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John Hofsess

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John Hofsess was a writer whose work included queer people and characters, including Jane Rule, Marie-Claire Blais, and members of Gay Youth Toronto. His 1976 profile of John Damien was distributed through 21 newspapers, with a total readership of about five million people. Shortly after this profile was published, the chairman of the Ontario Racing Commission issued writs of libel to Damien, Hofsess, and the publishing newspapers (in what was likely an attempt to suppress media coverage). The writs were dropped in October 1978. Hofsess attempted to print an ad in the Globe and Mail to raise funds for the Committee to Defend John Damien, but the Globe rejected it. He believed that homosexuals were gaining recognition as artists (and characters), but were losing ground in the real world due to a few "militants."

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'I Am, Simply, a Writer,'Hot Hofsess Gay Abandon: Homosexuals Are Winning Battles in the World of Fiction but a Militant Few Are Costing Them the War in Real Life Looking for Mr Gaybar: Young, Exploited and Homosexual Case Histories within the Real Body Politic Defending Damien Who Is Jane Rule? And How Much Does Her Sexuality Have to Do with It?A Lively Cast of Misfits and Drifters Calumnity Jane Review of 'Just Looking, Thank You'Do Send a Shrink to Leo One Flew over the Butterfly's Nest: Margaret Gibson's Journey from 'Hopelessly Crazy Person' to Admired New Writer Damien's Exile: What John Damien Represents and Defends Is Not Homosexuality But Human Dignity Damien's Exile Looking for Mr Gaybar Sexual Niggers

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