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Brenda Cossman

Brenda Cossman

Brenda Cossman is a professor of law at the University of Toronto, the author of Sexual Citizens: The Legal and Cultural Regulation of Sex and Belonging (Stanford University Press) and a former board member of Pink Triangle Press, Xtra’s publisher.

Equality on paper
Vancouver

Equality on paper

May 9, 2007
What a difference a decade makes
Toronto

What a difference a decade makes

April 25, 2007
Legalizing queerness
Power

Legalizing queerness

How liberal will our sex laws be in 50 years?

March 14, 2007
Why are we policing the F-word?
Toronto

Why are we policing the F-word?

Since when is the use of the F-word a news story?

March 14, 2007
Goliath wins again and we lose
Ottawa

Goliath wins again and we lose

Courts miss the point in Little Sister’s case

February 21, 2007
Goliath wins again
Vancouver

Goliath wins again

If Little Sister’s doesn’t challenge Canada Customs, who will?

February 14, 2007
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Goliath wins again
Toronto

Goliath wins again

January 31, 2007
Victimizing sex workers again
Ottawa

Victimizing sex workers again

Parliamentary report reflects Victorian morality

December 20, 2006
Victimized again
Toronto

Victimized again

December 20, 2006
Judges with Bibles
Vancouver

Judges with Bibles

Is this balance or the undermining of the rule of secular law?

November 8, 2006
If you’re going to deliver hate, deliver sex, too
Toronto

If you’re going to deliver hate, deliver sex, too

November 8, 2006
Judges with Bibles
Toronto

Judges with Bibles

September 27, 2006
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Sleeping with the enemy
Ottawa

Sleeping with the enemy

Be careful who you get in bed with

September 6, 2006
Marriage means monogamy
Toronto

Marriage means monogamy

Your cheatin’ heart can cost you plenty

July 5, 2006
The politics of not quite belonging
Toronto

The politics of not quite belonging

Ticking the ‘other’ box

May 24, 2006
Room in the bed for everyone
Toronto

Room in the bed for everyone

Reconsidering the similarities between polygamy & same-sex marriage

April 12, 2006
Avoiding lesbian innuendo
Toronto

Avoiding lesbian innuendo

Putting lipstick on the women’s hockey team

March 1, 2006
Harper says two different things on Notwithstanding clause
Power

Harper says two different things on Notwithstanding clause

What’s Harper’s real plan on same-sex marriage?

January 25, 2006
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