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Sexual Outliers: Censorship, Advocacy Journalism and the Gay Press
- Wed Feb 23, 2011
- 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
- 90 mins:
For Freedom to Read Week, Pink Triangle Press (PTP), publishers of Xtra and fab, presents a lively and titillating salon discussion on moral puzzles involving censorship and free expression as covered in the gay press.
How are queer communities struggling to reconcile the fights for freedom of sexual and political expression with their desire to fight homophobic expression? When does dissent become hate speech? How is social media and the internet changing all the rules?
Case studies range from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid and the
Toronto Pride Parade, to murder music, Canada Border Services Agency and queer-themed film, and the anti-gay activism of the Westboro Baptist Church and the Institute for Canadian Values.
Contributors include PTP Editorial Director Matt Mills, Xtra Managing
Editor Marcus McCann, Xtra.ca Producer/Reporter Justin Stayshyn, fab
magazine editor Matt Thomas, Artistic Director of Ecce Homo Theatre
Alistair Newton, and other queer writers, bloggers and journalists.
How are queer communities struggling to reconcile the fights for freedom of sexual and political expression with their desire to fight homophobic expression? When does dissent become hate speech? How is social media and the internet changing all the rules?
Case studies range from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid and the
Toronto Pride Parade, to murder music, Canada Border Services Agency and queer-themed film, and the anti-gay activism of the Westboro Baptist Church and the Institute for Canadian Values.
Contributors include PTP Editorial Director Matt Mills, Xtra Managing
Editor Marcus McCann, Xtra.ca Producer/Reporter Justin Stayshyn, fab
magazine editor Matt Thomas, Artistic Director of Ecce Homo Theatre
Alistair Newton, and other queer writers, bloggers and journalists.
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