Gay Canada | LGBTQ+ Travel Gui, Canada Gay Rights & Safety Tips

Contents:

• RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
• THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS

RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS

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The chary Egale Canada has ntributed to advancg gay and lbian equaly issu by:. The LAMBDA Foundatn is a non-prof anizatn that promot rearch of gay and lbian issu and liftyl for the purpose of public tn. The Wele Friend Associatn provis support, trag and outreach for other anizatns and muni to promote awarens and unrstandg of the lbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgenr (LGBQT) muny.

It assists the regnn and growth of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, transsexual, two-spir, tersex, queer and qutng persons and their fai Canada. That clus those the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and addnal sexually and genr diverse (LGBTQI+)Footnote * muny. We enurage refugee sponsorship anizatns, as well as anizatns across the untry that support two‑spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex and addnal sexually and genr diverse (2SLGBTQI+) people to privately sponsor refuge who face vlence and persecutn.

THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS

In addn, one-quarter of Canada’s LGB populatn are gay men (255, 100), while one seven are gay or lbian women (150, 600). Suggt Public Opn DataPublic OpnPerceptns of lol area as a "good place" for gay and lbian people? Views on same-sex marriage or other legal regnnViews on same-sex upl' right to adoptAcceptance of homosexuals as neighbors?

2%) Mentned homosexualsDid not mentn homosexuals (89. 8%)Jtifiabily of homosexualy?

"Should society accept homosexualy? Acceptance of gay people public office (North and South Ameri)?

HistoryHomosexual activy Canada? Homosexual activy Canada is legal.

Current statSce May 14, 1969Legal Canada crimaliz homosexualy wh the troductn of the Crimal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69. Current statSce May 25, 1995Legal Homosexual Coupl n legally adopt childrenServg openly ary Canada?

Gay bars and rtrants are tegrated throughout the cy, but the Church Wellley Gay Village is where you easily will fd most of the cy’s LGBTQ+ nightlife and rtrants. Most of the ftivi happen the Gay Village—one of the largt gay villag the world—along Rue Sate-Cathere, where the whole strip is transformed to a walkg promena durg the summer months.

Vanuver is also the home to not one, but two wonrful gay villag. Davie Village is the ma gay village offerg a variety of gay bars, clubs, rtrants and gay shops. Travel to Canada is extremely safe for LGBTQ+ visors, pecially the larger ci where there is a hummg gay village, lively nightlife and lots of muny associatns and support groups.

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Ferreira-Wells Immigratn Servic is a Canadian Immigratn firm pneerg gay and lbian same sex Canadian immigratn, and has been providg sensive service to the LGBT gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny worldwi sce 1995. Our LGBT clients clu Canadian cizens and Canadian Permanent Rints who have foreign same-sex gay and lbian partners who want to beg a shared life together Canada, or gay and lbian upl and dividuals who wish to immigrate to Canada on their own. Gay and lbian immigratn applints often have unique circumstanc that require sensive re and nsiratn.

Some overseas visa offic require special directn handlg your applitn, pecially untri where there is high personal risk to the gay or lbian client. For gay and lbian stunts or foreign workers wh same-sex partners, we may be able to get your same sex partner an open work perm. Our gay-iendly knowledgeable staff clu Regulated Canadian Immigratn Consultants RCIC – CICC, former Canada Immigratn and Cizenship officer, and associate Canadian Immigratn Lawyers.

Canada stands up for the protectn and promotn of the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, 2-spir and tersex (LGBTQ2I) people human rights of all persons are universal and divisible.

Combattg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty (SOGI) has lks to rourc cludg UN rolutns on SOGI, reports on SOGI issu and activi battg discrimatn based on 2011, the UN Human Rights Council passed s first rolutn regnizg LGBT rights, followg which the OHCHR issued a report documentg vlatns of the rights of LGBT people, cludg hate crim, crimalizatn of homosexual activy and 2016, an pennt expert on sexual orientatn and genr inty has also been mandated by the uncil to:asss the implementatn of existg ternatnal human rights stments aimed at overg vlence and discrimatn agast persons on the basis of their SOGIintify and addrs the root of SOGI-based vlence and discrimatnCanada is also member of the UN LGBTI Core Group, an rmal, cross-regnal group of UN member stat tablished 2008. Its ma goal is to work wh the UN amework to ensure universal rpect for the human rights and fundamental eedoms of LGBTI exam LGBTI and health-related advot for creased awarens on homophobia and transphobia the tnal World Health Organizatn draws lks between sexual health, human rights and the 2016, the World Bank appoted s first adviser on sexual orientatn and genr inty ternatnal anizatns also support programmg the area of LGBTQ2I rights, cludg the:Global Equaly FundGlobal Philanthropy ProjectArc FoundatnRegnal anizatnsCanada is a foundg and active member of the Organizatn of the Amerin Stat (OAS) LGBTI Core Group.

The followg anizatns also work on LGBTQ2I human rights issu:Amnty InternatnalARC InternatnalEgaleÉgisEquasFondatn ÉmergenceHuman Digny TstHuman Rights WatchILGA WorldKaleidospe TstOutRight Actn InternatnalRabow RailroadThe Royal Commonwealth SocietyNews2023-05-30 - Statement by the Equal Rights Coaln on the Anti-Homosexualy Act Uganda2023-05-29 - Statement on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexualy Act2022-11-24 - Statement by the Equal Rights Coaln on the ban on the discsn and sharg of rmatn about LGBTIQ+ people and their human rights the Rsian Feratn2022-09-08 - Equal Rights Coaln – Global LGBTI Conference Declaratn2022-08-28 - Diplomats for Equaly Jot Statement – 2022 Capal Pri Ftival Report a problem on this page Thank you for your help! Pri Season brgs together members of diverse muni who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir, or those who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+) and alli celebratg one of Canada's greatt strengths that is diversy and cln.

Much of the data this release foc on LGB Canadians (lbian, gay, bisexual), sce Statistics Canada has been llectg tailed rmatn on the muni sce 2003. Although much has been acplished sce the begng of the new lennium, cludg the legalizatn of same-sex marriage  2005, and protectg genr exprsn and inty the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Crimal Co  2017, ncerns rema, given the spike hate crim targetg LGBTQ2+ Canadians one-third of LGBTQ2+ Canadians are unr 25 years oldCombed data om the 2015 to 2018 cycl of the Canadian Communy Health Survey (CCHS) found that one-quarter of Canada's LGB populatn were gay men (255, 100), while 1  7 are gay or lbian women (150, 600). Concerns rema terms of acceptance, mental health and well-begAcrdg to the 2018 Survey on Safety Public and Private Spac, LGB+ Canadians (lbian, gay, bisexual, and Canadians whose sexual orientatn is not heterosexual) were more likely to report beg vlently victimized their lifetime and to have experienced appropriate behavurs public and onle than non-sexual mory Canadians.

Nearly 9  10 (88%) of the crim specifilly targeted the gay and lbian muny, while the remar prised cints targetg bisexual people (2%), people wh other sexual orientatns, such as asexual, pansexual or other non-heterosexual orientatns (6%), and people whose sexual orientatn was unknown (4%). Statistics Canada will also be releasg a seri of four articl g the CCHS over the urse of 2021 and early 2022 to highlight the characteristics of the lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual populatn on the followg them: fay and hoehold characteristics, lguistic and ethnocultural diversy, tn and labour.