In Toronto, the leather bars were always packed, and there would be lines at the saunas even on weekdays. It was the era just after gay liberation, the engine of which was a very aggressive, militant sexuality. When did you begin to think about sex and sexuality that way?īruce LaBruce In 1985, I started J.D.s, a queer-punk fanzine, with lesbian artist G.B. In your films, explicit queer sex is deployed as a means of empowerment and liberation. Michael Bullock Your work often explores queer subcultures and pornography as tools of political dissent.