerald Moldenhauer,” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto] (Founder) “Jerald Moldenhauer” vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto
Associated Periodicals	(Journalist) 1972 - 1982 BCE [n72.29], D [n69.20] (Journalist) 1972/11/24 BCE [n72.103] (Journalist) 1972/11/24 BCE [n70.33] (LetterWriter) 1972/08/26 - 1976/01/09 BCE [n72.73], D [n69.21] (LetterWriter) 1989 BCE [n69.21] (FoundingMember) 1971/11 https://lglc.ca/event/n69.20 https://lglc.ca/event/n71.71 “Taking Issue,” Body Politic, no. 82 (1982), p. 7 “Jerald Moldenhauer,” Body Politic, no. 80 (1982), p. 32 (Advertiser) 1969/10/15 BCE [n69.20]