Liberation politics, body politics

Book review by Daniel Gawthrop posted on British Columbia Review on February 28, 2026 Liberation and Libido: Masculinity, Sexuality, and the Aesthetics of Gay Liberation in Canada, 1971–1987, by Nicholas A. Hrynyk (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2026), $32.95 / 9781487507077 Back in 1990, when I was fresh out of the closet and eager to learn about Canadian gay politics and culture, Stan Persky told me about a 1982 book he had co-edited with Ed…

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Dear Jason Kenney…

Dear Jason Kenney, Two years ago today, kd lang asked you rather bluntly on Twitter: “You’re gay, aren’t you?” She wasn’t the only person who wanted to know. I suspect that millions of other Canadians—including plenty of the celebrated singer/songwriter’s fellow Albertans—were curious, too. One reason for the question was that, on March 28, 2017, you told the Calgary Herald’s editorial board that you thought schools should inform parents when their child joins a gay-straight…

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