The Trials of the Body Politic
Notes on sources
by Rick Bebout
Web version prepared by Jeff Lindstrom... Sunday 25 February 1996
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Sources
- Published chronologies and compendium stories (in TBP unless otherwise noted):
- "Victories and defeats: a gay and lesbian chronology, 1964-1982", in
Flaunting It!
- "The Year: A Chronology", in "Her Majesty the Queen vs Pink Triangle
Press", Issue 49, Dec 1978-Jan 1979, pp 19-23
- "Two years down", Issue 62, Apr 1980, p 10
- "Double Jeopardy" (board game), in Issue 83, May 1982, pp 46-47
- "Still not guilty after all these years", Issue 98, November 1983, pp 11-12
- Other stories
(Most listed here are specific to TBP cases, though others are cited in
chronology below)
- Issue 39, Dec 77-Jan 78: "Men loving boys loving men"; with collective
intro, "Children", pp 29-33
- Issue 40, Feb 78: "Crisis: In the midst of danger, a chance to unite"
(editorial), p 1 Bigots import Bryant, pp 6-7; TBP raided and charged, pp
8-9
- Issue 41, Mar 78: "Supreme Court hears TBP appeal" (of warrant), p 5
(with related support and funding stories)
- Issue 42, Apr 78: "TBP to appeal Supreme Court decision", p 4 (with Fund
update)
- Issue 43, May 78: "TBP to test legality of search warrant in Supreme
Court" (with sidebar on more media reactions), p 5
- Issue 44, Jun-Jul 78: "Students safe; TBP dropped from summer program", p 8 (only TBP-related story in issue, and minor; all above big and prominent)
- Issue 45, Aug 78: "Supreme Court quashes TBP; obscenity trial delayed", p 7 (see also support story below); "Arts Council split over TBP grant", p 8
- Issue 46, Sep 78: "Trial date set for Body Politic", p 8 (only story, and small)
- Issue 47, Oct 78: "Catholic 'anti-porn' priest joins cops in hunt for gay
witnesses against TBP"; "Cops return some seized TBP material"; "Police
search bank"; all p 8. "American sociologists vote support to TBP, condemn
gov't", p 13
- Issue 48, Nov 78: "Council increases TBP grant, Baetz criticizes
'impolitic' move"; and "Who's really cutting the arts pie?"; both p 13
- Issue 49, Dec 78/Jan 79 (pre-trial compendium story; see above)
- Issue 50, Feb 79: "Case may set precedent, decision expected Feb 14", pp
7-10. "Eclectic assistance" (review of performances at 30 Dec 1978 Raid
party and 3 Jan 1979 rally), p 35
- Issue 51, Mar-Apr 79: "Verdict: not guilty!", p 8-9. Excerpts from
judgment, p 10. "TBP launches libel action against Toronto Star", p 12.
"Sewell declares ongoing support but stays away from gay meeting", p 13
- Issue 52, May 79: "McMurtry appeals TBP acquittal, refuses to return
seized material"; and "Making the rules as they go along"; both p 12.
Notice of appeal reprinted on same page. "When is a choice not a choice?"
(collective "This Issue" ponderings on response to appeal), p 3.
- Issue 53, June 79: "The porn squad would like you to have a few
souvenirs" (full-page ad offering returned copies of Loving Man), p 2. "No
student for TBP, Arts Council says", p 15
- Issue 56, Sep 79: "Gay 'sit-in for justice' demands McMurtry end police
harassment", p 9
- Issue 57, Oct 79: "Attorney General grants meeting, sit-in forces
McMurtry turnabout," p 12
- Issue 58, Nov 79: "Cops raid Hot Tub Club, private homes on eve of
opening of Ontario legislature", p 8. "Arts Council denies $1,000 grant to
TBP", p 9. "TBP asks court to return materials", p 12
- Issue 59, Dec 79/Jan 80: "Decision on materials to come December 27", p
13. "Appeal date set", p 16
- Issue 60, Feb 80: "Judge orders materials back, tells Crown to pay court
costs"; and "Stop Press" (Crown appeals); both p 7
- Issue 61, Mar 80: "Civil liberties group intervenes at Body Politic
appeal hearing"; and "Crown appeals order to return materials"; both p 15;
"Eros replaces cupid for Pink Triangle Day", p 16; "Outreach to thousands"
(Globe and Mail ad campaign), pp 20-21
- Issue 62, Apr 80: "Appeal judge orders TBP back to trial", p 10
- Issue 63, May 80: "TBP appeal cites 22 errors of law", p 14
- Issue 66, Sep 80: "Ombudsman backs Arts Council in not funding student
for TBP", p 11. "Crown's paid shrink has attack of candour", p 13
- Issue 72, Apr 81: "Court rules AG not in contempt, holds decision on TBP
appeal", p 17
- Issue 73, May 81: "TBP to appeal to Supreme Court to overturn court order
for retrial", p 12
- Issue 74, Jun 81: "TBP takes final shot at top court", p 15
- Issue 75, Jul-Aug 81: "Judgment reserved on appeal request", p 13
- Issue 78, Nov 81: "High court sends TBP back for retrial", p 17
- Issue 80, Jan-Feb 1982: "Class reunion" (photo and caption), p 13
- Issue 81, Mar 82: "May 31 trial date set for TBP's next round", p 18
- Issue 82, Apr 82: "Judge lets Crown keep 4-year-old TBP files"; "Church
and state - together again at city hall"; both p 14; "Lust with a very
proper stranger", pp 50-51.
- Issue 83, May 82: "Double Jeopardy" (board game chronology; see above)
- Issue 84, Jun 82: "Defending the right to read" (TBP, Glad Day, Numbers
Calgary and Toronto police harassment cases) with sidebar, "Trial One:
taking it from the top", pp 8-10
- Issue 85, Jul-Aug 82: "The second time around" (editorial) p 6. "Double
victory over double jeopardy", pp 7-8. Sidebar: "Trial II, take one", p 7
- Issue 86, Sep 82: "Why don't you people just pay the fine, get out of
court and get back to publishing?" (editorial run as ad), p 2. "Facing off
against triple jeopardy", p 9.
- Issue 88, Nov 82: "Testing tolerance: but for what community?" (analysis
of issues in upcoming Lust/Fisting trial), with sidebar: "Non-players guide
to TBP trials", p 17
- Issue 89, Dec 82: "Another TBP trial, another not guilty verdict" (Lust
case), p 11
- Issue 90, Jan-Feb 83: "AG says no appeal on obscenity acquittal" (Lust
case), p 15
- Issue 93, May 83: "One mo' time" (newsbrief on dates of next appeal
hearing), p 13
- Issue 98, Nov 83: (compendium story on end of MLBLM case; see above)
- Issue 101, Mar 84: "Now boys, that's no way to say goodbye..." (bust of
TBP party at 24 Duncan St), p 12
- Issue 115, Jun 85: "Seven years, three months and fifteen days ago..."
(final return of seized material), p 17
- Other sources to check:
- Letters to the editor in TBP (not noted below)
- Toronto daily papers (many clipped at the Archives)
- Centerfold magazine (should be at the Archives)
Note that not all stories related to support for TBP are recorded here.
There were too many....
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