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February 23 Winnipeg John Usher […]

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1979-02-23

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February 23 Winnipeg John Usher, eighteen, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the September 1978 murder of Peter Petkaw, who had been attacked on the "Hill," Winnipeg's outdoor gay cruising area.

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September 13 Winnipeg Peter Petkaw […]

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Winnipeg

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Peter PetkawJohn Usher

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"Gay-basher Gets Life," Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 15.