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... It all realistically started in 1965 where Everett Klippert announces to the police that he is gay, has had sex with men for more then twenty four years, and feels that his feelings will not change. ...
Seven years down the road on December 16th Quebec becomes the first province in Canada to pass a gay civil rights law by including sexual orientation in its Human Rights Code. ... More than 300 men were arrested in a police raid at four gay bathhouses in Toronto. ... ”(Wood, 2001-2003,pg3)
In 1988 Svend Robinson, of the New Democratic Party steps out of the closet and announces to the public about being gay, and becoming the first Member of Parliament to do so. ...
In 1991 a man named Delwin Vriend who was a lab instuctot at King’s University College in Edmonton, Alberta was fired from his hob because of the fact that he was gay. ...
In 1993 on February 23rd The Supreme court of Canada ruled that the denial of bereavement leave to a gay partner is not discrimination based on family status. ...
In May 1995, Jim Egan and Jack Nesbit, two gay men sued Ottawa for the right to claim spousal pension under the old age Security Act, The night judges that were involved in the case agreed that sexual orientation is a protected ground that protection extends to partnership of lesbians and gay men. ... Brent Hawkes, 50, of the Metropolitan Community Church in Toronto who has been the pastor of his church for twenty three years , and has been a gay activist, has been on a hunger strike during the bathhouse raids and was even left with no choice but to wear a bullet proof vest when leading a a prayer service at the Maple Leaf Gardens. ... ”
On May 10th 2002 Robert Mclinnon rules that a gay student has the right to take his boyfriend/girlfriend to the prom.
Approximate Word count = 1868
Approximate Pages = 7.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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