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Contents:

• GAY MEN CANADA LIVE WH DAILY VLENCE UNIMAGABLE TO STRAIGHT PEOPLE
• 10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD
• THE LGBTQ MPAIGNERS SAY GAY MEN SHOULD CURB SOME SEXUAL ACTIVI DURG MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK
• WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE
• CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD
• GAY DATG ONTAR
• GAY MONTREAL

GAY MEN CANADA LIVE WH DAILY VLENCE UNIMAGABLE TO STRAIGHT PEOPLE

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10 COUNTRI WH THE BIGGT GAY POPULATNS THE WORLD

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" We will be erased om the dialogue while beg advised – sometim by other gay men, those polished and assiated gay men who pass for straight – not to kick our cute ltle rabow apple rt. But I n't pass for straight, so stand I dialogue I need to have and to hear is a eper and far ls digtible one, a talk that has no simple startg pot or let's at least beg wh honty: Gay men Canada live wh a level of daily vlence that is unimagable to straight psychologil vlence we face as children never leav , and too often is amplified by g out to our fai, or, nversely, the toxic burn of keepg secrets.

In social-work jargon, we are now lled "men who have sex wh men, " a phrase that rc our liv to a sgulary based on sexual practice while at the same time negatg an entire mastream gay media, most of which is not owned or operated by actual queer people, attacks wh imag of Olympian god-like men, men we n never bee. We go missg, and nobody looks for our gay men have learned anythg om Toronto's Gay Village serial killer story, is that ocsnally our sufferg mak for good sensatnalist py, and that Canadians need to be shown the darkt hu of the anti-gay-vlence spectm before they will beg to talk about the msy and hurtful realy of gay life Canada.

THE LGBTQ MPAIGNERS SAY GAY MEN SHOULD CURB SOME SEXUAL ACTIVI DURG MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK

"That uld have been me, " gay men say, and mean so very much Pastor Jeff Rock lled for solidary durg a ndlelight vigil held Sunday to mourn the aths of several men Toronto's LGBTQ muny.

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WHY STT THOMPSON IS CANADA'S TE GAY NATNAL TREASURE

Published on June 25, 2015 at 4:57 pm by Lists Our list of 10 untri wh the Biggt Gay Populatn the World is likely to tch you by surprise as you’re gog to fd some of the most nservative untri this list as well.

For some this might e as a surprise as Cha is not known as a untry that supports or promot topics like gay, lbian or bisexual but sce is the biggt populatn on Earth also has the hight number of gay people.

Gay muny worried about monkeypox stigmaMonkeypox n affect anyone but reports that many fectns volve men who have sex wh men have raised fears of a backlash towards the gay muny — a stigma they have seen outbreak of monkeypox, which has so far mostly affected men who have sex wh men, has prompted ncerns over the potential stigmatizatn of the gay some gay activists are exprsg tratn over what they believe is a reluctance by policymakers and public health officials to speak directly to gay men wh msagg about the risks of fectn and what they see as the need to curb some sexual activy. Is gog to be unhappy to hear, " Dan Savage, thor of the syndited sex advice lumn Savage Love, told CBC News a phone not shiftg to stretch supply of monkeypox vacce yetPHAC urg gay, bisexual men to practise safe sex as monkeypox spreads"But people are so aaid of the weaponizatn of social media, accatns of bigotry, homophobia, that they're lettg gay men get an credibly paful sexually transmissible fectn, that they might not have ught if they were warned.

CANADA LIFTS RTRICTNS ON GAY MEN DONATG BLOOD

Has clared monkeypox a public health emergency, wh more than 10, 000 s rerd, acrdg to the latt figur released by the n bee fected wh monkeypox through multiple forms of close ntact, cludg sk-to-sk ntact such as touchg or sex, rpiratory droplets a nversatn, or even beg exposed to ntamated cloth or gay activists say policymakers and public health officials are reluctant to target gay men wh msagg about the risks of fectn and the need to curb some sexual activy (CBC/Rad-Canada)But  Canada, the U.

Concerns over stigmatizatnThe emergence of the vis, and msagg about risk factors, has raised ncerns over stigmatizg members of the gay muny for their sexual activy and behavur, somethg that beme a signifint issue  the 1980s and '90s durg the HIV U. "Focg on s among gay and bisexual men may advertently stigmatize this populatn and create a false sense of safety among those who are not gay and bisexual men, " the CDC | What 's like to rever om monkeypox: What ’s like to rever om monkeypoxA Toronto rint shar his experience reverg om monkeypox, while officials and advot say more support is need for patients durg the long weeks of Savage said he believ that kd of msagg means gay and bisexual men may not be motivated to temporarily make some chang to their sex liv, or to get has been advisg his dience through his lumn and podst that they should be limg sexual partners, and avoidg sex parti and anonymo sexual enunters. Benjam Ryan, an pennt journalist and member of the gay muny who has been verg fect diseas and LGBTQ health for two s, said he believ agenci like the CDC play down the central role sex between men plays monkeypox transmissn.

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'Patroniz gay men'In an terview wh CBC News, Ryan said he believ some health officials seem more ncerned wh matag hyper vigilance the general public than they do about tg muni who are sufferg the most. She's givg gay men rmatn that's clear and direct and that they n take to nsiratn as they make cisns that will impact their health and the health of the people around them, " Ryan said. Queeri is a weekly lumn by CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt that queri LGBTQ art, culture and/or inty through a personal a Canadian gay man, if someone were to ask me to name our untry's tt natnal treasure, I would have to say that — personally — there are three rrect answers to that qutn: Céle Dn, Carly Rae Jepsen and Stt Thompson.

