Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's NDP uc will be the most female Canadian history. And PEI Premier Wa MacLchlan, elected this week, is now Canada's send openly gay lear. He jos Ontar Premier Kathleen Wynne and Wildrose lear Danielle Smh this panel discsn about the future of women and gay people Canadian polics.
Contents:
- WARRRS FOR GAY RIGHTS: THE CONSERVATIV HAVE BEE UNLIKELY LGBT SUPPORTERS
- GAY POLICIANS E OUT OF THE CLOSET AND TO THE BET
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- MORE WOMEN AND OPENLY GAY LEARS CANADIAN POLICS: ARE BARRIERS G DOWN?
WARRRS FOR GAY RIGHTS: THE CONSERVATIV HAVE BEE UNLIKELY LGBT SUPPORTERS
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Smherman is the first openly gay Member of Provcial Parliament (MPP) elected Ontar, and the provce's first openly gay bet mister. The weddg marked the first time that a feral polician married his same-sex Toronto mayoral ndidate Gee Smherman kissed his spoe, Christopher Peloso, before a bank of meras this week, he announced his mpaign wh a public display of affectn normally rerved for heterosexual ndidat and their gture may have appeared sual, but signalled two thgs to Canadians: that same-sex marriage is beg an acceptable part of the untry's social and polil geography and that beg openly gay is no longer a liabily for policians.
Smherman will be gettg a whole lot more visibily durg the next year as he seeks to bee the first gay mayor of Canada's largt cy.
GAY POLICIANS E OUT OF THE CLOSET AND TO THE BET
Is beg gay a polil non-issue now? * gay canadian politicians *
And he may not be the only ndidate reachg for that goal: He will probably be challenged by another openly gay polician, Glen Murray.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg . * gay canadian politicians *
The two-term former mayor of Wnipeg has not yet formally announced his ndidacy, but he has acknowledged that he is nsirg jog the opponent, turn, will almost certaly be bsman and rad host John Tory, a socially progrsive nservative who once lost a hard-fought provcial ridg race to another openly gay ndidate, Kathleen a one-time health mister, Mr.
But are Canadians outsi large urban centr - pecially those small towns or ral areas - prepared to elect openly gay policians to top learship rol, such as premier or prime mister?
MORE WOMEN AND OPENLY GAY LEARS CANADIAN POLICS: ARE BARRIERS G DOWN?
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"A 2007 Environics survey found that 75 per cent of Canadians agree or strongly agree that gays and lbians should be permted to n for public office, the hight approval level of all untri the Wtern Hemisphere.