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Topic spans: 1959 - 1981
Gay and Lesbian Emergence: Out in Canada
It was a time of protests, legal fights and backlash. With a growing sense of solidarity, gays and lesbians became more visible in Canadian society in the 1960s, '70s and early '80s. Homosexuality gradually became more accepted as more Canadians came out of the closet to demand equality under the law.
7 television clips
8 radio clips
The rocky road to gay rights
Broadcast Date: Jan. 16, 1978
A survey of the progress - and lack of it - made by gays demanding equality in Canada.The rocky road to gay rights
Medium: Television
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: Jan. 16, 1978
Guest(s): Claire Hoy
Reporter: Dan Bjarnason
Duration: 3:36
Last updated:
Jan. 5, 2004
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Television
3:36
Aug. 24, 1988
Today at 12:40 a.m. council delegates of the United Church of Canada, exhausted from hours of emotional discussion, came to a final decision.
Radio
3:15
Nov. 7, 1967
Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau responds to a Supreme Court decision that Everett George Klippert should be locked up indefinitely because of his homosexuality.
The rocky road to gay rights.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Jan. 5, 2004.
[Page consulted on Feb. 13, 2012.]