The human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, 2-spir and tersex persons

Contents:

• THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS
• RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

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

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? 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? 1950s & 1960s – State Surveillance Of Homosexuals In CanadaDurg the 1950s and 1960s, the RCMP monored the activi of private dividuals spected of beg gay. The un produced a map of Ottawa pictg the rinc of spected homosexuals and their gatherg plac.

Durg the same perd, the Canadian civil service led an anti-homosexual mpaign to purge gays and lbians om the ranks of ernment and the ary. Predited on the premise that homosexuals posssed character weakns which posed a threat to natnal secury, the “secury” mpaign led to the intifitn of thoands of spected gay men and lbian women.

RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS

Members who admted to beg homosexual were discharged om the Canadian Armed Forc, sometim dishonourably.

The RCMP also worked wh the FBI, alertg the FBI when a spected homosexual had crossed the borr to the Uned Stat. Jtice Mister Pierre T proposed amendments to the Crimal Co which, among other thgs, would relax the laws agast homosexualy. Crimal Law Amendment ActOn December 21st 1968, Jtice Mister Pierre T troduced the Crimal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69, to reform the Crimal Co, on broad-rangg social issu such as homosexualy, abortn and ntraceptn.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

Quebec Human Rights CoIn December, Quebec clus sexual orientatn s Human Rights Co, makg the first provce Canada to pass a gay civil rights law. Immigratn Act AmendmentsIn 1953, Canada’s Immigratn Act had been amend to prevent homosexuals om enterg the untry.

Toronto bath hoe raidsOn Febary 5th, 1981, more than 300 men are arrted followg police raids at four gay bath ho Toronto, the largt mass arrt sce the War Measur Act was voked durg the October Crisis. Parliamentary Policy RearchThe Parliamentary Commtee on Equaly Rights releas a report tled "Equaly for All." The mtee wr that is shocked by the high level of discrimatory treatment of homosexuals Canada.

The report discs the harassment, vlence, physil abe, psychologil opprsn and hate propaganda that homosexuals live wh.

Universy Instctor fired for merely beg gayDelw Vriend, a lab stctor at Kg's Universy College Edmonton is fired om his job for beg gay. Canada, Capta Joshua Birch lnched a human rights plat after beg discharged om the Canadian Forc for disclosg he was gay. Canada, feral Jtice Mister and Attorney General of Canada, Kim Campbell announced that Canada was liftg s ban on homosexuals the Canadian Forc, allowg them to serve openly and live on-base wh their partners.

MossopThis is the first cisn of the Supreme Court of Canada to nsir equaly rights for gays. In the Mossop se, the Supreme Court of Canada l that the nial of bereavement leave to a gay partner is not discrimatn based on fay stat fed the Canadian Human Rights Act. Although Egan lost the se, all ne judg agreed that sexual orientatn is a protected ground and that protectn extends to partnerships of lbians and gay men.