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Scott Symons

Scott Symons was a writer and pioneer of Canadian LGBT literature. He wrote Place d’Armes (1967), which included depictions of homosexual acts, and Civic Square (1969).

Names Scott Symons (Main) BE [n77.15] Hugh Brennan Scott Symons (altName)

BE [Sandra Martin, “His life was his art. Alas, it was not a masterpiece,” The Globe and Mail, 27 February 2009, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/his-life-was-his-art-alas-it-was-not-a-masterpiece/article714137/?page=all]

Related Pages Scott Symons on LGLC
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Birth Date 1933/07/13
Birth Place Toronto
Death Date 2009/02/23
Death Place https://lglc.ca/place/TOR/
Identities Gay

BE [http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/02/25/groundbreaking_gay_author_scott_symons_dies.html(http://goo.gl/KJDCvv)]

Homosexual

BE [Sandra Martin, “His life was his art. Alas, it was not a masterpiece,” The Globe and Mail, 27 February 2009, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/his-life-was-his-art-alas-it-was-not-a-masterpiece/article714137/?page=all]

Occupations Writer
1986

“No Absolution for the Sins of Flesh,” Body Politic, no. 127 (1986), p. 29

Writer
1986

BC[“No Absolution for the Sins of Flesh,” Body Politic, no. 127 (1986), p. 29]

Associated People

Charles Taylor
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Personal
Social
Sandra Martin, "His life was his art. Alas, it was not a masterpiece," The Globe and Mail, 27 February 2009, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/his-life-was-his-art-alas-it-was-not-a-masterpiece/article714137/?page=all

https://lglc.ca/person/JMORR/
(Spouses)
Personal
Romantic
3/1/1958 - [1967]
Sandra Martin, "His life was his art. Alas, it was not a masterpiece," The Globe and Mail, 27 February 2009, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/his-life-was-his-art-alas-it-was-not-a-masterpiece/article714137/?page=all