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Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW
• CANADIAN PM JT T BE FIRST WORLD LEAR TO MARCH GAY PRI PARA
• JT T BE FIRST CANADIAN PM TO VIS A GAY BAR

FIRST OPENLY GAY MISTER TO BE ORDAED BY PRBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) TOMORROW

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.

CANADIAN PM JT T BE FIRST WORLD LEAR TO MARCH GAY PRI PARA

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;. The Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force applds the historic ordatn of Stt Anrson set for tomorrow Madison, Wis.

He will bee the first openly gay mister ordaed by the Prbyterian Church (USA) sce the nomatn amend s nstutn this year to elimate official barriers to the ordatn of people based on their sexual orientatn. “So much of my work wh the Shower of Stol Project volv holdg my hands every day symbols of loss — loss of mistry, loss of votn, loss of llg, ” says David Lohman, fah work ordator at the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force.

JT T BE FIRST CANADIAN PM TO VIS A GAY BAR

But before leavg the church, she wanted to do somethg symbolic to show that she was only one of untls lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people servg the church silence bee the st of livg thentic, open liv was too high. 'Canadians are hurtg': Poilievre says he'll fight for the workg class first uc speechAnalysisIn Poilievre, Liberals face a lear who gets unr his opponents' skWh Poilievre's victory, some Liberal MPs hope party will pivot to the centreOntar MP Eric Dunn, a gay man, will serve as Poilievre's party-uc liaison, a posn he also held when O'Toole was the party will be Dunn's job to act as a go-between, nnectg MPs and senators wh party, who reprents the eastern Ontar ridg of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, was a popular surrogate the last electn, routely stumpg for would-be Conservative MPs other areas of the Pl-H will be the Quebec litenant, a reward of sorts for backg Poilievre's bid while a number of other proment Tori om the provce supported former Quebec premier Jean Bnswick MP Jake Stewart, one of only a handful of Conservative MPs om Atlantic Canada, will serve as the "uc mtee -ordator, " a new posn.

Liberal Party of Canada lear Jt T, Canada's first openly gay Ontar Premier Kathleen Wynne, and Wynne's partner Jane Rounthwae (L) march durg the gay pri para Toronto, June 30, 2013. | (Photo: REUTERS/MARK BLINCH)Canadian Prime Mister Jt T, a Roman Catholic, bee the world's first natnal lear to march a gay pri para when he took part Toronto's event on Guardian reported that T marched bi a 29-year-old Syrian refugee who had e out to share his gratu for the PM's outreach to refuge.

"The Toronto gay pri march was attend by a number of other Canadian policians as well, cludg Rona Ambrose, the terim lear of the feral Conservativ, and the Green Party's Elizabeth Febary, BBC News noted that T would bee the world's first lear known to have taken part a gay pri event. Although T has marched prev gay pri paras, Toronto's July 3rd event was the first time he had done so as prime mister.

Calgary's Bishop Fred Henry has been one of the most outspoken Church voic agast the refn of marriage, and a pastoral letter back 2006 wrote: "The homosexual liftyle mt now be treated as wholome and legimate, when realy, is unwholome and immoral. "Henry also warned that "eedom of speech is threatened for those who oppose same-sex 'marriage' public, " notg ernment policy punish those who don't support gay marriage. 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.

And a year later, T publicly apologized to gay Canadians who were fired om their jobs and the ary durg the Cold War. 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. LGBT YouthLe’s Capacy Buildg Project, led by the Lbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Le Toronto, to build pacy, strengthen partnerships, and velop regnal llaborative works;.

— Berkha Gupta, Executive Director, Lbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Le. Last weekend he told reporters askg about his Pri plans that he would "be jog wh all Canadians to celebrate the fact that gays and lbians have the eedom this untry to live their liv, and raise their fai peace, safety, and acceptance, ” but would let them know how he’ll be dog that celebratg, once his schle is set. 1632156650While LGBT or LGBTQ+ is generally accepted as the generally accepted acronym the Uned Stat of Ameri, enpassg the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer muni, Canada the Two-Spir muny is also generally named their acronym.

The Prime Mister has also done a seri of acts for visibily cludg appearg at Pri events, pridg over the first raisg of the Pri flag at Canada's Parliament Hill, and beg the first stg Prime Mister to vis a gay bar. 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.