POL 4320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Joe Comuzzi, Civil Marriage Act, Egale Canada
6 Mar 2015
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Timeline - a brief history of homosexuality in canada. The klippert case: the catalyst for the evolution of gay rights in canada. The supreme court of canada dismissed his appeal in 1967, upholding the government"s legal ability to imprison men convicted of homosexuality. However, his case triggered a public debate in. Canada over homosexuality and whether gay men should be imprisoned for their sexual activities. In 1969, the federal liberal government introduced bill c-150, which basically gave canada"s criminal code the biggest contemporary make-over its ever seen, and included the decriminalization of homosexuality. Following the decriminalization of homosexuality, the focus shifted to issues of sexual orientation and equality. Beginning in the 1970s, several legislative reforms were instituted in an attempt to end discrimination against gays and lesbians. Some significant instances worth mentioning include: 1977 - homosexual men are admissible to canada under the reformed. Ontario became the first province to allow adoptions by same-sex couples.
