In response to Metro Council's threat to cut funds for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and the Inside Out Collective, a presence and demonstration ensued. About four hundred and fifty queers and artists sat in the gallery wearing "TAX PAYER" stickers. After the decision to cut the funding to the Inside Out Collective and thereby our annual Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, we rioted. I don't know what that accomplished, but we did get covered by CBC TV's Prime Time News from a very sympathetic perspective. The Ontario Coalition against Film and Video Censorship was formed in response to the OFVRB. The major activists in that organization are artists Lisa Steele, Carole Conde and Karl Beverage. They lobby to have the OFVRB's power limited to classification only, with no power over non-commercial productions. They meet as often as they can with the OFVRB and the minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. All artist run centres, artists, and arts organizations have decided to collectively refuse to submit any material to the OFVRB's "review" process, thus de-toothing but at the same time infuriating the Board. These groups used to account for much of the Board's censorship activities. Censorstop was formed in reaction to Canada Customs Memorandum D9-1-1 to coordinate activities between anti-censorship groups. It is centred around Glad Day Book Shop. The Coalition and the Canadian Committee Against Customs Censorship draft extensive briefs to the Law Reform Commission of Ontario with regard to the OFVRB. They keep a loud anti-censorship position in the ears of legislators. Michelle Gay, who was scheduled to exhibit with Robert Wyndrum at the Koffler Gallery, withdrew her work in support of her colleague. This move forced the gallery to reschedule their shows at the last minute. Dislocating comfort: A Panel discussion on controversial art (1991), Refusing Censorship: Feminists and Activists Fight Back (1992), a panel discussion on censorship at the 1993 Toronto Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and other such academic discussions, conferences, and forums occur regularly and are often written about in arts publications. Pages Bookstore displayed blowups of Gii's photos, which had been seized by Project "P" from La Hacienda Restaurant, with an anti-censorship message. A shipment of books to Pages was targeted by Canada Customs within a week of this protest.* Stephan Gelinas of the Montreal bookstore Le Denier Mot produced a display window of Madonna's Sex which was approved by Canada Customs juxtaposed with less explicit material that was banned by Canada Customs. At Toronto's Sky Dome in front of thousands of fans, Madonna referred to Metro as "The totalitarian state of Toronto". Her statement was included in Truth or Dare, the film documentary of her 1991 tour. A number of feminists have argued persuasively and vigorously against the use of censorship. See, for example: Varda Burstyn (editor), Women Against Censorship, Vancouver and Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre; 1985. Varda Burstyn, "Porn Again", Fuse Magazine; spring 1987. Pages 10-18 Thelma McCormack, Comment on Pornography and Prostitution in Canada: Report of the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, Atlantis; Fall 1987. Pages 160-163. Thelma McCormack, "The Censorship of Pornography: Catharsis or Learning?", American Journal of Orthopsychiatry; 1988. Marcia Pally, Sex and Sensibility Nadine Strossen, Defending Pornography