Canada is home to approximately one ln people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, Two-Spir or who intify wh another non-bary genr or mory sexual inty (LGBTQ2+), acuntg for 4% of the total populatn aged 15 and olr 2018. To mark Pri Season, we are patg a mographic and social profile of Canada's diverse LGBTQ2+ muni.
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- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- GAY CANADIANS STILL FACE AN EQUALY WHICH MAY SURPRISE YOU
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
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GAY CANADIANS STILL FACE AN EQUALY WHICH MAY SURPRISE YOU
Global News has obtaed ernment polls that show Canadians are overwhelmgly acceptg of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people playg signifint rol their liv. * gay canadians *
The Commonwealth Gam drew attentn to human rights vlatns agast LGBT people many member natns, but may surprise you to know that Canada, known for havg taken steps forward for LGBT equaly, still discrimat agast s gay cizens. The law affects upl both straight and gay, however directly discrimat agast same-sex upl, as a gay male uple nnot have vagal sex.
Jonathan Cooper, Chief Executive of the Human Digny Tst, a legal anisatn which fights for fundamental human rights around the world, told PkNews: “It’s extraordary that a untry so mted prciple to equaly still matas on s statute books an unequal age of nsent – a law that crimalis gay men. “Canada should be a untry we n all look to for global learship on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) equaly and therefore all s laws mt reflect s own Charter of Rights and Constutn, which protects agast discrimatn and enshr equaly for all cizens. As a prry, Canada should remove this egreg anomaly that sends out a msage that gay men Canada are ls equal than everyone else.
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Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) Canadians were wily perceived as viant and faced social discrimatn and crimal charg.
By the late 1960s, civil rights mpaigns led to a Crimal Co reform (Bill C-150) that crimalized homosexual acts between two nsentg adults private. The protts effectively marked the begng of Canada’s gay rights movement. Chang to the Crimal Co 1969 were limed spe; remag cency laws ntued to be ed to police homosexualy.