Tag: Canada
Toronto Police chief to apologise for ’81 raids targeting city’s gay community
Toronto’s police chief is set to apologise for raids on local bathhouses that explicitly targeted the city’s gay community more than three decades ago.
Pride flag raised at Canadian Parliament Hill for first time
The Pride flag flew on Parliament Hill on Wednesday in a historic all-party show of support to mark the start of the month celebrating Canada’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.
Quebec bill proposes legal name and gender change for transgender children
A new bill introduced in the National Assembly will allow transgender children as young as 14 to be legally entitled to modify their birth certificate to indicate their gender of choice in Quebec.
Muslim states block LGBT groups from UN General Assembly
A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 LGBT organisations from attending a high-level meeting at the UN next month on ending AIDS, sparking a protest by the US, Canada and the EU.
WordPlay at The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
‘Why is it okay to say words sometimes and not others?’ – This is the main question that is asked in WordPlay, a Canadian production participating in the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival.
Photo of same-sex Toronto dads used in anti-gay parenthood ads in Ireland and Italy
Italian and Irish politicians have used a viral baby picture of same-sex Toronto dads to oppose two-father families.