November 1 Winnipeg More than 150 […]

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1980-11-01

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November 1 Winnipeg More than 150 people demonstrated in front of the Manitoba Legislature to protest the provincial government's informal ban on the sale of gay sex manuals. After the demonstration, Liberation Books once more began selling copies of the books The Joy of Gay Sex and The Joy of Lesbian Sex despite the threat by Manitoba's Attorney General Gerald Mercier and the Winnipeg police department that any stores found selling them would be prosecuted.

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October 25 Winnipeg Liberation Books […]April 30 Winnipeg A woman complained […]

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Manitoba Legislature Winnipeg

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Gerald Mercier

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The Joy of Lesbian Sex The Joy of Gay Sex

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Robert Trow, "Banned Sex Guides Back on Sale Despite AG's Threat to Prosecute," Body Politic, no. 69 (1980–81), p. 15."Ruling on Gay Sex Manuals Protested: Demonstrators See Censorship in A-G's Action," Vancouver Province, three star ed., 3 November 1980, p. A6 Sharon Reilly, "Coalition Fights Book Censorship," Manitoba Women's Newspaper (Winnipeg), 15 November 1980, p. 1 "Protesting of Censorship of Lesbian and Gay Joy," Kinesis, December 1980–January 1981, p. 5 "Marchers Voice Opposition to Ban on 2 Gay Sex Books," What's Happening (Winnipeg), 1, no. 1 (November 1980): (3–4)"Liberation Books" vertical file, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto "Joy of Gay Sex, Joy of Lesbian Sex on the Legislature Hit List Again in Manitoba," Grassroots, Fall 1981, p. 6 "Gays Protest Book Ruling," Hamilton Spectator, city ed., 3 November 1980, p. 4 "For a Really Free Press!! Stop Police Book Banning," Out & About (Winnipeg), November 1980, p. (6)"Censorship Threatened Again," Gaze, June 1981, p. (5)"Censorship in Winnipeg: Books" (editorial), Winnipeg Tribune, final ed., 13 May 1980, p. 8 "Banned Sex Guides Back on Sale Despite AG's Threat to Prosecute," What's Happening (Winnipeg), 1, no. 2 (December 1980): 4 "Appeal against Book Banning in Manitoba," Gay Saskatchewan (Saskatoon), September 1980, pp. (6–7)

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