The Body Politic ~ Index 1986
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Victimless Crime: Toronto High School Students Spot a "Fucking Faggot" & Beat Him to Death, but the Courts, the Media & School Officials Can't See Any Homophobia | 13-15 | |
| Opposition Leader Wants Gay-Positive Reading of Charter | 19 | |
| Gay Rights in Yukon | Ken Popert | 21 |
| Tough Times Down Under: New Law Amounts to "Legitimized Poofter-Bashing" | 25 | |
| 4-Play: Hand On, Gloves Off, Buddies in Bad Times Thatre Festival Put Our Lives Centre Stage | 31-34 | |
| Good Nudes for Modern Men | David Vereschagin | 38-39 |
| Saying It: How Can We Talk About Safe Sex When We Can't Talk About Sex? | Michael Lynch | 50 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Not So Charming Customs: Canada Customs Seizes a Shipment of books Headed for a Gay Bookstore | Ken Anderlini | 13 |
| Vancouver to Have First Home for People with AIDS | 17 | |
| Condoms Help Stop AIDS | 23 | |
| No Apologies: Strippers as the Upfront Line in a Battle to Communicate | Chris Bearchell | 26-29 |
| For Mr. Mapplethorpe: Lesbian Porn by Toronto's Flying Femmes | 30 | |
| A Play About AIDS that Tells the Story as It Really Is (Or Should Be) | Richard Summerbell | 31 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Sun Burned: Toronto Sun Settles Out of Court & Pays the Bills of the Gay Rights Activists Who Sued | 13 | |
| No-Policies Policy: Look at an Insurance Association's Internal Memo About AIDS | Julian Aynsley | 14-15 |
| James Credle's War: The Making of an American Activist | Tim McCaskell | 29-33 |
| Close Up: A Conversation with Toronto Film Maker Midi Onodera | Cyndra McDowell & Lee Waldorf | 34-35 |
| The Secret Diary of Alan O'Connor in London | 37 | |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Victory for Gay Equality: Discrimination Against Gays in Unconstitutional | 13-14 | |
| Gay Partners Recognized: BC Court Makes Property Settlement between Former Lesbian Lovers | 15 | |
| MD Diagnosed with Bias | 19 | |
| Fear of an AIDS Epidemic May Lead to Calls for Gay Poles to Take the Antibody Test | 21-22 | |
| Designs for Living: the Fantastic Worlds of Edmund White | Neil Bartlett | 25 |
| Who Needs Irma Bombeck? | 29 | |
| Seductive Steps: Dance with a Social Conscience | Stephen MacDonald | 9 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Life & Love After AIDS | Rob Joyce | 13-14 |
| AIDS Forecast Queried: New Analysis Predicts Fewer Cases, Triggers Fears of Indifference | Ken Popert | 19 |
| An Equal Piece of the Apple: New York City Finally Passes a Bill Banning Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation | Charles Philips | 21-22 |
| The Prophylactic Lover: Uncovering a Myth of the Age of AIDS | 25-28 | |
| Learning to Talk about an Unspeakable Disease: Misleading AIDS-Terms | Richard Summerbell | 37 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Playing for Time: Public Rallies Behind Vancouver's People with AIDS Coalition in Support of the Use of Experimental Drug Treatments | Rob Joyce | 13-14 |
| Trade-Off Mars AIDS Report: Bar Association Report Pits At-Risk Groups Against Health & Insurance Establishments | Kevin Orr | 17, 19 |
| Court Considers Sodomy: Do Laws Prohibiting Anal Sex Violate the Constitution? | Charles Phillips | 21 |
| AIDS Testing Sought: Research Announced on 2 New Drugs, Vaccine | 23 | |
| Monstrous Visions: Sex, Eros, Dance & the Passions of Morocco | Gerald Hannon | 24-25, 27 |
| Pure Pleasure - the Photos of Guy Desranleau | 30-31 | |
| Metaphor as Illness: Dennis Altman's Latest, AIDS in the Mind of America | Michael Lynch | 33 |
| Remembering Simone de Beauvoir | Lee Waldorf | 37 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Public Place, Private Space: Legal Notions of Public & Private are Little More than Disguised Homophobia | 13-14 | |
| Out of the Closet & Back in the House: US Congressman Gerry Studds | Rex Wockner | 21 |
| Girls on Video: Blush Video Porn | 25-29 | |
| Through the Lens of Truth: Bill Sherwood's Parting Glances, a Film that Presents Gay Life with No Apologies, No Explanations | 29-30 | |
| Remembering Cocteau | Jerry Rosco | 32-33 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Back to the Gutter: Proposed Pornography Laws | Andrew Lesk | 9-10 |
| Nova Scotia to Ban Gay Cops | Lois Corbett | 13 |
| Feds to Rush AIDS Drugs | Ken Popert | 15 |
| US Supreme Court Voted 5-4 to Uphold the State of Georgia's Anti-Sodomy Law | 17-18 | |
| Sex & Violence & Censorship: the Effect of the Proposed Anti-Porn Legislation | Anna Marie Smith | 22-24 |
| Coming Out - On the Job | 27-29 | |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Charter of Rights & Hiring Gay Cops Too Many Rights for Nova Scotia Tories | 9 | |
| Sex Okay - If It's Not Gay: Joy of Sex is Fine, but Joy of Gay Sex is Obscene | Alan Orr | 11 |
| AIDS Drug Trials to Begin in Fall | Ken Popert | 15 |
| New Zealand Decriminalizes Gay Sex | 17 | |
| US Sodomy Ruling Condemned | 17 | |
| Surrounded by the Ocean: PEI's Ragweed Press | Chris Bearchell | 31 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Lovers Win Health Benefits in Vancouver | Rob Joyce | 7 |
| OHIP Under Fire: Lesbians Continue to Fight for Family Benefits | Lynn MacFie | 8 |
| Homosexuals Disgust You? The Canadian Army Wants to Know | Andrew Lesk | 11 |
| Traitor Dies of AIDS: Death of McCarthy-ite Cohn | 19 | |
| Heat of Managua | Alan O'Connor | 22-24 |
| Songs & Stillness: Death of Poet Elsa Gidlow | Michelle Belling | 28-29 |
| Eulogy for a Creep: Roy Cohn | 32 | |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Trapped in Windsor's Jackson Park | Jim Monk | 9 |
| Overcoming Hypocrisy: With the Congretation's Support, Two Anglican Lesbian Deacons Baptise Their Baby | Rachel Maillous | 11 |
| PWA's Head South for AZT | Ken Popert | 15 |
| Party-Boy with a Mission: Michael Hardwick's Fight to Dismantle Georgia's Sodomy Law | 17 | |
| No Immunity to Humanity: London AIDS Play that is "Not Depressing, Even for a Moment" | Richard Summerbell | 29 |
| Title | Author | Pages |
| Battle for Bill 7: Ontario's Liberal Government on the Edge of Outlawing Discriminating Against Gay People | Andrew Lesk | 11-12 |
| Toronto's Council Asks Ontario to Decide on Spousal Benefits for Gays | Lynn MacFie | 13 |
| Feds Secure AZT for PWAs | Ken Popert | 15 |
| California Rejects PANIC | 17 | |
| Dubious Data, Blatant Bias: Meese Commission Report on Pornography Urges Anti-Sex, Not Pro-Woman, Policies | 18-19 | |
| Dildo Shopping | Chris Bearchell | 26-27 |
| Living (Safe) On Video | David Demchuk | 28-29 |
| Image-Conscious: Look Behind the Scenes at Toronto's First International Festival of Gay Cinema | Warren Dunford | 32 |