The journalist vtigated Toronto's gay serial killer, his many victims, and how the media and police failed the LGBTQ+ muny.
Contents:
- QUEER CRIME: HOW HOMOPHOBIA HELPED 4 GAY SERIAL KILLERS CONTUE TO KILL
- THE BATE OVER '-GAYG' MONTREAL'S VILLAGE
- THE BIG LIST OF THE BT GAY PODSTS FOR 2023
QUEER CRIME: HOW HOMOPHOBIA HELPED 4 GAY SERIAL KILLERS CONTUE TO KILL
In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens s grip on major ci around the world, the relative safety of Montreal’s nightlife be a mag for gay... * cbc podcast gay village *
In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens s grip on major ci around the world, the relative safety of Montreal’s nightlife be a mag for gay men. S1: Wele to The Village (Trailer)For years, Toronto’s Gay Village worried a serial killer was their midst.
Meanwhile hate crim, cludg murrs of gay, trans and non-bary people are on the rise. This month, we’re takg a look at some of the most famo gay serial killers—and how their victims were treated, by the police, the media, and the public. Here are four gay serial killers that evad tectn part bee of homophobia.
Newspapers labelled Gacy the “Homo Butcher”, and referred to the murrs as “bizarre sex slaygs”, and “gay sex-murrs”. Some of his victims were male prostut and he met some of them at gay bars around Milwkee. Milwkee’s gay muny was ed to people g and gog and no one—police or civilian—had nnected any of the disappearanc or nsired that there might be a serial killer among them.
THE BATE OVER '-GAYG' MONTREAL'S VILLAGE
This month, we’re takg a look at some of the most famo gay serial killers—and how their victims were treated, by the police, the media, and the public. Due to eply graed bias, ignored and mishandled evince, and assumptns about the victims, some of the s took s to solve while victim unts ntued to grow. Here are four gay serial killers that evad tectn part bee of homophobia. * cbc podcast gay village *
When the police arrived, Dahmer claimed Simthasophone was his boyiend and he’d jt had too much to drk after a police ma a uple gay jok before helpg Dahmer take his victim back to his apartment. Attemptg to expla away homophobia the way police vtigate crim wh arguments about beg “a different time” n only get you so far. McArthur murred eight men between 2010 and 2017 and a recently released report found that “misnceptns” about the gay muny may have imped the search for his victims.
THE BIG LIST OF THE BT GAY PODSTS FOR 2023
A group of lol merchants wants to drop the word "gay" om the Gay Village, argug will make the neighbourhood and s bs more clive. * cbc podcast gay village *
Many people Toronto’s LGBTQ+ muny believed there was a serial killer huntg the gay village but police publicly nied . ” This victim blamg and lack of acuntabily is jt one reason why there is still ep tensn and distst of the police the gay village.
Some of Nilsen’s victims were gay, and many of them were naways who were homels and volved sex work. The homophobia England at the time was engraed to the police force and Nilsen chose victims he knew he uld get away wh. D, an ITV drama picts Nilsen’s arrt, terrogatn and trial cludg how police bias and homophobia assisted Nilsen is gettg away wh murr when he uld have been ught much earlier.
Forty years ago, 14 gay men were btally killed Toronto. Half of those s are still unsolved. Police are lookg for any potential lks between those homicis and the on alleged serial killer Bce McArthur is acced of now nnectn wh men missg om the cy’s Gay Village. * cbc podcast gay village *
MontrealA group of lol merchants wants to drop the word "gay" om the Gay Village, argug will make the neighbourhood and s bs more clive. (Jean-Cl Taliana/CBC)When he first arrived Montreal to study nursg, Kelly Zanth said the Gay Village's vibrant character moved him. "I saw lours and flags and amazg gayns that spired me, " he the neighbourhood that troduced him to Montreal nightlife might take on a new inty.
A group of lol merchants is mpaigng to change the Gay Village's name to "Montreal's Village" or jt "the Village, " a mon nickname for the neighbourhood jt east of social media posts published Wednday, the Montreal Village Bs Development Corporatn (SDC) ced the wispread e of the term 2SLGBTQ+ as one of the ma reasons behd the Millaire Laflr, a board member of the lol bs velopment group, says she wants the neighbourhood's name to reflect more members of margalized muni.
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(Chloë Ranaldi/CBC)Lee-Anne Millaire Laflr, who is on the board of the SDC, said removg the word "gay" wouldn't erase the neighbourhood's historic relatnship wh the muny.
"We're not discrimatg agast anyone that associat themselv wh gay, " she said. "The word gay reprented a lot of people that today may not still fd themselv reprented by that one term, " Laflr movement to '-gay'Julie Podmore, a profsor and chair of geoscienc at John Abbott College, says she's skeptil about whether a name change will brg about clivy.
"There's a real tensn between a sire to mastream, to crease the number of mercial tablishments and open to everyone to make [the neighbourhood] viable, and that's been gog on sce the 1990s, " Podmore Zanth says changg the Gay Village's name may e the neighbourhood to lose sight of the muny protected. (Chloë Ranaldi/CBC)Removg referenc to the gay muny, she says, may exacerbate the -gayg of the neighbourhood, a growg problem found districts across North Ameri terg specifilly to the gay muny. "Erasg the word gay mak more accsible to all.
In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens s grip on major ci around the world, the relative safety of Montreal’s nightlife be a mag for gay men. But when they start turng up ad hotel rooms, beaten lifels cy parks, and vlently murred their own hom, the queer muny… * cbc podcast gay village *
"Wh most bars the neighbourhood operated by — and tailored to — gay men, Podmore says a name-change alone isn't likely to drastilly expand the panmic might change queer spacIs Montreal's Gay Village beg ls gay? "Havg the Gay Village, we knew that was the gay safe space, " Zanth said. Men disappeared om Toronto’s Gay Village.
In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens s grip on major ci around the world, the relative safety of Montreal’s nightlife be a mag for gay men. But when they start turng up ad hotel rooms, beaten lifels cy parks, and vlently murred their own hom, the queer muny has more to fear than the disease. While the cy’s police force dhers over the prence of a serial killer, a group of queer activists starts makg nnectns, and ris up to start a movement that would end up changg thoands of liv. Hosted by Francis Plour. For the bt te crime om CBC, ad-ee, vis – Listen to The Village stantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads need. * cbc podcast gay village *
Many were last seen leavg the same gay bar. It’s a story om the same gay muny 40 years ago. Between 1975 and 1978, 14 men om Toronto’s gay muny would turn up ad.
Charl Tavern was one of the most proment gay bars the cy at the time. Slowly over those years, a fear began to take hold the gay muny as men began vanishg. At that time, the Gay Village was a small stretch of Yonge Street between College and Wellley streets, anchored on eher end by two bars — the St.
Wh few plac for gay people to feel safe, the muny would flock to bars, primarily that area. B., to “fd his people” — that is, to move to the big cy where there was a larger gay muny.
In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens s grip on major ci around the world, the relative safety of Montreal’s nightlife be a mag for gay men. But when they start turng up ad hotel rooms, beaten lifels cy parks, and vlently murred their own hom, the queer muny… * cbc podcast gay village *
Hawk beme a member of the Metropolan Communy Church, which was a place for members of the gay muny to e together and practise their fah. Lots of people [were] fired om their jobs simply bee they were gay or moured to be gay.
Gay people, Hawk says, were regularly kicked out of their apartment buildgs and were nied public servic. Hawk remembers tellg people to leave the bars groups bee otherwise you’d risk havg “gay bashers beat you up, and you don’t want to have the police beat you up.