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October 19 Toronto The Ontario Press […]
When
1978-10-19
Description
October 19 Toronto The Ontario Press Council upheld the Toronto Star's right to refuse to use the word "gay" in its news and editorial pages rather than "homosexual." Michael Lynch, a gay activist and professor of English at the University of Toronto, had launched a complaint with the council after the Star published a letter to the editor from Lynch that substituted the word "homosexual" for "gay." The council did, however, suggest that newspapers "review their policies on the use of the word 'gay,' since it has gained widespread recognition as a synonym for homosexual and as a self-adopted label of this minority group."
