The Body Politic: a magazine for gay liberation; #49, December 1978/January, 1979; Down to the Wire
Toronto: The Body Politic Collective/Pink Triangle Press, 1978. Newspaper. 48p., tabloid newspaper, illustrations, photos, news, reviews, Our Image book and media reviews section, opinion, resources, ads, very good on newsprint.
A brief report on the assassination of Harvey Milk and George Moscone in SF. Cover story on victories in California & Seattle with the paper's big courtroom battle looming. Also Activism & Anxiety in 1952. Part Two of John D'Emilio's "Dreams Deferred" touching on the Pink Scare and Joe McCarthy.
The major Canadian LGBTQ periodical from the 1970s and 1980s. Very political and under constant attack from the Right.
Cat.No: 257616
Price: $25.00