John Alan Lee – Prosopography

John Alan Lee was a professor of sociology in Toronto and a prominent gay rights activist. He was the first Canadian professor to profess his homosexuality, which he did on television on Valentine’s Day in 1974. He helped found Canadian chapters of the Gay Academic Union, especially the University of Toronto chapter which formed in September 1975. In 1975 he also offered a University of Toronto Continuing Education course entitled “The Gay Experience: A Sociological Perspective.” His 1978 book Getting Sex was controversial for explicit depictions of gay sex. From Aug. 20-22 1979, he took part in a “Gay sit-in for Justice” in the waiting room of the offices of the Ontario Attorney General, Roy McMurtry.

Names	John A. Lee (Main) BE [n75.57]
Related Pages	John Alan Lee on LGLC John Alan Lee on VIAF
Birth Date	1933
Birth Place	502 Bad Gateway
Death Date	2013/12/05
Death Place	https://lglc.ca/place/TOR/
Identities	Gay 1958 BG [n74.44] BC [http://www.johnalanlee.ca/author.htm(http://goo.gl/Mxvb80)] Heterosexual - 1958 BDG [http://www.johnalanlee.ca/author.htm(http://goo.gl/Mxvb80)]
Occupations	Journalist [1975/05/16] https://lglc.ca/event/n75.57 Professor HigherEducation [1974/02/14] https://lglc.ca/event/n74.44 Professor of Sociology HigherEducation 1984/04/01 “Love and Hostility,” Body Politic, no. 123 (1986), p. 37 Sociologist 1978/06/01 “Love and Hostility,” Body Politic, no. 123 (1986), p. 37 Writer 1978/06 “Jane Rule: The Woman Behind Lesbian Images,” Body Politic, no. 21 (1975),p. 14
Associated People	502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/09 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/05 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/05 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/09 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Spouses) Personal Romantic 1958 Hugh Brewster, "Outcasts," The Walrus, 8 September 2014, http://thewalrus.ca/outcasts/ http://www.johnalanlee.ca/author.htm(https://goo.gl/VkwHDB) 502 Bad Gateway ({Writer}) Professional Occupational notAfter(1978) Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway ({subjectInterview}) Professional Occupational 6/19/1978 Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social notAfter(1979/12/13) Event: 502 Bad Gateway 502 Bad Gateway (Coactivists) Personal Social notAfter(1979/12/13) Event: 502 Bad Gateway
Associated Places	University of Toronto (Employee) 1984/04/01
Associated Organizations	Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Member - Organizing Committee) 1975/05 BCE [n75.146] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Executive Member) 1975/09 BCE [n75.146] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Contact) 1974 BCE [n75.146] Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Chairperson) 1975 http://www.clga.ca/memoriam-john-alan-lee-1933-2013(http://goo.gl/ln31Me) Organization: 502 Bad Gateway (Chairperson) 1981 http://www.clga.ca/memoriam-john-alan-lee-1933-2013
Associated Periodicals	502 Bad Gateway (Journalist) 1975/05/16 - 1975/05/30 BDE [n74.202], C [n75.57] 502 Bad Gateway (LetterWriter) 1964/04/22 BCE [n64.17] 502 Bad Gateway (LetterWriter) 1964 BCE [n64.17] 502 Bad Gateway (LetterWriter) 1978 BCE [n78.161]