Alan Dearnley

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Alan Dearnley
aka Strawberry Dickerie, Triangle Tarts
2 Jun 1961 - 28 Jan 1996

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Triangle Squares

Obituary

Alan Dearnley
June 2, 1961 January 28, 1996

"We are all angels with only one wing.
We can only fly by supporting each other."
Thanks Alan, for always being willing to offer your support.
Missed by family and friends.[1]

Recollections

Alan was an early organizer of gay youth groups. In September 1978, Gay Youth Guelph (GYG) was formed with ten members, twenty-five years of age or younger. Al Dearnley and Sandy Pratt served as coordinators, with Michael Hauser as secretary.[2]

One month later, October 1978, he and over sixty representatives of gay youth in Ontario met at the 519 Community Centre to work out strategies for the Bi-national Gay Youth Coalition. Al Dearnley, a seventeen-year-old spokesman for the group, said that information on services and support groups for homosexuals should be made available in high schools.[3]

Memorial Panel

  • 2LL | Triangle Squares

Photos


Sources

  1. Xtra! (Toronto, ON) Thursday, 11 Apr 1996, p.6
  2. McLeod, Donald W. Lesbian and gay liberation in Canada : a selected annotated chronology, 1976–1981. Toronto: Homewood Books, 2016, p.300.
  3. Ibid., p.317