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The Body Politic, September 1984 /^ AT" 106 » September 1984 • US & Canada $2.00 • UK £1 • Australia $1.7} I* » Jane Rule: Crossing the undefenc^^^H Revolution for the fun of it! 1 1 W7*tfZ rfoes Stonewall mean to you ifyou were only seven years old when it happened? Reflections on Lesbian and Gay Pride Day 1984 by Sonja Mills Busted at Bud's account of the Montreal SHOT BY AN ELECTRON GUN bar raid, p 13 Framed Youth of the British videotape seized by the Ontario censors, p 39 s For casual wear. 673 Yonge Street, just south of Bloor. I^^^[^^^T^ | IX/T^TT"^ T^ •' ' s ' , !**- A "si •* ^; " x _M^&^m ^ « A mi User-friendly lhis year's marketing slogan describes anything fron computer software to application forms. Trendy but is it for real? Asterisk says yes — we give you friendly service that's professional, on time and even cost-effective. Asterisk, 363-3253- lhe largest gay design and production agency in Canada. Upstairs Basin Cabaret Home of Toronto's best live dinner theatre cabaret Reservation* r*** 598-3013. a Jazz Some. Downstairs Or 28 or 46 Somebuddies Toronto home who keep the air buzzing world greati lite " with conversation that Stiddon. Tatt casual, little Call 598 3020 maybe a mt crazy and always fun. ton rl ><>ii Street 180 Queen Street —just West of University A short walk or cab ride from al downtown hotels 64 Gerrard E at Church Reservations 977-1919 In the lane behind Crispins. 977-9955 '»/**« o »W»gc 6-IOHO !'«M graphics ASTERISK 2 C THE BODY POLITIC SEPTEMBER 1984 LETTERS THIS ISSUE BodyPbliik N° 106 • SEPTEMBER 1984 mm: mm "The liberation of homosexuals can only be the work of homosexuals themselves." - Kurt Hitler. 1921 - The Collective Paul Aboud. John Allec. Paul Baker. Edna 8arker. Christine Bearchell, Rick Bebout. Paul Hackney. Gerald Harmon Ed Jackson. Barbara Klemme. Sonja Mills. Crazy about comics Tim McCaskell. Alan O'Connor, Ken Popert. David Rayside. Gillian Rodgerson, Phil Shaw, David Vereschagin I was more than pleased with the article turned face in shadows and all — so Design/Art Direction July/ issue Brad in bars these days. And too bad Kirk Kelly/Rick Bebout in your August by common Paul Aboud. Barbara Klemme Fraser, "Coming Out in the Comics," the censorship laws (formal or informal) The News for several reasons. The first and fore- didn't let us see any of the pubes. Ken Popert, Edna Barker most of these is that I realized that I own I'm referring, of course, to illustra- Robert Barron, Chris Bearchell, Ed Jackson, John Moreau, 36: Sonja wants many of the comics of modern times tions in your June issue: Ken Popert, Gillian Rodgerson, Jane Smith, Richard Summerbell, Michael Totzke. Lee Waldorf, that he mentioned. I had bought most of to have fun! Ken Chaplin these before I came out, and it was (Toronto News Staff) A Pride Day reflection on the Richard Banner, Fred Gilbertson. Jackie Goodwin. amusing that the stories he notes had all Kevin Griffin, Rob Joyce, Don Larventz, Jim Oakes, but passed my notice. growing desire for a revolution Stan Persky, Michael Wellwood Also, I was glad to see that someone (Vancouver News Staff) we can dance to. Maurice Beaulieu (Ouebec), Wayne Bell (Kitchener), agreed with me about the X-Men. One Gale Comin (Calgary), Nils Clausson (Edmonton), particular story that I feel should be Bernard Courte (Montreal), Jeffrey McLaughlin (Victoria), 33: Video shots Robin Metcalfe (Halifax), Jim Monk (Windsor), Fay Orr mentioned is "God Saves, Man Kills." It (Edmonton), Joe Szalai (Kitchener) concerns itself with a reverend who goes David Vereschagin escapes alive The World on a crusade to eradicate the "evil" mu- (and almost intact) from a night Tim McCaskell, Gillian Rodgerson tant menace. Sound familiar? Edna Barker, Kevin Orr, Paul Lee in front of the tube. Finally, I was thrilled to find that Reviews and Features there are other gay comic book fans, as I John Allec (coordinator), Rick Archbold. Paul Baker, Rick have yet meet any other than myself. Bebout, Stephen MacDonald. Alan McGinty. Sonja Mills. to 7: Acts & words Colin Smith, Richard Summerbell Would you be so kind as to print my ad- Chris Bearchell and Lee Waldorf Out in the City dress so that I could get in contact with John Allec (coordinator), Ron Ben-Israel. Kaplan. Jon others and possibly start a network of on dykes talking about dykes Harry Sutherland, Ian Thorn. Glendon McKinney gays interested in comics? Thank you Columns talking about sex. very much. Chris Bearchell, Joy Parks. Jane Rule Letters/Network Ron Montiero Rick Bebout/Chns Bearchell 68 Bay State Road, Apt 4F 13: The Bud's bust Layout and Production Boston, Massachusetts 02215 "Robin J Douglas" recounts 16 Rick Bebout (coordinator), Paul Aboud. John Allec, David Blair, Dale Bolivar, Terry Farley, Peter Fitzwilliam, Paul Hackney, hours of fear, bitterness and