Writers sound off on the federal election

How arts and culture factors into the vote

Xtra.ca videographer Frank Prendergast caught up with authors RM Vaughan, Stacey May Fowles, Hélène Dorion, Peter Dubé and Martin Hunter at Toronto’s Word on the Street festival on Sep 28 to talk about how the Oct 14 federal election will impact gay and lesbian artists.

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