PINK TRIANGLE DAY

See also related headings; e.g., GAY PRIDE CELEBRATIONS; NAMES PROJECT; SASKATCHEWAN MEMORIAL QUILT.
See also note under heading FESTIVALS, CELEBRATIONS, ETC.
No Pink Triangle Day [in Winnipeg; Mayor Bill Norrie refuses request by Gays for Equality, Winnipeg, to sign civic proclamation to declare Feb. 14 Pink Triangle Day "to remember the history of abuse and persecution which homosexual people have suffered..."; "would have reminded the public of the almost 250,000 homosexuals who were persecuted in Nazi Germany"]. By Don Campbell.
P55 (v8n2)(Feb. 28, 1990): 8 (61cm.)
Proclamation denied [Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie once again refuses request to declare February 14 as Pink Triangle Day; openly-gay councillor Glen Murray protested refusal].
P63 (v9n2)(March 6, 1991): 10 (48cm.)
Pink Triangle vigil [over 100 turned out in Winnipeg to celebrate Pink Triangle Day, February 14; Mayor Bill Norrie again refused proclamation; city council agreed to mark two minutes of silence for victims of homophobia; also passed motion to set aside land for memorial; etc.].
P71 (v10n2)(March 18, 1992): 11 (28cm.)
New [Winnipeg] mayor says no! [Susan Thompson says she will not change former mayor Bill Norrie's policy of refusing to proclaim Gay & Lesbian Pride Week or Pink Triangle Day; etc.; brief observations and comment of Councillor Glen Murray regarding Thompson].
P77 (v10n8)(Dec. 9, 1992): 11 (20cm.)
Betrayed again [Winnipeg mayor, Susan Thompson, again refused to issue proclamation for Pink Triangle Day, February 14; Day was celebrated with gathering at Plug-In Gallery, etc.].
P95 (v13n2)[misnumbered v13n1 on contents page](March 8, 1995): 14 (24cm.)