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• BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA 'EXCG,' KATHLEEN WYNNE SAYS
• BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA 'EXCG,' SAYS WYNNE
• CANADIAN POLICIAN COM OUT AS GAY, PRIME MISTER JT T APPLDS HIS 'BRAVE WORDS'
• WYNNE MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA
• BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA 'EXCG,' SAYS WYNNE
• JT T BE FIRST CANADIAN PM TO VIS A GAY BAR
• ONTAR’S FIRST GAY PREMIER RECEIV ‘LGBT LEARSHIP AWARD’ OM TOP HOMOSEXUAL GROUP
• CANADA’S TWO OPENLY GAY PREMIERS, A POSIVE IMPACT
• A GAY POLYAMORO STORYLE EMPOWERED OUT WRTLER LEO LONDON TO E OUT PUBLICLY
• PQ LEARSHIP HOPEFUL SYLVA GDRELT SAYS QUEBECERS READY FOR A GAY PREMIER
• TRANSLATN OF "PREMIER GAY" ENGLISH

BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA 'EXCG,' KATHLEEN WYNNE SAYS

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has e out as gay. “Most of my iends who are gay are que open about , and many are wonrful relatnships or, several s, married.

BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA 'EXCG,' SAYS WYNNE

Over the years, I told only two (gay) iends that I was gay, although I spect most of my fay and iends jt assumed I was, but rpected my privacy and never broached the subject. My reluctance has not allowed me to live my life as full of love and adventure as my gay iends who were bolr and braver than I ever was.

Jt T (@JtT) Augt 17, 2019This isn’t the first time that T has supported the LGBT muny November 2017, he took steps to mend the natn’s prevly actured relatnship wh s own LGBT the Hoe of Commons, he issued a lengthy, formal apology to gay Canadians who’d been fired om their jobs and the ary durg the Cold War. On Saturday eveng, she ma history on two onts: as the first woman chosen to lead Ontar's ernment and the first openly gay premier the natn's three rounds of votg, she stormed past Sandra Pupatello at the Ontar Liberal learship nventn Toronto's Maple Leaf Garns, featg her chief rival 1, 150 to 866 to succeed Dalton the rults were announced, she joed hands wh Ms. Wynne turned a formidable performance at the nventn, wh a r entrance that saw her supporters dancg on-stage, followed by a speech that bed personal anecdot wh partisan also addrsed, head-on, the worry some Liberals had exprsed that an openly-gay ndidate uld not w a general electn.

CANADIAN POLICIAN COM OUT AS GAY, PRIME MISTER JT T APPLDS HIS 'BRAVE WORDS'

TORONTO - Beg the first openly gay premier Canada is "historic" and "excg, " but shouldn't overshadow her role erng the untry's most populo provce, Ontar Liberal Lear Kathleen Wynne said Sunday.

WYNNE MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA

TORONTO - Beg the first openly gay premier Canada is "historic" and "excg, " but shouldn't overshadow her role erng the untry's most populo provce, Ontar Liberal Lear Kathleen Wynne said premier-to-be said she feels a "special rponsibily" to young gay people who are lookg for a more acceptg world, but she's not a gay activist and don't plan to spend the next few months talkg about her sexual orientatn. "Wynne's victory as Ontar's Liberal lear and next premier is a signifint historic moment for the untry, said Helen Kennedy, executive director of Egale Canada, a natnal lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred human rights group. Homophobia always up her mpaigns and did this one too, wh a Toronto newspaper edorial askg if Ontar is ready for an openly gay qutn is posed to her as an electabily issue, but unrtimat Ontarians to assume that sexual orientatn is gog to terme how they vote, she Ontar is ready for a gay premier, Wynne told Liberal legat a rog speech Saturday at the learship nventn.

"I'm not naive enough to thk that homophobia and transphobia are still not alive and well Ontar and around the untry, " she said.

Canadian Prime Mister Jt T ma history on Monday by stoppg at a gay bar Vanuver to mark the begng of the cy’s Pri week. T took pictur and shook hands wh patrons at the Fountahead Pub — effectively beg the first stg Canadian prime mister to vis a gay bar. ”This is not the first time T has shown his support for Canada’s LGBTQ muny wh a historic 2016, he beme the first stg prime mister to march Toronto’s Pri Para, the largt gay pri celebratn the untry.

BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY PREMIER CANADA 'EXCG,' SAYS WYNNE

And a year later, T publicly apologized to gay Canadians who were fired om their jobs and the ary durg the Cold War.

JT T BE FIRST CANADIAN PM TO VIS A GAY BAR

He proposed the Expungement of Historilly Unjt Convictns Act, which eradited the rerds of Canadians prevly nvicted of nsensual homosexual activy and which was passed last Canadian ernment also mted to payg $85 ln to pensate victims of the so-lled gay purge durg this same ssn at the Hoe of Commons Ottawa. “When the Canadian Prime Mister to a gay bar Vanuver and asks your name. The gay blood ban has yet to be repealed.

