'On the strengths of his own activist engagement and pan-Canadian political contacts, Tom Warner has told a highly readable and dramatic tale. Here are recounted the struggles of activists across this country making waves and scoring significant victories, though still facing the challenges of continuing exclusion.' -- David Rayside, Political Science and Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto 'Historically valuable, highly readable and engaging, Never Going Back is a carefully researched book, chock-full of the voices of more than 100 queer narrators from the rainbow polyglot called Canada ... Warner lovingly honours the racial, regional, linguistic, gender, and sexual diversity of queer Canadians, and the feminist, anti-racist, and pro-sex strategies we've invented "to overthrow the dictatorship of compulsory heterosexuality." From big city publications, Pussy Palaces, and dyke marches, to small town dances, pride days, and house-parties, Warner acknowledges the often angry, impatient, and always creative responses to the legacy of anti-homo shame and invisibility, from Cornerbrook, Nfld., to Nanaimo, B.C. At the same time, he warns against complacency as governments slash HIV/AIDS funding, rates of queer poverty and anti-queer violence increase, racism persists, and queer stories remain silenced in schools. For everyone curious about queer activist victories and setbacks, and committed to the future of a richly queered Canada, Warner's book is required reading.' -- Becki L. Ross, Associate Professor, Sociology and Women's Studies, University of British Columbia 'An engaged, in-the-trenches view by an activist who was very often there as history was being made, Never Going Back offers a rich record of a movement that has changed Canada.' -- Barry Adam, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Windsor
Tom Warner is one of Canada's leading gay activists. During his thirty years of activism, he helped found the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario and several other organizations.
'Historically valuable, highly readable and engaging, Never Going
Back is a carefully researched book, chock-full of the voices of
more than 100 queer narrators from the rainbow polyglot called
Canada... Warner lovingly honours the racial, regional, linguistic,
gender, and sexual diversity of queer Canadians, and the feminist,
anti-racist, and pro-sex strategies we've invented "to overthrow
the dictatorship of compulsory heterosexuality." From big city
publications, Pussy Palaces, and dyke marches, to small town
dances, pride days, and house-parties, Warner acknowledges the
often angry, impatient, and always creative responses to the legacy
of anti-homo shame and invisibility, from Cornerbrook, Nfld., to
Nanaimo, B.C. At the same time, he warns against complacency as
governments slash HIV/AIDS funding, rates of queer poverty and
anti-queer violence increase, racism persists, and queer stories
remain silenced in schools. For everyone curious about queer
activist victories and setbacks, and committed to the future of a
richly queered Canada, Warner's book is required reading.'--Becki
L. Ross, Associate Professor, Sociology and Women's Studies,
University of British Columbia
'On the strengths of his own activist engagement and pan-Canadian
political contacts, Tom Warner has told a highly readable and
dramatic tale. Here are recounted the struggles of activists across
this country making waves and scoring significant victories, though
still facing the challenges of continuing exclusion.'--David
Rayside, Political Science and Sexual Diversity Studies, University
of Toronto
'An engaged, in-the-trenches view by an activist who was very often
there as history was being made, Never Going Back offers a rich
record of a movement that has changed Canada.'--Barry Adam,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Windsor
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