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.
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LIVGTOPICSALL LIVGSAVAGE LOVETRAVELASTROLOGYFROM THE VLTHEALTHSTYLELGBT+SEX & ROMANCEBT OF VANUVERTRANSPORATNCARTOONSHOMELS VANUVER LGBTJT T POS WH OPENLY GAY MP, HIS PARTNER, AND THEIR DGHTERS
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. Adam, who is also the Senr Scientist and Director of Preventn Rearch at the Ontar HIV Treatment Network the thor of a book lled The Rise of a Gay and Lbian Movement. 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.
This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the proclaimg to law, the amendments to the crimal which partially crimalized homosexualy and therewh began the procs of change that has led toward equal rights for the LGBTQ2 muny Canada. In workg wh the Calgary Gay History Project and Kev Allen, the Chook Fund Commtee happened upon an credible man who was a stalwart ally and champn for the gay muny Calgary and who has all but been fotten. Th he gaed the distctn of fendg the last person Canada to be prosecuted for homosexualy — his work helpg to lay the groundwork for Prime Mister Pierre T’s later famed phrase 1969, “the state has no place the bedrooms of the natn.
In 1966, Bill opened a branch office Yellowknife, where one of his s was to fend Everett Klippert the se that led to chang the law agast homosexualy. Then Tommy Douglas raised the issue the Hoe of Commons, and wh six weeks Pierre T troduced chang to the Crimal Co, crimalizg homosexualy.