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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Award-winning, though controversial, journalist and social commentator.  Contributor to the gay magazine 'The Body Politic'.  Subject of obscenity charges from a controversial article 'Men Loving Boys Loving Men' (1977), for which he was acquitted on the grounds of free speech.  Author of his autobiography 'Immoral, Indecent & Scurrilous: The Making of an Unrepentant Sex Radical' (2022).  Recipient of 13 magazine writing awards over his career.   
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Award-winning, though controversial, journalist and social commentator.  Contributor to the gay magazine 'The Body Politic'.  Subject of obscenity charges from a controversial article 'Men Loving Boys Loving Men' (1977), for which he was acquitted on the grounds of free speech.  Controversy also followed his revelation that he often was a prostitute while teaching journalism at Ryerson University, though following investigations found the media coverage scurrilous.  Author of his autobiography 'Immoral, Indecent & Scurrilous: The Making of an Unrepentant Sex Radical' (2022).  Recipient of 13 magazine writing awards over his career.   
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* [[Prominent LGBTQ Deaths in 2022]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 00:53, 23 January 2023

Gerald Hannon

Country

Canada

Birth - Death

1944 - 2022

Occupation

Journalist

Description

Award-winning, though controversial, journalist and social commentator. Contributor to the gay magazine 'The Body Politic'. Subject of obscenity charges from a controversial article 'Men Loving Boys Loving Men' (1977), for which he was acquitted on the grounds of free speech. Controversy also followed his revelation that he often was a prostitute while teaching journalism at Ryerson University, though following investigations found the media coverage scurrilous. Author of his autobiography 'Immoral, Indecent & Scurrilous: The Making of an Unrepentant Sex Radical' (2022). Recipient of 13 magazine writing awards over his career.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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