Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advot equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons—and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life.
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GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * gay rights 1960s canada *
That year, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a lg that labelled Everett Klippert a "dangero sexual offenr" and threw him prison for admtg he was gay and that he had sex wh other men.Today, homosexual Canadians enjoy much more eedom and societal acceptance.
Here's a look at some of the chang that have occurred sce Klippert was sent behd bars.1965Everett Klippert, a Northwt Terrori mechanic, acknowledg to police that he is gay, has had sex wh men over a 24-year perd and is unlikely to change.
LGBTQ / GAY HISTORY CANADA
Learn about the Davie Street Village and the fight for LGBTQ and gay rights across Canada. * gay rights 1960s canada *
22, 1967Jtice Mister Pierre T propos amendments to the Crimal Co which, among other thgs, would relax the laws agast homosexualy.In 1969, amendments that Prime Mister Pierre T had proposed when he was jtice mister to the Crimal Co to crimalize homosexualy are passed. When be public this is a different matter, or when relat to mors this is a different matter."1969T's amendments pass to the Crimal Co, crimalizg homosexualy Canada.July 20, 1971Everett Klippert is released.Dec. Unr the act, homosexuals are removed om the list of admissible class.1979The Canadian Human Rights Commissn remends s annual report that "sexual orientatn" be add to the Canadian Human Rights Act.May 2, 1980Bill C-242, an act to prohib discrimatn on grounds of sexual orientatn, gets s first readg the Hoe of Commons by MP Pat Carney.
This is nsired to be Canada's 'Stonewall.'October 1985The 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 mtee remends that the Canadian Human Rights Act be changed to make illegal to discrimate based on sexual orientatn.In March 1986, the ernment rponds to the report a paper tled "Toward Equaly" which wr "the ernment will take whatever measur are necsary to ensure that sexual orientatn is a prohibed ground of discrimatn relatn to all areas of feral jurisdictn."1988Svend Robson go public about beg gay, beg the first member of Parliament to do so.
Ridg of Burnaby-Douglas (though s borrs had changed) elected Robson for the eighth time.1991In 1991, Delv Vriend, a lab stctor at Kg's Universy College Edmonton, Alta., was fired om his job bee he is gay. The ernment ws on appeal 1996 and the cisn is overturned.In November 1997, the se go to the Supreme Court of Canada and on April 2, 1998, the high urt unanimoly l that the excln of homosexuals om Alberta's Individual Rights Protectn Act is a vlatn of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Feral Jtice Mister Kim Campbell rponds to the cisn by announcg the ernment would take the necsary steps to clu sexual orientatn the Canadian Human Rights Act.November 1992The feral urt lifts the untry's ban on homosexuals the ary, allowg gays and lbians to serve the armed forc.Dec.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
The Supreme Court also not that if Sectn 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms had been argued, the lg might have been different.May 1995The Supreme Court l on the se volvg Jim Egan and Jack Nb, two gay men who sued Ottawa for the right to claim a spoal pensn unr the Old Age Secury Act. However, all ne judg agree that sexual orientatn is a protected ground and that protectn extends to partnerships of lbians and gay men.May 1995An Ontar Court judge fds that the Child and Fay Servic Act of Ontar g Sectn 15 of the Charter by not allowg same-sex upl to brg a jot applitn for adoptn. The followg day, Runciman reerat the ernment's posn, sayg the marriag will not be legally regnized.May 10, 2002Ontar Superr Court Jtice Robert McKnon l that a gay stunt has the right to take his boyiend to the prom.Earlier, the Durham Catholic District School Board said stunt Marc Hall uldn't brg his 21-year-old boyiend to the dance at Monsignor John Pereyma Catholic high school Oshawa.
Officials acknowledge that Hall has the right to be gay, but said permtg the date would send a msage that the church supports his "homosexual liftyle." Hall went to the prom.July 12, 2002For the first time, a Canadian urt l favour of regnizg same-sex marriag unr the law. Nearly two dozen homosexual upl applied for marriage licenc Ontar on June 10.June 17, 2003Prime Mister Jean Chrétien announc legislatn to make same-sex marriag legal, while at the same time permtg church and other relig groups to "sanctify marriage as they see ." It means Ottawa will not appeal two provcial urt lgs allowg same-sex unns.
FIRST GAY RIGHTS GROUP
The urt had already agreed that the fn of marriage should be the unn of "two persons" rather than of "one man and one woman." Ontar was the first provce to regnize same-sex marriag as legal.July 17, 2003Ottawa reveals the exact wordg of legislatn that would allow gay upl to marry.
This adds to the three origal qutns sent to the top urt 2003.March 19, 2004The Quebec Court of Appeal l that homosexuals have the right to marry, and that the tradnal fn of marriage is discrimatory and unjtified. "No church, no temple, no synagogue, no mosque, no relig official will be asked or forced to perform a marriage that is ntrary to their beliefs," says Prime Mister Pl Mart.April 25, 2005Four gay upl New Bnswick file papers wh the provce's Court of Appeal askg to refe marriage to clu same-sex unns.
New Bnswick, the Northwt Terrori, Nunavut, Alberta and Prce Edward Island are the only jurisdictns Canada that don't regnize same-sex marriag.May 3, 2005Two men, a Canadian Forc sergeant and a warrant officer, are married the chapel at CFB Greenwood, N.S., the ary's first gay weddg.May 20, 2005Jason Perro and Col Snow, a same-sex uple om Yellowknife, sue the ernment of the Northwt Terrori over the right to be married.June 23, 2005New Bnswick's Court of Queen's Bench fds the provce's current fn of civil marriage vlat the rights of gay people.