DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Canadian Prime Mister Jt T raised Senegal's crimalizatn of homosexualy durg his vis to the Wt Ain natn on Wednday, but Senegal's lear told journalists afterward that “we're fortable wh our laws.” The exchange between T and Senegale Print Macky Sall highlighted the impasse the Uned Stat, Canada and other Wtern natns have had persuadg Senegal and most Ain untri not to jail gays and lbians. T told journalists he was “a great fenr of human rights” and so had to raise the issue. "We've talked about , and we know that Senegal is a lear terms of mocracy and terms of valu. But we all have work to do. In any se, we've had good discsns wh Macky Sall," T said at a new nference the pal of Dakar. Senegal is a morate, predomantly Mlim natn where homosexualy is crimalized and punishable by up to five years prison. Prosecutn are rare but discrimatn the untry's tradnal muni ns ep. The bodi of gay men have even been dug out of Mlim cemeteri after their fai had laid them to rt there. The Senegale print said his untry rpected human rights but he emphasized that no chang on laws regardg homosexualy would be forthg. “We nnot ask Senegal to legalize homosexualy and anize tomorrow's Gay Pri,” he said. “It is not possible. Our society do not accept .” "It is our way of livg and beg. It has nothg to do wh homophobia," he add. T spent Wednday meetg wh Senegal's print and visg Goree Island, a se often equented by visg Wtern lears bee of s historil signifince as a place where Ain slav were forced to part for the New World. On Thursday, he plans to meet wh universy stunts and tour an aid project before partg Senegal. Durg his talks wh the print, he also won support for Canada's bid to w a seat on the U.N. Secury Council. “Canada will have Senegal's support,” Sall told journalists. “We need Canada's voice at the Secury Council. Canada is a untry of diplomacy. Canada is not difficult to support." Norway and Ireland are also part of a three-way race for two seats on the Secury Council for 2021-22 om the Wtern group. ___ Associated Prs wrers Krista Larson Dakar, Senegal and Edh M. Lerer at the Uned Natns ntributed to this report.
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CANADIAN PM T RAIS GAY RIGHTS WH SENEGAL LEAR
No matter who you are or who you love, you should have every opportuny to succeed Canada. The Government of Canada has taken historic actn recent years to build a better, more clive future for Two-Spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and addnal sexually and genr diverse people (2SLGBTQI+), and we know there is more to be done. * trudeau gay rights *
The Government of Canada has taken historic actn recent years to build a better, more clive future for Two-Spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and addnal sexually and genr diverse people (2SLGBTQI+), and we know there is more to be done.
It stands for Two-Spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, and addnal sexually and genr diverse people. In 2017, the Prime Mister apologized the Hoe of Commons for the systemic opprsn, rejectn, and crimalizatn of Canadians intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and Two-Spir;. Homosexualy is crimalized across Canada.
Gay rights activists held ralli to nounce the move, llg about T's remark, Meloni said that he had fallen "victim" to "fake news" and propaganda, and even said that his asssment "don't rrpond to realy. T mak LGBT apologyThe Prime Mister apologiz to LGBT people who lost their reers the ary and secury servic bee of the sexual orientatnReuntg how liv of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and two-spir Canadians were ed by irreparable pa and grief, T said they were discrimated agast by laws that "bolstered and embolned those who wanted to attack non-nformg sexual sire. "Those who admted they were gay were fired, discharged, or timidated to rignatn.
JT T BE FIRST CANADIAN PM TO VIS A GAY BAR
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A tale of 2 Ts and their approach to historil wrongs$100 ln for gay purge victims as PM apologiz for LGBTQ discrimatn"It giv them a sense of inty, giv them a sense of self, and that they n move forward wh their liv now knowg that they are not send-class cizens, " she said.
"This type of sult is difficult to image and impossible to measure, " he Caron, the NDP's parliamentary lear the Hoe, praised Svend Robson, a former NDP MP who was the first openly gay member of Parliament and voted much of his time to fight for LGBT rights issu.
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"Siar bill New ZealandA siar bill was tabled New Zealand earlier this year, allowg for the expungement of crimal rerds for historil offenc such as cency, sodomy and keepg a place of rort for homosexual New Zealand bill's first readg July 2017 was acpanied by a formal apology to those nvicted of historil homosexual offenc, and was then referred to the jtice mtee.
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. * trudeau gay rights *
T on LGBT apologyPrime Mister Jt T briefly spoke wh reporters as he arrived for his weekly bet meetgSome gay members of the Canadian Armed Forc were also discharged for what was termed "psychopathic personaly wh abnormal sexualy. "Vigilance requiredOntar Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, who is gay, was overe wh emotn today.
He said an apology tells people 's not OK to be homophobic or transphobic, but warned that media, teachers, policians and others mt be vigilant promotg equaly. In honor of gay pri month, pri flags flew high across the globe Sunday to honor the 1969 Stonewall Rts, the tone monstratn that sparked the LGBTQ rights movement. Back the late 1960s, then Jtice Mister Pierre T troduced legislatn that would ultimately crimalize homosexualy, notg a famo quote that “the state has no place the bedrooms of the natn.
Canadian Prime Mister Jt T ma history after stoppg by the Fountahead Pub, a gay bar, ahead of Vanuver's Pri week. * trudeau gay rights *
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1 weekend the area’s LGBT muny will gather wh the rt of the regn to celebrate at Pri Ft Wdsor-Essex, and the universy’s rad statn is acknowledgg the ocsn wh a week’s worth of programmg themed around LGBT a half-hour terview, Adam will discs the history of the LGBT movement Canada, cints of persecutn and discrimatn, gay-straight allianc schools and the battle agast HIV and AIDS, both Canada and abroad. DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Canadian Prime Mister Jt T raised Senegal’s crimalizatn of homosexualy durg his vis to the Wt Ain natn on Wednday, but Senegal’s lear told journalists afterward that “we’re fortable wh our laws. ”The exchange between T and Senegale Print Macky Sall highlighted the impasse the Uned Stat, Canada and other Wtern natns have had persuadg Senegal and most Ain untri not to jail gays and lbians.