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The host introduced the author, who read excerpts from his own book that documented and analyzed anti‑queer violence in Canada since the 1990s, including a necrology of 100 murders. The discussion highlighted the book’s thorough tracking of assaults and murders of LGBTQ+ people and its insight into the fear of being outed as a driver of extreme violence. It was presented as a key resource for understanding this issue.
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The host introduced Douglas Janoff, who read from his own book Pink Blood, Homophobic Violence in Canada, which documents and analyses antiqueer violence in Canada since the 1990s.
He's reading from the book he wrote on exactly this issue. It's called Pink Blood, Homophobic Violence in Canada. That book is why I'm here at his home in Ottawa.
Since 1990, hundreds of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people have been assaulted or murdered in Canada. The book tracked anti-queer violence in the 1990s.
The book starts with a necrology, a list of 100 murders of queer people over a decade in Canada.
We know that gay men tend to be killed in this overthetop, extremely violent fashion.
The fear of being outed in some way or another is a driver behind the overkill we see in these murders.