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Monday, October 25, 2010

How times have changed.

Imagine, protesting the CBC for not liking queers! This was a protest of CBC's refusal to air PSA's for gay and lesbians organizations. There was actually a national boycott of CBC by queer groups and college newspapers, which refused to run any ads from the CBC. I am not sure if this will go into my thesis, but I think the early relationship between Ottawa's queer community and the city's media is grounds for a excellent paper, especially if it tracks the softening of the media's attitudes towards queers, while concurrently tracking how queer activists become more sophisticated in their handling of the media.

Now does anybody out there remember this event?
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