Gay, lbian, bisexual and other sexual mory people Canada were almost three tim more likely than heterosexual Canadians to report that they had been physilly or sexually asslted the prev 12 months 2018. The search for the most gay-iendly ci naturally lands on Montreal, where queer life is ncentrated around Le Village, events that support the muny are abundant, and clive attus are the norm.

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. 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. "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.

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All the proposed bills are 5, 1981More than 300 men are arrted followg police raids at four gay bath ho Toronto, the largt mass arrt sce the War Measur Act was voked durg the October Crisis.

The ernment ws on appeal 1996 and the cisn is 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. November 1992The feral urt lifts the untry's ban on homosexuals the ary, allowg gays and lbians to serve the armed 9, 1992As promised, Jtice Mister Kim Campbell troduc Bill C-108, which would add "sexual orientatn" to the Canadian Human Rights Act. But the act, which would also rtrict the fn of "maral stat" to oppose-sex upl, don't pass first June 3, 1993, the Senate pass Bill S-15, another attempt at addg "sexual orientatn" to the Canadian Human Rights Act, but the bill don't make to the Hoe of Commons bee Parliament is dissolved for the 1993 feral 23, 1993In the Mossop se, the Supreme Court of Canada l that the nial of bereavement leave to a gay partner is not discrimatn based on fay stat fed the Canadian Human Rights Act.

The Supreme Court also not that if Sectn 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms had been argued, the lg might have been 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 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 10, 2002Ontar Superr Court Jtice Robert McKnon l that a gay stunt has the right to take his boyiend to the prom.

Nearly two dozen homosexual upl applied for marriage licenc Ontar on 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 .

S., vote to ask Ottawa to regnize same-sex marriage the same way as heterosexual 9, 2003A gay and lbian group go to trial agast the feral ernment an attempt to force Ottawa to extend survivor benefs to exclud gays and lbians.

Gay and lbian partners — pursug Canadian Pensn Plan benefs om their ceased partners — say the feral ernment is discrimatg agast them and have filed a $400-ln class-actn 27, 2003Alliance Lear Stephen Harper Thursday fir MP Larry Spencer as fay issu cric after Spencer said homosexualy should be 19, 2003An Ontar urt l that Ottawa has discrimated agast same-sex upl by nyg benefs to those whose partners died before 1998. This adds to the three origal qutns sent to the top urt 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 25, 2005Four gay upl New Bnswick file papers wh the provce's Court of Appeal askg to refe marriage to clu same-sex unns.

S., the ary's first gay 20, 2005Jason Perro and Col Snow, a same-sex uple om Yellowknife, sue the ernment of the Northwt Terrori over the right to be 23, 2005New Bnswick's Court of Queen's Bench fds the provce's current fn of civil marriage vlat the rights of gay people. Pri Season brgs together members of diverse muni who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir, or those who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+) and alli celebratg one of Canada's greatt strengths that is diversy and cln.

Although much has been acplished sce the begng of the new lennium, cludg the legalizatn of same-sex marriage  2005, and protectg genr exprsn and inty the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Crimal Co  2017, ncerns rema, given the spike hate crim targetg LGBTQ2+ Canadians one-third of LGBTQ2+ Canadians are unr 25 years oldCombed data om the 2015 to 2018 cycl of the Canadian Communy Health Survey (CCHS) found that one-quarter of Canada's LGB populatn were gay men (255, 100), while 1  7 are gay or lbian women (150, 600).

Concerns rema terms of acceptance, mental health and well-begAcrdg to the 2018 Survey on Safety Public and Private Spac, LGB+ Canadians (lbian, gay, bisexual, and Canadians whose sexual orientatn is not heterosexual) were more likely to report beg vlently victimized their lifetime and to have experienced appropriate behavurs public and onle than non-sexual mory Canadians.

Nearly 9  10 (88%) of the crim specifilly targeted the gay and lbian muny, while the remar prised cints targetg bisexual people (2%), people wh other sexual orientatns, such as asexual, pansexual or other non-heterosexual orientatns (6%), and people whose sexual orientatn was unknown (4%). Statistics Canada will also be releasg a seri of four articl g the CCHS over the urse of 2021 and early 2022 to highlight the characteristics of the lbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual populatn on the followg them: fay and hoehold characteristics, lguistic and ethnocultural diversy, tn and labour.

At Statistics Canada, the LGBTQ2+ acronym is ed to reflect the broad spe of genr and sexual inti that exist acronym LGBTQ2+ ed this release clus lbian, gay, bisexual, or another mory sexual inty such as asexual or pansexual, as well as mory genr inty (trans and non-bary inti like genrqueer, genr fluid, pangenr or agenr).

The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.

Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment. For example, Swen, the Netherlands and Germany, all of which have a per-pa gross domtic product over $50, 000, acceptance of homosexualy is among the hight measured across the 34 untri surveyed. The study is a follow-up to a 2013 report that found many of the same patterns as seen today, although there has been an crease acceptance of homosexualy across many of the untri surveyed both years.