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!
To Be Disgusting Is Good (Ep 431 - Beautiful Thing/Huw Lemmey)
You and Your Peacocks are Ridiculous (Ep 430 - Salome/Ben Miller)
Gay Guy Seeking Lesbian to Live a Lie (Ep 429 - Big Valley/John)
Stripping Floral (Ep 428 - Margaret Atwood/Kevin)
The Eight-Year Audition (Ep 427 - Into the Woods/Alexis Michelle)
My Favorite Fairy (Ep 426 - Fairy tales/Trip)
The Fantasy That They Sold Us (Ep 425 - International Male/Jesse)
Talking About Pleasure (Ep 424 - Madonna/Shantel & Trevor)
Do I want him or do I want to be him? (Ep 423 - Manuel/Disney films)
Tough on the Outside, Nice on the Inside (Ep 422 - Pokémon/José)
All of Your Passions Together (Ep 421 - Max Miller/Tasting History)
Comrades and Bedfellows (Ep 420 - Walt Whitman/Andrew)
Enemies to Lovers (Ep 419 - Christopher Rice/Gay romance novels)
Excited and Scared (Ep 417 - Ari Shapiro/Stephen Sondheim)
Punks Versus Hippies (Ep 416 - David/FM Radio)
It Was Completely Weird (Ep 415 - David/Grateful Dead)
West Coast 60s Psychedelic Culture (Ep 414 - David/Jimi Hendrix)
Never Saying No to Anything (Ep 413 - Andrew/Monty Python)
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