Tom Warner (born 1952) is an author, gay rights activist, and former Human Rights Commissioner. He was born in

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and lives in

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. He was one of the founding members of Gay Students' Alliance at the

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, and of the Zodiac Friendship Society. In Toronto, he helped found the

Gay Alliance Toward Equality The Gay Alliance Toward Equality, or GATE, was one of the first gay liberation groups in Canada.Ed Jackson and Stan Persky, ''Flaunting It! 1964-1982: A Decade of Gay Journalism from The Body Politic''. Pink Triangle Press, 1982. Formed in spr ...

and has been involved with the Right to Privacy Committee. From 1993 to 1996 he served as an

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er.

Honours and awards

The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives National Portrait Collection. Inducted in 2002.

Books

*''Never Going Back: A History of Queer Activism in Canada''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. .

References

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