rage. Barbara Klemme, Neil Kitagawa. jean-denis lacroix, Chris Lea, Language barrier Stephen Mackay, Adrienne Matte, Robert Mealy, Sonja Mills, John Moreau. Doug O'Neill. Michael Petty. Konnie Reich, Heather Ramsay's review of Alice 19: World news Jane Smith. Jean-Luc Svoboda. and members and friends of Walker's work (TBP, June) was well- the collective. The IGA in Helsinki; AIDS in Printing: Delta Web Graphics, Scarborough written and insightful. However, she Advertising ends the article with the statement: "We Brazil; more on Gay's the Word Ed Jackson, Gillian Rodgerson as lesbians and gay men know a great — and lots of other stories. Maurice Arcand, Robert Barron. Mike Kelley, Ken Popert, Gilles St-Hilaire. Robert Wilson deal about heterosexual oppression. I do not think we know enough about the op- Promotion 32: Jane Rule Gerald Hannon pression of racism and colourism, or Robert Wilson how these two forces can affect us indiv- Lessons from uncivil servants Subscriptions idually and collectively." and Distribution and unlikely encounters along the Gerald Hannon, Ken Popert. Robert Trow The fact is, some of us do know about Ward Beattie, Bill Brown, Milo Connelley, Stephen Mackay, physical — and spiritual — 49th Martin Roebuck, Bob Wallace racism, because some of us experience it first-hand. parallel. Office Paul Aboud. John Allec. Rick Bebout, Gerald Hannon, Over the years, feminism has made a Ed Jackson, Barbara Klemme, Sonja Mills. Ken Popert, continuous critique of the structural sex- Gillian Rodgerson of traditional 39: Seized Youth Robert Barron. Scott Bowler, Brad Candy, Gail Crouch, ism forms of language. We Paul Hackney, iean-denis lacroix, Dale Landry, Mike Marshall, have since become used to "he/she," or Richard Fung saw Framed Youth Tim McCaskell, Phillip Solanki, Anne Stokes, 1 Lee Waldorf. to "we" rather than "they" when wom- Ken West — once. Then he got to see the en write about women. But discourse is If. m The Body Politic is published ten times a year by Pink Triangle &M censors take it away. not only patriarchal. It is the expression Press, a non-profit corporation, as a contribution to the building of the gay movement and the growth of gay consciousness. Respon- of a class society in which racism, like sibility lor the content of The Body Politic rests with the Body Politic homophobia, is an integral part. Collective, an autonomous body operating within Pink Triangle 51: Four poets Press. The collective is a group ol people who regularly their I know Heather Ramsay as a hard- give Anderson, time and labour to the production of this magazine The opinions ol working activist for lesbian and third- Works by Jack Jon l he collective are represented only in editorials and clearly marked world issues. This is not meant as an at- Bracker, David MacLean and editorial essays. Offices of The Body Politic are located at 54 m Wolseley Street (second floor) in Toronto tack on her. Nevertheless, when we write Scott Tucker, from Ian Young's The publication of an advertisement In The Body Politic does not or organize for gay /lesbian liberation, mean that the collective endorses the advertiser. the Muse. we must avoid the trap of constructing Son of Male Mailing address The Body Politic, Box 7289, Stn A Toronto, Ontario. Canada M5W 1X9 our audience as general. When you ana- Problem is, one's of a man, and one's Phone (416) 364-6320 it, . lyse this supposedly general, non- of a woman. ! Who said the faggots Regular departments Available on microfilm from specified person always turns out to be and the dykes always have different MacLaren Micropublishmg. Box 972. Stn F 3: Letters from readers male, middle-class, white and, outside tastes? Maybe we really are all bisexual Toronto. Ontario. Canada M4Y 2N9 the gay media, heterosexual as well. after all. 6: Editorial Copyright © 1984 Pink Triangle Press When I was talking about this article Yours in intersexual solidarity, 2nd Class Mail Registration No 3245 24: Out in the City ISSN 0315-3606 to a non-white friend, he said he remem- Donald James 38: Joy Parks's Shared Ground DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEADLINE bered the passage but it hadn't struck Cambridge, Massachusetts Classifieds FOR THE OCTOBER 1984 ISSUE: him. "I never think they're talking to me 43: anyway. I'm to the THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 used being on Common tactics 00: Network, our listing of outside." The Body Politic is a member of the Coalition lor Gay Rights in organizations across Richard Fung While I am sure that we can all sym- Ontario, the Toronto Gay Community Council, the Canadian with the Joyce (TBP, Canada, will return Periodical Publishers' Association, and the International Gay Toronto pathize case of Rob Association June), I think that 1 can understand next month.
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