Douglas Wilson (Canadian gay activist)

Douglas Wilson (Canadian gay activist)

Douglas Wilson (1950-1992) was a Canadian gay activist, university professor, publisher and writer born in Saskatchewan. In 1975, he gained prominence in a fight for gay rights with the University of Saskatchewan. The University's Dean of the College of Education refused to allow Wilson into the school system to supervise practice teachers because of his public involvement with the gay liberation movement. Wilson was vice-president of the Gay Community Centre Saskatoon and had been trying to start a gay academic union at the university. The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission failed to protect Wilson and his case was unsuccessful. [ [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/wilson_douglas_1950-93.html The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan] ]

Wilson spent most of his life fighting for human rights issues, activism and AIDS organizations. In 1977 he founded Stubblejumper Press, a press dedicated to publishing works by Canadian lesbians and gay men. He served as executive director of the Saskatchewan Association on Human Rights from 1978 to 1983. In 1983 Wilson moved to Toronto to work for the Toronto Board of Education as an advisor to the Race Relations and Equal Opportunity Office. In 1984, he became one of the founding publishers of "".

Wilson was the first openly gay candidate to be nominated by a major political party to stand for Parliament, representing the New Democratic Party in the Toronto riding of Rosedale. During the campaign he was diagnosed with AIDS. He spent the rest of his life as an AIDS activist, helping to found AIDS Action Now! and founding chairperson of the Canadian Network of Organizations for People Living With AIDS. Wilson published his partner's novels, "Boys Like Us" (1991) and "Sweetheart" (1992) by Peter McGehee. One month before his death, he completed McGehee's notes of his third novel, "Labour of Love" (1993).

In 1995, the University of Saskatchewan's gay organization (Gays and Lesbians at the U of S, GLUS) established the Doug Wilson Award. The award is given annually to honour those individuals who have shown leadership and courage in advancing the rights of gays & lesbians at the University of Saskatchewan. [ [http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/uofs_events/articles/1995.php Events in the History of the University of Saskatchewan] ] The University of Saskatchewan Students' Union (USSU) has presented the award since 2001, after GLUS folded following the establishment of the USSU-run Pride Centre. [ [http://www.ussu.ca/services/awards/Centres.shtml USSU Centres Awards] ]

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