Will Aitken is a writer and journalist. He was part of the independent collective that began publishing Gay Times in 1972 in response to an increase of police harassment against gays in Montreal. He was also one of the founders of Montréal’s feminist and gay bookstore, Androgyny Books. He is now a writer.
| Names | Will Aitken (Main) BE [n73.111] W. Aitken (altName) BE [n72.103] |
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| Related Pages | Will Aitken on LGLC |
| Occupations |
Journalist
1972/11/24 https://lglc.ca/event/n72.103 English Teacher at Vanier College,Montreal HigherEducation“Contributors,” Body Politic, no. 30 (1977), p. 18 Editor“Our Image Contributors,” Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 32 PoetnotAfter(1977) https://lglc.ca/event/n77.0 WriternotAfter(1989) Matthew Hays, “Will Aitken, Novelist, on the Set of Antigone,” The Gay & Lesbian Review, 29 June 2018, https://glreview.org/article/will-aitken-novelist-on-the-set-of-antigone/ HigherEducation - 2016Matthew Hays, “Will Aitken, Novelist, on the Set of Antigone,” The Gay & Lesbian Review, 29 June 2018, https://glreview.org/article/will-aitken-novelist-on-the-set-of-antigone/ |
| Associated People |
John Southin
K. Kelley
Robert K. Martin
Chris Lawrence
Eve Zaremba
Aaron Devor
Heather Beyer
Patricia Murphy
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| Associated Places |
Androgyny Books (Owner)
1973/10 ABCEFGHI [n73.111] Vanier College (Employee)“Contributors,” Body Politic, no. 30 (1977), p. 18 |
| Associated Organizations |
Organization: GAY, Gay McGill (Member)
1973/10 BCE [n73.111] |
| Associated Periodicals |
The McGill Daily (Journalist)
1972/11/24 BCE [n72.103] |