From the 1950s to the late 1990s, agents of the state spied on, interrogated, and harassed gays and lesbians in Canada. Gary Kinsman, and co-author Patrizia Gentile, show how people who deviated from the so-called norm were seen as threats to society and enemies of the state. Gary Kinsman is a professor in the Sociology Department at Laurentian University, Sudbury.

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