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Article: In the interest of the state. (national security campaign against gay men and lesbians in Canada)
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- Canadian Dimension
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- September 1, 1998
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The National Security Campaign Against Gay Men and Lesbians
On April 14, 1998 we released a research report titled "In the Interests of the State: The Anti-Gay, Anti-Lesbian National Security Campaigns in Canada" at a media conference in Ottawa with representatives of the Canadian Labour Congress, Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada there to show their support for the report's recommendations. This was the first major research into the social organization of the "national security" campaigns against gay men and lesbians in Canada.
A brief media feeding frenzy ensued and for a short period some major mass media ...