Hell Witches and Pansy Boys: Media, Modernity and Queer Identity in Interwar Toronto and Today, Nov 6
Event Date(s):
6 November 2011
City:
Toronto
Country:
Canada
Primary Contact Name:
Spadina Museum
Contact E-Mail:
spadina@toronto.ca Uncertain Futures, Imperfect Pasts: An Interactive History Salon
Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
285 Spadina Road
spadina@toronto.ca
416.392.6910
$12 per session or $40 for all four (plus HST)
Sunday, Nov. 6, 2 to 4 pm
Hell Witches and Pansy Boys: Media, Modernity and Queer Identity in Interwar Toronto and Today
Speaker: Steven Maynard of the Department of History, Queen's University
The rise of mass media in the 1920s and 30s brought about a shift in popular awareness and understanding of the LGBT community. 1928 saw the publication and subsequent suppression of Radclyffe Hall's transgender-themed novel The Well of Loneliness. Tabloids in particular, such as Toronto's Hush, covered the Well controversy and the banning of Lillian Hellman's 1934 lesbian-themed play, The Children's Hour. Hush soon expanded their reporting to include "scandalous" accounts of lesbianism in Toronto. Steve Maynard, a Canadian social historian specializing in the history of sexuality, will lead the discussion on the image of Gays and Lesbians in the 1920s media and how this image has changed today. How does the picture media paints affect society's opinion and how do the two affect queer identity?
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