Julian Fantino met with “gay community leaders” in November, according to leaks made to the mainstream media.
Here’s the list of people who were NOT invited to that meeting.
(If you’re not on the list, and you, too, were not invited, e-mail us at eleanor.brown@xtra.ca – and we’ll add your name!)
Kyle Rae, Downtown city councillor
George Smitherman, Liberal MPP
Rev Brent Hawkes, Metropolitan Community Church Of Toronto
Tom Warner
Carolyn Egan, pro-choice and labour activist
Jane Farrow, CBC radio producer
Arif Noorani
David Oiye, artistic director of Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Kim Fullerton, curator
Kazik Jedrzejczak (of the Polish Gay And Lesbian Association)
Enza Anderson, drag queen and journalist
Jude Tait, the University of Toronto gay and lesbian issues staffer
Bonte Minnema, U of T activist and New Democrat
Glen Brown, AIDS consultant
Craig McClure, AIDS consultant
Greg Pavelich
Andrea Calver (head of the Ontario Coalition For Social Justice)
Richard Silver
Gerald Hannon
Rob Lavery
Maggie Cassella, comic
Christine Donald
Sue Goldstein
Shira Spectre
Mitchel Raphael, National Post reporter
Ray Brillinger
Kathleen Wynne
Jim Ferry
Deena Ladd
Trevor Gray
Deb Parent
Lee Zaslofsky
Anna Willats
Rachel Giese
Entire organizations left out in the cold:
Coalition For Lesbian And Gay Rights In Ontario
Street Outreach Services
Desh Pardesh
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
Ontario AIDS Network
Black Coalition For AIDS Prevention
Church And Wellesley Neighbourhood Police Advisory Committee
Lesbian And Gay Community Appeal
Toronto Centre For Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual Youth
Mr Leather Toronto (and the entire organizing committee)
Church Street Business Association
AIDS Action Now
Lesbian, Gay, Bi Youth Line
Casey House
Toronto People With AIDS Foundation
AIDS Committee Of Toronto
June 13 Committee
519 Church Street Community Centre
Asian Community AIDS Services
Gay Asians Toronto
Inside Out Film And Video Festival