The Canadian government used a 'fruit machine' to detect gay men by measuring their pupil responses to pornographic images.
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A clear look at how Canada's LGBTQ history moved from criminalization to change.
The episode treats Canada as a place of safety, then quickly strips that comfort away by showing how same-sex intimacy was criminalized and by following George Clippert, born in Saskatchewan in 1926, as his life keeps circling back into court because he was gay.
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Listen when you want a plainspoken Canadian history story about George Clippert's prosecution for being gay and the fight to clear his name.
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