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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.

What can’t be said
Toronto

What can’t be said

If you’re scared to talk, government censorship doesn’t make much difference

August 7, 2002
Accepting us butt crack and all
Toronto

Accepting us butt crack and all

We are the same – We are different

July 10, 2002
The charter’s checkered past
Toronto

The charter’s checkered past

Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms turns 20

May 29, 2002
Respect for bigots
Toronto

Respect for bigots

We need to be careful in our political strategies.

April 17, 2002
Rosie’s badly-kept secret
Toronto

Rosie’s badly-kept secret

Not only that, but two straight girls are having a cat fight over who gets to tell the world about it

March 6, 2002
An argument that helps the creeps
Toronto

An argument that helps the creeps

How do we argue with this rightwing wacko?

January 23, 2002
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When experience obscures reality
Toronto

When experience obscures reality

Contrary to the feminist principle that the personal is political, my adage has always been that the personal is, well, personal.

December 26, 2001
Perhaps you’re a terrorist
Toronto

Perhaps you’re a terrorist

How does anti-terrorism legislation affect the gay and lesbian community?

November 14, 2001
Court stuck in 1867
Toronto

Court stuck in 1867

Eight gay and lesbian couples who want to marry are rejected.

October 17, 2001
The crime of playing doctor
Toronto

The crime of playing doctor

Little girl is snatched from her parents & charged with sexual assault

March 7, 2001
A weak squeak of courage
Toronto

A weak squeak of courage

February 7, 2001
Little Sister’s still needs a babysitter
Toronto

Little Sister’s still needs a babysitter

Court ruling will help crack down on gay SM

December 27, 2000
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Sex since Trudeau
Toronto

Sex since Trudeau

His revolution got lost in the ’80s

October 18, 2000
Win a little, lose a lot
Toronto

Win a little, lose a lot

Condemned kids books get okayed, but gay rights get a drubbing

October 4, 2000
Dissed by feminist Michele Landsberg
Toronto

Dissed by feminist Michele Landsberg

January 26, 2000
Return of the loonies
Toronto

Return of the loonies

Feminists tell Supreme Court that gay & lesbian porn is evil

December 29, 1999
Ignoring the courts
Toronto

Ignoring the courts

Putting minority rights to majority votes

December 15, 1999
Separate, but equal
Toronto

Separate, but equal

It’s up to heterosexuals to take up the cudgels now

November 3, 1999
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