Inscribable grief and anger followed the murrs of eight men, some of whom were part of Toronto’s gay village. Other 2010 moments: After a gay uple was attacked by a firebomb the middle of the night, people Ltle Pond, P.

Allan Hubley, said his son was the only openly gay stunt at his school and was relentlsly bullied bee of . There was change ernment policy too; bee of the Acceptg Schools Act, Ontar’s public school boards are required to support gay-straight allianc (GSAs) 2011 moments: Lus Oleni via Getty ImagJenna Talackova peted the 2012 Miss Universe Canada fal petn Saturday night Toronto. 2013: Kathleen Wynne mak historyKathleen Wynne’s Ontar Liberals won the 2013 electn, makg her Canada’s first openly gay premier.

ONTAR’S FIRST GAY PREMIER RECEIV ‘LGBT LEARSHIP AWARD’ OM TOP HOMOSEXUAL GROUP

At tim unpopular, the polil lear was still seen as an LGBTQ+ role 2013 moments: Bill C32 pass, which lifts stipulatns on non-rint gay upl if they wanted to get divorced. Roberto Machado Noa via Getty ImagToronto, Montreal, Vanuver, and other Canadian cy halls flew pri flags to support LGBTQ+ Rsians, who uld be persecuted unr their untry's anti-gay "propaganda" legislatn. 2014: Canada stands wh LGBTQ+ athlet In prott of Rsia’s anti-gay laws, several Canadian cy halls raised rabow flags durg the 2014 Soichi Olympics.

CANADA’S TWO OPENLY GAY PREMIERS, A POSIVE IMPACT

Canadian actor Ellen Page out as gay a speech at a Human Rights Campaign nference. Other 2016 moments: Canadians grieved the Orlando Pulse massacre wh natn-wi memorials for the 49 people killed the Florida gay nightclub. Story ntu 2017 moments: The prime mister mak a historic apology on behalf of the feral ernment to LGBTQ+ Canadians victimized by discrimatory polici, such as “the gay purge” om civil and ary servic.

2018: Toronto serial killer Bce McArthur arrted After years of speculatn over vanished men om Toronto’s gay village, police arrted Toronto landsper Bce McArthur.

Story ntu 2018 moments:Figure skater Eric Radford beme the first openly gay male athlete to w gold at a Wter Olympics event. Known for s anti-gay polici, Try Wtern Universy’s attempt to start a law school was rejected by the Law Society of B.

A GAY POLYAMORO STORYLE EMPOWERED OUT WRTLER LEO LONDON TO E OUT PUBLICLY

The Royal Canadian Mt issued a rabow loonie to memorate the crimalizatn of homosexualy 50 years ago.

But advot pot out the legal cisn did ltle to curb discrimatn and anti-gay arrts.

TORONTO, September 30, 2013 () – Ontar Premier Kathleen Wynne received the 2013 LGBT Learship Award om the untry’s leadg homosexualist anizatn Egale for her work advancg “lbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) human rights both at home and abroad”. Wynne, the first premier Canada to be openly gay, received the award om Egale Canada Human Rights Tst on Friday at the Rz-Carlton Hotel Toronto.

PQ LEARSHIP HOPEFUL SYLVA GDRELT SAYS QUEBECERS READY FOR A GAY PREMIER

Durg her acceptance speech, Wynne reunted her efforts to advance the gay movement as Mister of Edutn, acrdg to Xtra. She spoke of her pivotal role forcg gay-straight allianc on Ontar schools, both public and Catholic, and said that more mt be done to make this a realy across the provce. The event, at $300 a plate, was a fundraiser for Egale to help s “goal of battg homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and all other forms of discrimatn so that every person n achieve their full potential, unencumbered by hatred and bias.

The gay-lobby EGALE (Equaly for Gays and Lbians Everywhere) led the charge that brought same-sex ‘marriage’ to Canada 2005 and was stmental brgg homosexual clubs to schools through s succsful promotn of the “safe schools” strategy. A handful of gay activists protted the event wh signs and banners, sayg that Wynne as premier has not done enough to advance what they lled key homosexual issu: HIV crimalizatn and the ntroversial Ontar sexual health tn curriculum.

TRANSLATN OF "PREMIER GAY" ENGLISH

Unr the first draft of that curriculum, which was scrapped, young school children startg gra one would have been tght about genr inty, homosexualy, masturbatn, oral sex and other siar topics. MacLchlan is the send openly gay premier Canada. Kathleen Wynn of Ontar ma headl last year when she was the first gay person to take the helm of a provcial ernment Canada.

Of urse, we do not really know if any other premier Canada was openly gay, but New Bnswick’s Richard Hatfield was certaly livg a secret until his ath. There may have been others and, to be fair, is unlikely that an openly gay person would have been elected to that office some years ago.

Whenever we learn of a gay polician an fluential posive role we may hope for improved munitn between ernment and the LGBTQ folks, pecially light of the transgenr bill beg stuck the Conservative-domated Senate. Havg openly gay ernment lears will be a thankful velopment for our society.