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Douglas Wilson was born on 11 October, 1950 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a Canadian gay activist. Discover Douglas Wilson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

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Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 11 October, 1950
Birthday 11 October
Birthplace Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date of death 26 September, 1992
Died Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1950

Douglas Wilson (1950–1992) was a Canadian gay activist, graduate student, publisher and writer born in Saskatchewan.

1975

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.

Wilson spent most of his life fighting for human rights issues, activism and AIDS organizations.

1977

In 1977 he founded Stubblejumper Press, a small publishing house dedicated to works by Canadian lesbians and gay men.

The company's first title was Wilson's own poetry collection The Myth of the Boy.

1978

He served as executive director of the Saskatchewan Association on Human Rights from 1978 to 1983.

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.

1984

In 1984 he became one of the founding publishers of Rites: for lesbian and gay liberation.

1988

Wilson was the first openly gay candidate to be nominated by a major political party to stand for Parliament, as a candidate of the New Democratic Party in the Toronto riding of Rosedale in the 1988 election.

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.

1991

Wilson published his partner Peter McGehee's novels, Boys Like Us (1991) and Sweetheart (1992).

1992

Wilson died on September 24, 1992, at the age of 42.

1993

One month before his death, he completed McGehee's notes of his third novel, Labour of Love (1993).

1995

In 1995 the University of Saskatchewan's gay organization (Gays and Lesbians at the U of S, GLUS) established the Doug Wilson Award, given annually to honour those individuals who have shown leadership and courage in advancing the rights of gays & lesbians at the University of Saskatchewan.

2001

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.

2009

Stubblejumper, a film about Doug Wilson, was screened in venues across Saskatchewan in March 2009.

It was directed by Saskatchewan filmmaker David Geiss.

In honour of his role as a significant builder of LGBT culture and history in Canada, a portrait of Wilson by artist Alfred Ng is held in The ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives' National Portrait Collection.