February 27 Mississauga, Ont. […]

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1978-02-27

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February 27 Mississauga, Ont. Mississauga City Council voted six to three to uphold the Mississauga Library Board's decision to prohibit the showing of the film The Naked Civil Servant, which depicted the life of openly gay English writer Quentin Crisp. Members of GEM attended the council meeting and attempted to have the decision reversed. The board's action caused considerable controversy and was criticized by the Canadian Library Association and the Mississauga Times. (See also March 14, 1978, and April 26, 1978.)

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Quentin Crisp

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Canadian Library Association Gay Equality Mississauga Mississauga Library Board Mississauga City Council

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The Naked Civil Servant

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Lily Wood, "Council Crunches Crisp," Body Politic, no. 41 (1978), p. 9.John Stewart, "Library Board Broke Its Policy Banning Gay Film," Mississauga Times, 5 April 1978, p. 1 John Stewart, "Council Puts Lid on Film on Gays," Mississauga Times, 1 March 1978, p. 1 "Mississauga Library Board Cancels Film on Gays," Quill & Quire, April 1978, p. 34 "Homosexual Film Ban Appalling—Professor," Toronto Star, four star ed., 28 March 1978, p. A4 Elgin Blair, "Crisp Controversy Spreads to Oakville," Body Politic, no. 43 (1978), p. 6

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