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Reviews the performance of singer/songwriter Holly Near in a concert at the Convocational Hall in Toronto, Ontario in March 1981.

Reports on the vote of the Canadian University Press to continue boycotting Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio advertising as of February 1979, as a result of its discriminatory public service announcements (PSA) policy. Reason given by the CBC for refusing PSA from gay groups; Meetings of CBC representatives.

Reports on the attack made by the Montreal, Quebec police during a peaceful demonstration held on November 8, 1978 in protest of the appearance of the punk rock group Battered Wives at the Theatre Saint-Denis. Accusation of the police against the demonstrators; Reason for protesting against the band; Information on the band's logo; Implication of the band's publicity campaign to domestic violence; Reason of the band for not using their original name.

Presents information on the 3rd Michigan Womyn's Music Festival attended by women and lesbians from August 17-20, 1978 in Hesperia, Michigan. Preparations conducted by the We Want The Music Collective for the festival; Performers; Workshops.

Focuses on the criticism of the Quebec government for approving the French study trip on homosexuality, which was cancelled in September 1978 by the French government. Case of the refusal to fund Quebec chefs to attend the culinary olympics in New Orleans, Louisiana; Question of the budgetary priorities of the Quebec government; Plan of individuals who say their study trip cancelled, to conduct public protests against French products.

Reports on the cancellation of a planned study trip to France on the theme of homosexuality by the Paris section of the Office Franco-Québécois pour la Jeunesse (OFQJ) in 1978. Reason for the cancellation; Overview of a French 1968 law on homosexuality; Government agencies that supervise the Quebec and French section of OFQJ.