First, I’d like to apologize for the long hiatus. I haven’t abandoned this site — far from it. However, I’ve spent since April trying to scrape up information on a very buried part of Canadian history — the situation of the Two-Spirits in the early days of government assimilation programs — and every [...]
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An Apology, and a Call for Support
Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Election 2008: LGBTQ Candidates and the Election
Posted in politics on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For those who are keeping track of the out candidates and how they did in the election, I’m pleased to say that — in the election no one else is happy with — we did fairly well. The NDP managed to elect two of its six queer candidates, the Liberals elected three of their [...]
Happy Pride 2008!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just wanted to wish a Happy Pride to those here in Montreal!
As of last July, gay sex has been legal only 39 years in this country. In that time, we’ve secured most of our basic fundamental legal rights. And while there’s a lot still to do on the government/legal front — not [...]
The Gross Indecency Law in Canada
Posted in Dominion of Canada, gay/bi men's history, history, laws on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Canada got its “gross indecency” law five years after Britain did. The law was imported by an eager young law-and-order type named Sir John Thompson, who was at that time Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. MacDonald.
Thompson is a fairly important figure in Canadian legal history – [...]
Conclusion — “sodomites” and “les lesbiennes” in New France
Posted in New France, gay/bi men's history, history, lesbian/bi women's history on July 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“[I wish] that this sodomite of a country were burnt, and reduced to ashes, along with everyone in it.”
– words spoken by a man named Pierre Beaudoin dit Cumberland, about New France – words that landed him in court on a charge of blasphemy in 1752
Four hundred years ago, there was no permanent European settlement [...]
