1965 - David Secter's student film, Winter Kept Us Warm, shot at the University of Toronto, becomes the first English-language Canadian film invited to the Cannes festival. Its homosexual subtext allegedly escaped the notice of most of the actors involved.
Oct 1969 - The University of Toronto Homophile Association (UTHA) holds its first meeting
Dec 1970 - Community Homophile Association (CHAT) spins off from UTHA
Aug 1971 - UTHA, CHAT and Toronto Gay Action (TGA) organize Toronto's first Gay Day Picnic - a progenitor of Pride celebrations to come
Aug 1971 - UTHA president Charlie Hill, speaking as a representative of TGA, reads a series of 10 demands for queer liberation and equality under the law at a rally on the steps of Parliament Hill
Feb 1973 - Gay Alliance Towards Equality (GATE) begins holding regular meetings at the U of T Graduate Students' Union
Oct 1973 - GATE is a prime mover behind Toronto city council vote to prohibit discrimination against gay people in hiring
Feb 1974 - GATE challenges U of T's new discipline code, calling it "a mechanism of selective suppression of people and ideas . . . unpopular with the university administration."
Feb 1974 - GATE pickets the Ontario Human Rights Commission, urging it to respond to calls for amendment of the Human Rights Code to include sexual orientation
Sept 1974 - the Toronto Star refuses to print a feature article describing a new U of T School of Continuing Education course in gay studies
1975 - founding of the U of T Gay Academic Union (GAU), a group focused primarily on faculty and graduate students
1977 - UTHA reborn as Gays at U of T (GAUT). Undergraduates wanted autonomy from the faculty-identified GAU, and further impetus came when the campus Sexual Education Centre (SEC) refused to use gay counsellors.
Jan 1980 - GAUT stages awareness campaign in Sid Smith Lobby
Sept 1980 - GAUT challenges gay stereotypes in Varsity headlines
Jan 1981 - GAUT requests increase in SAC project aid funding (to $150). GAUT chair Dan Healey writes: "I found it a humiliating experience to have to go before the Board to plead for more funds, so that our grant would at least match those of the other campus groups which found themselves on SAC's bottom rung"
Feb 1981 - first U of T Gay Awareness Week is presented by GAUT.
Jan 1982 - Organizers of Gay and Lesbian Awareness Week are refused permission to screen the film "Michael, a gay son" at St. Michael's College
1984 - Gays and Lesbians at the University of Toronto (GLAUT) is refused permission to show the film The Life and Times of Harvey Milk at St. Michael�s College.
1990 - GLAUT launches an Ontario Human Rights complaint against St. Michael's College newspaper "the Mike" after The Mike refuses, on two separate occasions, to publish advertising for the Homohop.
Dec 1997 - progressive organizations including LGB-OUT protest U of T's decision to offer an honourary degree to George Bush (1, 2)
1998 - LGBTQ Resource Directory produced in partnership with Student Services
Jan 1998 - student drive to reform Health Services launched by LGB-OUT and SEC
Feb 1998 - Supporters rally with LGBTOUT against campus homophobia
Feb 1998 - GSU, ASSU, Women's Centre and LGBTOUT call for Governing Council reform over perceived conflicts of interest by corporate board members
Sept 1998 - LGBTOUT, SEC, Women's Centre and SAC organize second annual U of T Gay Pride Week
Nov 1998 - Positive Space Campaign relaunched
Nov 1998 - LGBTOUT, SEC and Women's Centre explore options to washroom closures
Feb 1999 - Governing Council is urged to endorse a more LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum
March 1999 - LGBTOUT seeks a 75� SAC levy but it is defeated by 40 votes (1, 2, 3)
June 1999 - LGBTOUT leads the Toronto Pride March as honoured group
June 1999 - we join protesters in Ottawa to challenge (no-show) hate-monger Fred Phelps
July 1999 - U of T officially opens the Office of LGBTQ Resources and Programs
July 1999 - LGBTOUT stages same-sex wedding at U of T
July 1999 - LGBTOUT presents bisexuality awareness week at U of T
August 1999 - the �Priscilla Queen of the North� tour is launched to promote queer visibility in Northern Ontario (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Sept 1999 - we stage a kiss-in for queer visibility
October 1999 - LGBTOUT participates in �Out Students Amassing Power� demonstration against homophobic violence
August 2000 - we participate in the �You Are Not Alone� tour with the LGB Youth Line in southwestern Ontario
Feb 2001 - U of T administration shuts down the Hangar, shutting out the Homohop
September 2001 - Victoria's Cats Eye pub refuses to provide space for the Homohop
Nov 2002 - LGBTOUT protests anti-gay speaker Peter Kreeft at St. Michael's College
March 2003 - we mobilize with other community queers as part of a peace rally at Nathan Phillips Square
Sept 2003 - LGBTOUT leads community protest against an "ex-gay" conference (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
March 2004 - LGBTOUT seeks financial support in the form of a 69-cent student levy but it is defeated ~2000-1400.
October 2004 - LGBTOUT once again seeks financial support in the form of a 70-cent student levy in SAC by-elections, but it is defeated 1061-697.
September 2004 - LGBTOUT launches an ambitious fundraising campaign to endow student awards recognizing queer student volunteerism and leadership.
September 2004 - LGBTOUT and Sexual Diversity Studies collaborate to produce "U of T Queer History" display at Robarts Library
November 2004 - In honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance, LGBTOUT leads a rally at Queen's Park in front of the Legislative buildings asking the Ontario government to reinstate OHIP funding for sexual reassignment surgeries (1, 2).
January 2005 - LGBTOUT celebrates 35 years of queer activism at U of T with a gala party.
March 2006 - LGBTOUT officially changes its name to Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans People of the University of Toronto.
April 2006 - The inaugural LGBTOUT Student Awards, recognizing outstanding volunteer contributions to equity and anti-oppression, are awarded at a gala fundraiser.