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 | https://lglc.ca/person/JLEE/
https://viaf.org/viaf/75441598/ |
| Birth Date | 1933 |
| Birth Place | https://lglc.ca/place/MAXV/ |
| Death Date | 2013/12/05 |
| Death Place | https://lglc.ca/place/TOR/ |
| Activist | [Yes - Pro] |
| Identities |
Gay
1958 BG [n74.44] BC [http://www.johnalanlee.ca/author.htm(http://goo.gl/Mxvb80)] Heterosexual - 1958BDG [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 HigherEducation1984/04/01 “Love and Hostility,” Body Politic, no. 123 (1986), p. 37 Sociologist1978/06/01 “Love and Hostility,” Body Politic, no. 123 (1986), p. 37 Writer1978/06 “Jane Rule: The Woman Behind Lesbian Images,” Body Politic, no. 21 (1975),p. 14 |
| Associated People |
https://lglc.ca/person/BWAL/
(Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/09 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.146 https://lglc.ca/person/JQUI/(Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/05 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.146 https://lglc.ca/person/MLYN/(Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/05 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.146 https://lglc.ca/person/VPUL/(Coactivists) Personal Social 1975/09 https://lglc.ca/event/n75.146 https://lglc.ca/person/P_JEAN2/(Spouses) Personal Romantic 1958 Hugh Brewster, “Outcasts,” The Walrus, 8 September 2014, http://thewalrus.ca/outcasts/ ({Writer}) Professional Occupational notAfter(1978) https://lglc.ca/event/n78.21 https://lglc.ca/person/MMOO/({subjectInterview}) Professional Occupational 6/19/1978 https://lglc.ca/event/n78.236 https://lglc.ca/person/BHAW/(Coactivists) Personal Social notAfter(1979/12/13) https://lglc.ca/event/n79.387 https://lglc.ca/person/GHIS/(Coactivists) Personal Social notAfter(1979/12/13) https://lglc.ca/event/n79.387 |
| Associated Places |
University of Toronto (Employee)
1984/04/01 |
| Associated Organizations |
https://lglc.ca/organization/GAUT/ (Member - Organizing Committee)
1975/05 BCE [n75.146] https://lglc.ca/organization/GAUT/ (Executive Member)1975/09 BCE [n75.146] https://lglc.ca/organization/GAUT/ (Contact)1974 BCE [n75.146] https://lglc.ca/organization/GAUT/ (Chairperson)1975 http://www.clga.ca/memoriam-john-alan-lee-1933-2013(http://goo.gl/ln31Me) https://lglc.ca/organization/RTPC/ (Chairperson)1981 http://www.clga.ca/memoriam-john-alan-lee-1933-2013 |
| Associated Periodicals |
https://lglc.ca/periodical/p70/ (Journalist)
1975/05/16 - 1975/05/30 BDE [n74.202], C [n75.57] https://lglc.ca/periodical/p110/ (LetterWriter)1964/04/22 BCE [n64.17] https://lglc.ca/periodical/p97/ (LetterWriter)1964 BCE [n64.17] https://lglc.ca/periodical/p10/ (LetterWriter)1978 BCE [n78.161] |