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Janine Fuller (born 1958)〔(Inductee: Janine Fuller ). Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.〕 is a Canadian businessperson and writer. She is the manager of Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver, British Columbia,〔("B.C. Heroes: Janine Fuller" ). ''Vancouver Sun'', March 3, 2011.〕 she is best known for her role as an anti-censorship activist in the bookstore's ongoing battles with Canada Customs, which culminated in the Supreme Court of Canada case ''Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)'' in 2000.〔〔"Queer Experts at the Little Sisters Trial: An Interview with Janine Fuller". ''Canadian Woman Studies'', 16:2 (1996). ISSN 0713-3235.〕 Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario,〔 Fuller began advocating for gender equality at a young age, fighting to be allowed to start a girls' soccer team in Grade 6.〔 She was later an employee of the Toronto Women's Bookstore, and was working there when the store was firebombed in 1983.〔 She moved to Vancouver in 1989,〔 taking a job at Little Sister's the following year, and became an active fundraiser and freedom of expression activist as the store was drawn into legal battles when Canada Customs regularly confiscated and impounded its shipments from publishers.〔("Bright Lights: Janine Fuller" ). ''The Georgia Straight'', September 23, 2009.〕 Following a diagnosis with Huntington's disease in the late 2000s, Fuller has also become an activist and speaker on issues relating to the condition.〔 ==Writing== In 1995, she coauthored with Stuart Blackley the book ''Restricted Entry: Censorship on Trial'', a non-fiction account of the Little Sister's battle, and wrote an introduction for ''Forbidden Passages: Writings Banned in Canada'', an anthology of excerpts from some of the impounded works which was edited by Patrick Califia.〔"Censorship Trial Spawns Books". ''Cuir'', March/April 1996.〕 Fuller has also written a number of plays, and has worked as a performance artist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janine Fuller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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