Canada stands up for the protectn and promotn of the human rights of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, 2-spir and tersex (LGBTQ2I) people globally.
Contents:
- RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
- THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS
RIGHTS OF LGBTI PERSONS
Homosexual Canadians enjoy much more eedom and societal acceptance than they did 1965, when a Northwt Terrori man was thrown prison after admtg he was gay. tak a look at some of the chang that have occurred sce then. * who fought for gay rights in 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, homosexual Canadians enjoy much more eedom and societal acceptance. 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.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, 2-SPIR AND TERSEX PERSONS
In 1967, Klippert is sent to prison fely as a "dangero sex offenr, " a sentence that was backed up by the Supreme Court of Canada that same 22, 1967Jtice Mister Pierre T propos amendments to the Crimal Co which, among other thgs, would relax the laws agast 1969, amendments that Prime Mister Pierre T had proposed when he was jtice mister to the Crimal Co to crimalize homosexualy are passed. Take this thg on homosexualy. "1969T's amendments pass to the Crimal Co, crimalizg homosexualy 20, 1971Everett Klippert is 16, 1977Quebec clus sexual orientatn s Human Rights Co, makg the first provce Canada to pass a gay civil rights law.
The law mak illegal to discrimate agast gays hog, public acmodatn and employment. Unr the act, homosexuals are removed om the list of admissible class.