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Gerald Hannon

Gerald Hannon is a journalist who wrote for The Body Politic and is an important figure in Canada’s gay liberation movement. In 1977 his article ‘Men Loving Boys Loving Men’ garnered media attention and an obscenity charge, for which he was later acquitted. In 1978, he was one of three people charged with distributing indecent material because of his involvement with Pink Triangle Press, publisher of the Body Politic. All three were acquitted. Hannon was one of the first six directors of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

Names Gerald Hannon (Main) BE [n76.156]
Related Pages Gerald Hannon on LGLC
Gerald Hannon on VIAF
Birth Date 1944/07/10
Birth Place
Identities Gay Canadian

BG [ISBN:9781280114342]
Occupations Columnist
[1974/09]

https://lglc.ca/event/n74.153

Journalist
[1975] - [1989]

https://lglc.ca/event/n75.11
https://lglc.ca/event/n69.21

Reporter
1973/05/04

https://lglc.ca/event/n73.58

SexWorker
[1986] - 2011

http://dailyxtra.com/toronto/news/gerald-hannon-retires-from-sex-work-4529(http://goo.gl/7EIVlB)
ISBN:9781280114342
http://www.dailyxtra.com/toronto/news-and-ideas/news/gerald-hannon-celebrates-25-years-in-the-sex-trade-4513(http://goo.gl/2SR5lB)

Part-time Wedding Photographer Photographer

“Our Image Contributors,” Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 32
Charges
Distribution of obscene materials
Distribution of obscene materials against the press, distributing immoral or indecent or scurrilous material
Acquittal
1978/01/05 - 1979/02/14

http://www.clga.ca/Material/Records/docs/hannon/ox/chronos.htm(http://goo.gl/oHBEIp)


Distribution of obscene materials
Distributing immoral indecent or scurrilous material
Acquittal - 1982/06/03

ABDEFG [n81.424]
Associated People


(Coworkers)
Professional
Occupational


(Coworkers)
Professional
Occupational


(Friends)
Personal
Social


(Coauthors)
Professional
Occupational
1974


(Coworkers)
Professional
Occupational


(Codirectors)
Professional
Occupational
notAfter(1980/03/13)


(Coworkers)
Professional
Occupational


(Friends)
Personal
Social
1968


(Friends)
Personal
Social


(Cohabitants)
Personal
Social


({subjectInterview})
Professional
Occupational
1/26/1977


({subjectInterview})
Professional
Occupational
1/26/1977


(Codirectors)
Professional
Occupational
notAfter(1980/03/13)
BCDF [n80.101]


(Codirectors)
Professional
Occupational
notAfter(1980/03/13)


(Cowriters)
Professional
Occupational
notAfter(1981)


({Defendant})
Professional
Legal
1/2/1979 - 2/14/1979
https://lglc.ca/event/n79.27 https://lglc.ca/event/n79.57

Associated Organizations (Member)

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(Member)

ISBN:9781280114342

(Director)
1980/03/13

BCE [n80.101]
Associated Periodicals (Journalist)
1987

ISBN:9781280114342

(Journalist)
1972/07 - 1982

BDE [n69.20], C [n72.73]

(Journalist)
1987

ISBN:9781280114342

(Journalist)
1987

ISBN:9781280114342

(Journalist)
1989

BCE [n69.21]

(LetterWriter)
1972/08/26

BCE [n72.73]

(Coordinator)

“…NDP Caucus,” Body Politic, no. 8 (1973), p. 20