The Conference
The conference drew 400 registrants, from Canada, the United States and other countries. Thirty-five workshop sessions were offered at Hart House, on the University of Toronto Campus, on subjects ranging from bicycle repair to discussion-based sessions exploring topical issues in the lesbian movement of the time. All sessions were conducted in English but simultaneous translation was offered for French Language speakers.
Saturday evening featured a live concert with the Toronto band who went on to become the Parachute Club, Mama Quilla II.
In her Lesbian History of the Lesbian Organization of Toronto, The House that Jill Built, Becki Ross quotes conference attendee Naomi Brooks about the ecitement the conference generated in the lesbian community at the time:
| “ | We felt that we had built a national lesbian movement. This was it, it was happening. | ” |
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—Brooks, Naomi, quoted in Becki Ross. The House That Jill Built: A Lesbian Nation in Formation, 1995, p192 |
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