October 4 Halifax Red Herring […]

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1978-10-04

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October 4 Halifax Red Herring Co-operative Bookstore was told by Canada Customs that lesbian books published by Diana Press in California were not permitted to enter Canada. The bookstore decided to reorder the nineteen books and threatened legal action to get them.

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Red Herring Cooperative Books Halifax

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Diana Press Canada Border Services Agency

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Robin Metcalfe, "Customs Blocks Lesbian Books," Body Politic, no. 48 (1978), p. 10.M. Joanne Kellerman, "Censorship by Canada Customs," Ansul: Dalhousie Law Forum, 9, no. 4 (November 1978): 10 Georgina Chambers, "Censored," Sisters' Lightship (Halifax), 1, no. 1 (December 1978): 9

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Diana Press

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