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TORONTO PRI: CELEBRATE LGBTQ RIGHTS WH THE GAY CANADIAN INS
The backwoods town of Scht's Creek is a safe haven for queer people like Levy's 'David', showg dienc a world where homophobia isn't a factor and jt how much easier life n be for everyone when love is the flt rponse. In wrg the memoir (wh Gisele Gordon) for my alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Ttickle, our Cree knowledge keepers uld not fd any special terms the Cree language distguish those that are transgenr, gay, lbian, or bi.
Back 2014 the Pri flag flew above cy hall durg the Sochi Olympic Gam support of margalized gay people Rsia. As one of Canada’s first LGBT publitns, the magaze beme the voice of Canada’s gay liberatn movement.
CANADA 150: GAY CANADIAN INS
She also beme volved untls important anizatns and llectiv of the time, -foundg the Lbian Organizatn of Toronto (LOOT), participated the Coaln for Gay Rights Ontar, and helped the fence of John Damien, a racg steward who was fired unfairly due to his sexualy. It was a rerd for the 27-year-old mi-doc seri, which ma s gural dip to the rich history of queer Canadiana via the story of Jim Egan, our untry's first publicly known gay activist.
And wh all due rpect to the nobily of that Aaron Ashmore-starrg take on the Oshawa teenager who fought the school board to take his same-sex date to prom, 's rather prsg that stands so alone as a out more CBC Arts stori on LGBTQ+ ins and activistsQueeriProudly prep some tissu: The first LGBTQ Herage Mute, celebratg activist Jim Egan, is hereSo wh the 50th anniversary of the crimalizatn of homosexualy this untry g next year, I feel like 's a very appropriate time for the media-makers and funrs Canada to get some balls rollg on addg a few exampl to the CanCon non of historil queer narrative storytellg.