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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

Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N. Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St.

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.

GAY CANADIANS STILL FACE AN EQUALY WHICH MAY SURPRISE YOU

As a prry, Canada should remove this egreg anomaly that sends out a msage that gay men  Canada are ls equal than everyone else. 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.