"Queer Doings". Robert Burns.
by Burns, Robert; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 70Human Relations. Publisher: Beaver, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Canada -- History | Canadians -- Attitudes | Gays -- Legal status | Homophobia | Homosexuality | Markland George Herchmer | Nineteenth centuryDDC classification: 050 Summary: "On August 2, 1838, a pillar of the Upper Canadian establishment appeared before the Executive Council accused of having had illicit sexual liaisons with a number of young men. What happened next offers a glimpse into attitudes toward homosexuality in nineteenth-century Canada." (BEAVER) This article discusses the case of George Markland, a prominent member of the Legislative Council in 19th-century Upper Canada, and how transcripts recorded accusations made against him of illicit homosexual activity.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: "Queer Doings", April/May 2003; pp. 38-43.
"On August 2, 1838, a pillar of the Upper Canadian establishment appeared before the Executive Council accused of having had illicit sexual liaisons with a number of young men. What happened next offers a glimpse into attitudes toward homosexuality in nineteenth-century Canada." (BEAVER) This article discusses the case of George Markland, a prominent member of the Legislative Council in 19th-century Upper Canada, and how transcripts recorded accusations made against him of illicit homosexual activity.
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