June 14 and 16 Ottawa The Ottawa […]

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1980-06-16 – 1980-06-14

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June 14 and 16 Ottawa The Ottawa Citizen published a brief series on local gay life, including an overview article by Tom Van Dusen about gay life in Ottawa, a coming-out article by Citizen staff writer Richard Labonté, and a lurid account by Tim Harper on "the world of quickie sex in washrooms, parks and saunas." The articles caused a public uproar. The Citizen was deluged with phone calls and letters from irate readers; more than 500 people cancelled their subscriptions in the week following the publications. Labonté received at least fifty-five abusive phone calls at work and at home, but also a number of letters thanking him for his work.

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Tim Harper Richard Labonté Tom Van Dusen

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Tom Van Dusen, "Being Gay... in the 80s: What a Difference a Decade Makes," Ottawa Citizen, 14 June 1980, p. 71.Denis LeBlanc, "Speaking Out," GO Info, 7, no. 4 (July 1980): 14–15 Richard Labonté, "I'm Gay, and I'm Happy This Way," Ottawa Citizen, 16 June 1980, p. 35 Ed Jackson, "Did Anything Actually Happen?" Body Politic, no. 65 (1980), p. 35 Tim Harper, "Illicit Gay Sex Abounds," Ottawa Citizen, 16 June 1980, pp. 1, 35 The Editors, "The Day It Hit the Fan," New Beginnings (Ottawa), 6, no. 13 (20 June 1980): 22

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