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====Date: [[:Category:1985|1985]]==== | ====Date: [[:Category:1985|1985]]==== | ||
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====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | ||
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[[File:Joy_Of_Gay_Sex.gif|right|200px]] | [[File:Joy_Of_Gay_Sex.gif|right|200px]] | ||
'''Artist:''' Dr. Charles Silverstein and Edmund White | '''Artist:''' Dr. Charles Silverstein and Edmund White | ||
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'''Location:''' Canada | '''Location:''' Canada | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' ' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''The Joy of Gay Sex'' contains just about everything one needs to know about being gay. It is straightforward and illustrated and designed like the others in the series - [The Joy of Sex],' More Joy of Sex,' and The Joy of Lesbian Sex. | ||
'''The Incident:''' Two Toronto police officers citing a customs ban were able to have the book removed from virtually every bookstore in Canada. Glad Day Bookstore in Toronto appealed the action. The deputy minister of customs turned down this appeal, ruling that the book's depictions and illustrations of anal sex make it obscene. At the time, the book did not appear on the monthly Canadian customs list of over 3000 titles which were denied entry to Canada. | '''The Incident:''' Two Toronto police officers citing a customs ban were able to have the book removed from virtually every bookstore in Canada. Glad Day Bookstore in Toronto appealed the action. The deputy minister of customs turned down this appeal, ruling that the book's depictions and illustrations of anal sex make it obscene. At the time, the book did not appear on the monthly Canadian customs list of over 3000 titles which were denied entry to Canada. | ||
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[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:Canada]] | [[Category:Canada]] | ||
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[[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | [[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | ||
[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||