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The Body Politic on Trial with Michael Lynch

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Title

The Body Politic on Trial with Michael Lynch

Subject

gay liberation
press
police raids
censorship
homophobia
pedophilia

Description

Michael Lynch reflects on the 1979 police raid of the Body Politic offices and the subsequent trial after it published the story "Men Loving Boys Loving Men." The response to the trial touched on police brutality, obscenity laws, gay liberation, freedom of the press, and Anita Bryant's visit to Toronto. Narrated by Frank Harrad.

Citation

“The Body Politic on Trial with Michael Lynch,” The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/549.