For the Record

The Body politic, May 1986.jpeg

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Title

For the Record

Description

Article in The Body Politic about a critique and an attempt to ban the book The Joy of Gay Sex by an executive assistant to the federal justice minister as a response to an inquiry by the Gay Association in Newfoundland (GAIN) . The book was critiqued for being against the Criminal Code.

This article was posted in the Body Politic newsletter. The Body Politic was a queer, activist-based Canadian monthly newsletter that was published from 1971 to 1987. It is one of the most significant queer publications in Canadian history, and played a significant role in amplifying the Gay Liberation Movement and provided a crucial space for queer voices to be heard.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Pink Triangle Press and Canadian Museum for Human Rights https://archive.org/details/bodypolitic126toro/page/16/mode/2up?q=newfoundland

Publisher

Pink Triangle Press and Internet archive

Date

May 1986

Format

jpeg

Language

English

Type

Newsletter article

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “For the Record,” The Newfoundland and Labrador Queer Archive, accessed April 19, 2025, https://nlqueerarchive.com/items/show/358.