"Being Gay: Six Hours of Ideas on CBC-FM"

The Body politic, October 1979.jpeg

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Title

"Being Gay: Six Hours of Ideas on CBC-FM"

Description

An advertisement for 6 CBC radio shows on various queer topics, to be broadcasted around Canada. Topics included identity, a story of a polyamorous relationship, and gay consciousness.

CBC running a radio show explicitly about queer topics, and running an advertisement in The Body Politic, is especially notable as they had a running policy throughout the 1970s to refuse the airing of "gay" public service announcements, on the basis that public service announcements could not be regarding a controversial subject. See this linked article from the Muse, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador's student newspaper, for more details on this controversy.

https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/muse/id/5914/rec/7

Creator

CBC

Source

Pink Triangle Press and Canadian Museum for Human Rights
https://archive.org/details/bodypolitic57toro/page/4/mode/2up?q=st.+John%27s

Publisher

Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Internet Archive

Date

October 1979

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Newsletter Article

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Original Format

Newsletter

Collection

Citation

CBC, “"Being Gay: Six Hours of Ideas on CBC-FM",” The Newfoundland and Labrador Queer Archive, accessed November 21, 2024, https://nlqueerarchive.com/items/show/230.