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March 14, 1991 the Other Press 1 I · ~:~::: , :: :' : ''':. : , 11 AIDS Education Piece Causes Controversy called The Muse after perpetuate the problem," she "It's totally amazing -­ of Winnipeg - have reprinted Memorial's student council said said. they've blown it all out of the article in support of The HALIFAX (CUP) -- The it would establish a publishing Biology and Women's proportion. On TV, we were put Muse. mass media have "missed the board to oversee the paper's Studies professor Joan Scott said ahead of the Gulf War and a Papers running the boat" in the brouhaha over a editorial content. The Royal the university should support possible outbreak of controversial article have been safer-sex article[ublished in a Newfoundland Constabulary's the article. meningitis," she said. harrassed by their student Newfoundlan student statement that it would launch "Art May is only exciting Kinsman cited the backlash councils. The Uniter's editorial newspaper, say the paper's an investigation made The homophobia on the campus over the gay-positive article as staff were asked to hand in their supporters. Globe and Mail's national when he should be squelching an example of attempts by resignations last week. The Cord "It's really unfortunate the edition. In St. John's, The it," she said. government, religious groups at Wilfred Laurier University in media pounced on this and Sunday Express advised the "At cinemas, we are exposed and the mass media to suppress Waterloo, Ontario, had their defined it immediately as being lesbian and gay communities to to an avalanche of movies that information about safe sex. locks changed and their paper about offunding people - rather "take care not to lose , sight of are graphic, explicit and full of 'The reality is, you have to shut down by student council than as a health education their longer-term social goals." coercive sex and violence decide whether you're going to after running the article. And the issue," said Kinsman, a Gary "What long-term goal are against women. The allow HIV to spread because of Dal Gazette at Dalhousie sociology professor at Memorial they referring to -- that we (gay /lesbian) supplement is your 'moral' perspective, or University in Halifax has had University who has done should book funeral parlors?" completely free of coercive sex," whether you're going to copies o( the issue containing extensive research on AIDS asked Padraic Brake, the gay Scott said. seriously grapple with explicit the article taken off the stands, education issues. rights activist who co-wrote the May retracted his linkage of education," said Kinsman. and are facing threats of closure. The February 15 article, controversial article. tuition fee hikes and the "Hopefully, more people The Other Press is called "A gay men's guide to Brake, a student at "pornographic" article the next will realize we have to deal with autonomous and cannot be shut erotic safer sex," was part of the Memorial, said explicit, day. this issue, even though it may down by the DCSS. annual lesbian and gay gay-positive education has been Muse editor Dawn Mitchell offend a few people. In many The Link at Concordia supplement published by The proven effective in study after ways, this is a health University and The Varsity at Muse at Memorial University in said that despite the news study. He said the article was a conference, none of the "zillions" emergency," he said. the University of Toronto plan St. John's. It used explicit "replication of safe-sex material The Muse is one of about a to follow suit next week. language and erotic scenarios to of journalists pestering Muse used in other North American staff members seem to care dozen university newspapers in Members of The Muse staff show gay men how to enjoy sex cities," based on the guidelines Canada which publish annual have yet to hear anything from while reducing the risk of about AIDS education - the of the Canadian AIDS Society. point of the article in the first lesbian and gay supplements. So the police. spreading HIV -- the virus The national umbrella far, at least three of these- the thought to cause AIDS. It was place. Their interests: "shock group's booklet on safe-sex value, the police investigation, Other Press, the Ubyssey at the 110U: tiN arlku in question ha accompanied by a suggestive Oft education urges that "a variety the (student council) and May's University of British Columbia, lrun ,.,m.. W,forneryone's benefit, graphic taken from a pamphlet page 4 of tiN •l'l'kmmt. of specifically tailored terms be comments." and the Uniter at the University on oral sex produced by the used for the many different AIDS