Dr. Michael Botnick

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  15th Anniversary Queer Film & Video Festival, August... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/7/2003    Last Visited: 6/9/2004  

  West's Gareth Kirkby, AIDS Vancouver's Phillip Banks and UBC's Dr. Michael Botnick (author of Gay Community Survival in the New Millenium)--August 9, Cinemark Tinseltown, 4pm

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  A Loving Spoonful - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/17/2004    Last Visited: 9/17/2004  

  Michael Botnick, BS, MA, PH.D.
  
  board@alovingspoonful.org
  
  Joining A Loving Spoonful in 2002, Michael Botnick brings a diverse set of skills and experiences to the organization.Mike is a research associate at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's University as well as a lecturer at the University of British Columbia.He is an entrepreneur and has also served on a variety of Boards including the Diversity Advisory Committee, The Vancouver Pride Society and PFAME (Pacific Foundation for the Advancement of Minority Equality).

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  Ambiguous Survey Shows 78% of Canadians Are Gay and... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/16/2004    Last Visited: 8/6/2006  

  When a number is attached to a gay community, ideological battles emerge, said Michael Botnick, a lecturer on sociology at the University of British Columbia.

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  Challies Dot Com: How Many Homosexuals In Canada? - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/25/2004    Last Visited: 2/2/2005  

  When a number is attached to a gay community, ideological battles emerge, said Michael Botnick, a lecturer on sociology at the University of British Columbia.
  
  "Clearly, from a right-wing perspective, they'd like to see the numbers lower," he said.

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  Daily News...Advocate.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/17/2004    Last Visited: 6/17/2004  

  "I think you can definitely count on underreporting, there's no question of that," Michael Botnick, a professor of anthropology and sociology at the University of British Columbia, told the Canadian Press.
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  Botnick thinks the question put to approximately 83,729 Canadians ages 18 to 59 missed the point anyway."Sexuality is a very slippery and elusive issue that has little to do with 'gay,' 'homosexual,' or 'queer'--however anyone wants to describe it," Botnick told the paper."Somebody who has never had a same-sex experience, ever in their lives, but has fantasies--does that make them gay, or not?"he said."Maybe they are, but they don't qualify."For that reason, he says, the numbers mean little to the UBC professor.

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  Departments - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/4/2003    Last Visited: 12/6/2004  

  Michael Botnick, University of British Columbia, was quoted in a January 20 Oregonian article about men not being ashamed to shed tears.

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  June-Sept 2004 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/18/2004    Last Visited: 6/9/2005  

  "I think you can definitely count on under-reporting, there's no question of that," said Michael Botnick, a professor of anthropology and sociology at the University of British Columbia.

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  Mustang Central Forums - Newsflash about Canadians - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/20/2003    Last Visited: 6/19/2004  

  When a number is attached to a gay community, ideological battles emerge, said Michael Botnick, a lecturer on sociology at the University of British Columbia.
  
  "Clearly, from a right-wing perspective, they'd like to see the numbers lower," he said.

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  News | canada.com network - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/15/2004    Last Visited: 6/16/2004  

  "I think you can definitely count on under-reporting, there's no question of that," said Michael Botnick, a professor of anthropology and sociology at the University of British Columbia.
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  Botnick thinks the question put to some 83,729 Canadians ages 18 to 59 missed the point anyway.
  
  "Sexuality is a very slippery and elusive issue that has little to do with gay, homosexual or queer, however anyone wants to describe it," said Botnick.
  
  "Somebody who has never had a same-sex experience, ever in their lives, but has fantasies, does that make them gay, or not?"he mused.
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  From a political perspective, Botnick says, the sexuality question is a valid one.
  
  "No one has ever quantified what is this potential voter block, what is this potential tax asset or drain on the public purse," he said.
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  "Clearly, from a right-wing perspective, they'd like to see the numbers lower," said Botnick.

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  Oh-Snap! :: View topic - Canada's PRIDE is lower than... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/10/2004    Last Visited: 3/15/2006  

  "I think you can definitely count on under-reporting, there's no question of that," said Michael Botnick, a professor of anthropology and sociology at the University of British Columbia.
  
  The survey found 1.3 percent of men considered themselves homosexual compared to 0.7 percent of women.Some 0.9 percent of women said they were bisexual, compared to 0.6 of men.
  
  Homosexual activists claim there is reluctance among respondents to honestly report their sexual orientation on a government survey.
  
  Botnick argued homosexuality is hard to define statistically.
  
  "Sexuality is a very slippery and elusive issue that has little to do with gay, homosexual or queer, however anyone wants to describe it," he said.

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