June 4

1967 - "Any Other Way" was reissued and became a hit across Canada, peaking at #68 on the national RPM chart in March. Famed R&B singer Jackie Shane was debuting her single “Any Other Way” in Toronto, which explicitly referenced a theme of homosexuality. Shane was born in Nashville and was assigned male at birth, but she never identified as a trans woman, instead choosing to keep an open secret about her gender as many people did at that time. Jackie Shane is an example of how queer culture was building and developing out in the open in Toronto even as police activity became more violent.

https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/local-history-genealogy/2019/07/pride-is-political-historic-photos-of-queer-toronto.html