Committee of Toronto. needs of people, in their own Kinsman said the media's erotic vocabularies." Gay Soldier Takes Forces To Court fasCination with the various "It wasn't meant to negative reactions to the article sensationalize, nor to shock br lhephen Hendrie The group has received base where I work have come in - rather than its intent - has $25,000 in federal funding to anyone. It was to communicate MONTREAL(CUP)- Every and told me they support me." created a "hysterical" directly to gay men in the cloud has a lavender lining. help develop human rights Among the military atmosphere which could stifle language that they use," said While the Canadian Forces cases under the Court members who dropped by crucial discussion about AIDS Challenges Program, a federal Brake, who estimates there are have been off playing soldier in Dwyer's desk were some gay education. government fund established in and lesbian colleagues, still in over 2,000 lesbians and ~r men the Persian Gulf Corporal to facilitate legal challenges "This is a brilliant among students, staf and Derrick Dwyer ~ frozen 1985 the closet, who confided in him. illustration of how the based on the Charter of Human Les McAfee said Dwyer will homophobia in society is faculty at Memorial. in his position as an Rights. On Feb. 18, supporters of administrative clerk in a supply need support as the legal preventing us from doing the The Muse held a press unit at a Montreal base. McAfee said the timing was process becomes more intense. effective safe-sex and AIDS i great for Dwyer. confere~ in an effort to focus ! He's been in Umbo since he The army is expected to mount a education we have to do." "A similar case fell through strong opposition, for fear that a the med1a s gaze on the health decided three years ago to llfnft Kinsman said angle of the tory. · hiding the fact that he's ,av~r out west when another gay victory for Dwyer would mean community-based AIDS groups "Mr Ma to have lost o-.1 soldier gave up. He was worn de facto Charter prohibition of in New York, San Francisco, · · Y f The military reacted to out after five years of battling discrimination based on sexual Toronto and Vancouver have slght of ~ e act that Dwyer's admission of 15 the mill . It didn't take long orientation. This would be a been highly successful in pol?ography h imagery houioeexuality dwing a routine lor r's case to be accepted significant victory for the gay which presents a 1\ subject · check by __..u.. e his security reducing rates of HIV al 0 b'ect ~ use of · ---a by t e Court Challenges rights movement in Canada. "It transmission among men- but as a ~xu .. ~ or w·.. ~a~.o dearanCeandteJUnghimtoquit. Program." would also be significant theV1ewer,. sa1d Theresa ~., Dwyerdeddedto&ght.Hewent only by using the approach representmg the St . .J'i hn s public with his stcry, and the Dwyer has already gone because the military is arguing it taken by the article in The Muse. Status of Women Counc1l. media attention~ to have rough the internal military is out of the realm of human To work, the message must be w 1 h 'd Ma •....,._. process, the equivalent of a rights legislation, and out of the explicit, gay- and sex-positive, as sal Y was hisaecurityclearancereinltated to throw up a smokescreen. federal tribunal stage, and realm of charter legislation, says actually show people how to "This article -- and the But he remaiDs stuck is struck out. The next step is the McAfee. have safe sex and use language accompanying photograph __ Federal Court of Appeal. 'They feel exempt because appropriate to the community it depicts a sexuality which is job a clerk. Dwyer he's 'We'll probably be in court they're national security. Part of is aimed at. bein discriminated gainst in early spring," said Dwyer their argument is that gays and mutually pleasurable and becau of his sexual ''This is the type of work that entered in to freely, not one -.a from his Montreal apartment. lesbians would be outrageous to sueceed s. This lS· w hat works ' " linked to violence, humiliation orientati .... he' king the The 33-year-old native of Belle morale, and destroy 'd Ki military to sal nsman. or ridicule," she said. Island, Nfld., spoke pensively effectiveness in the armed Af ter t h e supp1 ement Robin Whitaker, a Enter E about the years of living with his forces. It's very similar to the · 1 'd t Gays an Lesbians appeared ' Memona ~resl en Memori'al student and former secret, dealing with an arguments used to keep women ' Everywhere), an Ottawa-based Arthur MaY told the t · J0 hn s Muse editor, said the article has intransigent commanding out of the forces 20 years ago.

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