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Operative Words

Behind the campaign curtain

Snuffed Torch

Can the Olympic myth survive?

Lax Americana

What happens if Donald Trump returns to the White House?

Susan G. Cole

Susan G. Cole is an activist, playwright and the editor of Outspoken: A Canadian Collection of Lesbian Scenes and Monologues.

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Susan G. Cole

What Makes a Gay Icon?

An attempt to define Canada’s queer pioneers July-August 2016
Pity the poor editor trying to wrangle an essay collection into something that stays true to its theme. Queers Were Here: Heroes and Icons of Queer Canada, edited by Robin Ganev, a history professor at the University of Saskatchewan, and history scholar R.J. Gilmour, has a very promising title, the kind that draws a queer bibliophile like myself in a…