October 14 Toronto Harvey Hamburg of […]

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1976-10-14

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October 14 Toronto Harvey Hamburg of TAG was interviewed by David Scott-Atkinson of the Mississauga News on CITY-TV's program Free for All. Scott-Atkinson, a public relations executive and writer who had published several homophobic columns in the News, made anti-gay remarks on air, including, "I don't see anything gay about being a fag, a fairy, a poof, or a queer" and "… if somebody gassed your lot, I wouldn't pause to eat for a second." The station was immediately flooded with complaints. CITY decided not to rebroadcast the taped segment, and invited Hamburg back the next week for a more sympathetic interview.

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