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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.

Partners in sex crimes
Toronto

Partners in sex crimes

Follow those straights

September 1, 2004
Martin owes us
Toronto

Martin owes us

We’re not some stick he can beat Harper with & leave by the road

July 7, 2004
Harper & the end of gay rights
Toronto

Harper & the end of gay rights

No protection except his, ahem, benevolence

June 23, 2004
Ignorance is hardly bliss
Toronto

Ignorance is hardly bliss

When it takes violence to create awareness

March 17, 2004
Vicious & clever
Toronto

Vicious & clever

Bush ups the ante

March 3, 2004
Really real women
Toronto

Really real women

When a court buys into a silly argument

January 21, 2004
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Blasting out from the past
Toronto

Blasting out from the past

As Xtra celebrates its 500th issue, we remember the best & worst

December 24, 2003
Boo, you’re queer
Toronto

Boo, you’re queer

Nervous nellies shouldn’t be subjected to this test

October 15, 2003
Exciting the prudes
Toronto

Exciting the prudes

Madonna’s lesbian kiss is only shocking for the fogies

September 17, 2003
Getting inside the rainbow jumpsuit
Toronto

Getting inside the rainbow jumpsuit

Everything in society can be gayified

July 23, 2003
Will the US beat Canada in gay rights?
Toronto

Will the US beat Canada in gay rights?

We might be in the lead now, but Americans know about freedom

July 9, 2003
Repeal, repeal, repeal
Vancouver

Repeal, repeal, repeal

June 25, 2003
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Canadians are feeling groovy
Toronto

Canadians are feeling groovy

Canadian social values just may be up for grabs

June 11, 2003
Telling straight people how to live
Toronto

Telling straight people how to live

Kids are the most subversive act

April 30, 2003
Watching Jane Millionaire?
Toronto

Watching Jane Millionaire?

Queer coupling ready for prime time

March 19, 2003
A heart-shaped fantasy
Toronto

A heart-shaped fantasy

How we learned to stop hating Valentine’s

February 5, 2003
A new law for just one man
Toronto

A new law for just one man

But it will catch others in its wide net

December 11, 2002
Intimacy on a five-point scale
Toronto

Intimacy on a five-point scale

Couples are nice, but they’re not everybody

October 30, 2002
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