October 28 Toronto Five thousand […]
When
1971-10-24
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October 28 Toronto Five thousand copies of the first issue (November- December) of The Body Politic went on sale. Until its demise in February 1987, it was Canada's gay newspaper of record.
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Peter Zorzi, Queer Catharsis (Toronto: The Author, 1992), pp, 9-24.Jearld Moldenhauer, "Victim of Myopia (or, 'Gerald, Bring Me the Axe')" ("Taking Issue" column). Body Politic, no, 82 (1982), p, 7;PM. (Peter Millard), "Body Politic," Zodiac Friendship Society 2 (September 1973): 3;Stephen MacDonald, "Cold Stone: The Body Politic. An Experience of Alternative Press Publishing in Canada in the 70s," unpublished paper. Faculty of Library Science, University of Toronto, 1976, xii, 44 pp,;Gerald Hannon, "Who We Were, Who We Are," Body Politic, no. 80 (1982), pp, 31-37;Margaret Fulford, ed,. The Canadian Women's Movement, 1960–1990: A Guide to Archival Resources/Le mouvement canadien des femmes, 1960–1990: guide de ressources archivistiques (Toronto: Canadian Women's Movement Archives/ Ecw Press, 1992), entry 15;The Body Politic Papers, several accessions, including "An Inventory of the Records of The Body Politic and Pink Triangle Press," compiled by Rick Bébout, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto;
