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Early reporting on AIDS offers lessons for covering future health crises, new study suggests
By AMANDA POPE Staff reporter April 13, 2018 Gay men living with HIV/AIDS were underrepresented and often portrayed in a negative light by Toronto mainstream newspapers covering the early years of the health crisis, according to a new study. The research paper by Ryerson University master of journalism student Michael D’Alimonte also suggests that the Toronto Star and the Globe…
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Film exposes role of Ugandan newspapers in persecution of LGBTQ community
BY JESSICA ROSS Special to the RJRC Queer Ugandan filmmaker Kamoga Hassan lives in fear for his life, but says he is determined to keep telling stories from one of the most dangerous countries in the world for people who are part of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Hassan spoke with Andrea Houston, a freelance journalist and instructor…
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