From 1989-1991, CKUT dedicated an annual day of broadcasting, called Gay Day, featuring queer voices in protest of the homophobic murder of Joe Rose.

These clips were originally compiled by Dykes on Mykes.

Third annual lesbian and gay day at CKUT. Ellen Jacobs, history professor at UQAM and 1992 conference organizer in studio with Diane Heffernan, a video maker who works on feminist and lesbian documentary. Talking about organizing the first women’s film festival in 1975 in Montreal. Talking about feminist movements in Quebec in the 70’s, Talking about the move away from the feminist movement into lesbian seperatism. 9 min. Talking about recording a self, dinner parties to actions. Discussion of video made about the polytechnique shooting/femicide in 89 by Susanne, and an evening for women/lesbians to be together and reflect. Talking about filming her (Diane’s) intimacy/sexuality/sex video and how it is for other lesbians, opening conversation around how lesbians have a variety of diferent sexualities, can be politically lesbian only. Eroticism and humor/cartoons. \Intro to Dionne Brand (by unknown host), then recorded reading from Brand plays “Blues Spiritual for Mammy Prater” and other excerpts, particularly lesbian ones from her work, possibly from No Language is Neutral. \Roundtable chat about bisexuality with Jon from Queercorps, Ron?, and ? a bisexual woman on her experiences being a bit shunned by lesbian community once she came out as bisexual and started dating a man, one of the 2 cool straight men in the city they joke. Talking about acceptance, activism, labels, coming out.