Canada to memorialize LGBT victims of Cold War-era ‘gay purge’ - The Washgton Post

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Canada's prime mister has formally apologized to thoands of members of the ary who were fired om their jobs s ago durg what has bee known as the "gay purge."

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STATEMENT BY THE MISTER OF NATNAL DEFENCE ON THE LGBT PURGE FUND REPORT

Lbians, gay men and bisexuals did not adhere to sexual nventns of that time. Gay men, lbians and bisexuals were therefore nsired easy targets for Soviet manipulatn.

“Exposure, not punishment, is what the normal homosexual — if we n say any homosexual is normal — fears.

CANADA'S T APOLOGIZ FOR PAST 'GAY PURGE' OF THE MILARY

That is why homosexuals are found to be a danger if placed posns where important Government secrets may ri. Also 1950, a report entled “Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts Government” was submted to a US Senate submtee. A man workg at Canada’s Communitns Branch, which tercepted rad signals om the Soviet Unn, was found to be gay.

By 1964–65, about 6, 000 LGBTQ employe, predomantly gay men, were on file wh the RCMP. cs-pool of homosexuals and perverts. fdg unrmed the belief that homosexualy was a “character weakns.

veloped a seri of ditors believed to intify gay men. Methods ed by the RCMP to tect LGBTQ civil servants clud photographg men who equented plac where gay men were known to gather, cludg bars.

$100 LN FOR GAY PURGE VICTIMS AS PM APOLOGIZ FOR LGBTQ DISCRIMATN

Agents were known to try to entrap men parks by posg as gay men. The RCMP also beiend and reced gay men as rmers.

who was gay was ught and then removed om the RCMP after surveillance was set up of his bedroom.

CANADA TO MEMORIALIZE LGBT VICTIMS OF COLD WAR-ERA ‘GAY PURGE’

” (F was a monly ed pejorative for gay.

COMMEMORATG THE VICTIMS OF CANADA’S ‘GAY PURGE’

The RCMP was unable to rec enough tt subjects who were gay. There was reluctance among “normal mal” wh the force to volunteer bee they feared beg misintified as gay.

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Canada's T Apologiz For Past 'Gay Purge' Of The Milary : NPR .

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