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Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous

The Making of an Unrepentant Sex Radical

Author: Gerald Hannon  

Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous
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The candid chronicles of the life of an LGBTQ+ activist, journalist and unrepentant sex radical.

A memoir from a journalist, LGBTQ+ activist and unrepentant sex radical charged for writing indecent, immoral and scurrilous material in a groundbreaking case of freedom of expression.

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The candid chronicles of the life of an LGBTQ+ activist, journalist and unrepentant sex radical.

A memoir from a journalist, LGBTQ+ activist and unrepentant sex radical charged for writing indecent, immoral and scurrilous material in a groundbreaking case of freedom of expression.

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“At least by reputation, I am a sex radical: gay activist dating back to the Cretaceous, defender of pedophiles, defender of (and participant in) sex work, sometime porn actor and maker, shameless voyeur (no window is safe if my binoculars are at hand), perpetual sour-puss on the subject of gay marriage. I came of age in the 1960s and ’70s, an era when most of those character traits and activities would have been seen as illegal at worst and shameless at best. Some still are. Others — gay marriage, for example — have switched sides, transitioning from what many people thought of as an unthinkable and illegal travesty to a ritual celebrated in a growing number of jurisdictions, Canada included.”

When 18-year-old Gerald Hannon left the small pulp mill town of Marathon, Ontario to attend the University of Toronto, he never would have predicted he’d become part of LGBTQ2S+ history. Almost sixty years later, he reflects on the major moments in his career as a journalist and LGBTQ2S+ activist. From the charges of transmitting immoral, indecent, and scurrilous literature laid against him and his colleagues at The Body Politic to his dismissal from his teaching post at Ryerson University for being a sex worker, this memoir candidly chronicles Hannon’s life as an unrepentant sex radical.

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Critic Reviews

“"The author's long-time experience in magazine journalism is evident; he has an eye for detail and the prose is readable and engaging, punctuated by lively physical descriptions of the principal players in the story... Immoral, Indecent, and Scurrilous is a memoir of both uncommon viewpoints and uncommon bravery in expressing them."”

“Historians will find this a rich resource as time passes, offering an unflinchingly honest first-hand account of both the pain and joy surrounding the birth of gay liberation in Toronto. But for any reader, now or in the future, this is simply a delightful book, thought-provoking, and also laugh-out-loud funny.” -- Mary Breen, author of Any Kind of Luck at All

“This memoir allows him to live on in his own words, a vibrant queer voice that remains as radical and transgressive as it was in the '70s.”

The Gay & Lesbian Review

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About the Author

Gerald Hannon is a journalist and has been an LGBTQ+ rights activist since the 1960s. Hannon has won thirteen National Magazine Awards and written for the likes of The Body Politic, Xtra!, and Toronto Life. Originally from Marathon, ON, he now lives in Toronto.

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Publisher
Cormorant Books,Canada
Published
16th July 2022
Pages
328
ISBN
9781770866027

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