My guest this week is Harvey Brownstone, who in 1995 became Canada’s first openly gay judge. Focusing his career on family law, Harvey helped shine a spotlight on Canada as a destination for same-sex couples to wed before it was legal in the US. But before all that, he was a young gay kid who’d been thrown out of the house, struggling through school, living on welfare, and searching for others like him.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First just want to let you know that we’re gearing up for the release of my book, Hi Honey I’m Homo, on May 23rd. It’s all about the history of queer characters on sitcoms, and you can pre-order now at gaysitcoms.com. As the book release approaches, there may be a few gaps in the podcast release schedule — but I’m hoping to keep those to a minimum. Thanks for your patience, thanks to everyone who’s pre-ordered already!
Demons & Ghosts (Ep 295 - Dr. Who/Hamish Steele)
Somewhere That's Green (Little Shop of Horrors/Brad Cerenzia)
It Was a Mindf**k (Ep 294 - Carol Channing/Terry LaBolt)
The Manic Fervor of a Tennessee Williams Heroine (Ep 293 - Sunset Blvd/Dashiell M. Silva)
Legendary Slumber Parties (Ep 292 - Greenwich Village/Robert Patrick)
Strip Mall Hypnosis (Ep. 291 - Clan of the Cave Bear/Michael Hobbes)
A Really Accomplished Fake (Ep. 290 - Video games & Radiohead/Daniel Villareal)
We Were Too Busy Being Gay (Ep. 289 - Stonewall/Tree)
The Pack Rat (Ep. 288 - Norman Lear/Steven Capsuto)
Superheroes Are Basically Naked (Ep. 287 - Marc Andreyko/Moonlighting)
Fairies and Mortals Can't Get Married (Ep. 286 - Dee Michel/The Wizard of Oz)
It Started as a Sexy Fun Project (Ep. 285 - Amos Mac/Original Plumbing)
Kind of Right & Kind of Wrong (Ep. 284 - Seth Rudetsky & Broadway)
I Paid my Dues, Baby (Ep. 283 - Charles Busch/Vampire Lesbians of Sodom)
The Night Australian TV Lost its Virginity (Ep. 282 - Number 96/Andrew Mercado)
Dream Role, Dream Show (Ep. 281 - Hedwig/Trystan Reese)
Don't Make Superman TOO Sexy (Ep. 280 - Joeboys/Joe Phillips)
Connect, Not Just Sex (Ep. 279 - Luis Buñuel/Dale Lazarov)
The Most Expensive Flop in History (Ep. 278 - Madeline Kahn/William V. Madison)
Failed Mystics (Ep. 277: Buffy, X-Men, He-Man, and Lwaxana Troi)
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