Under the act, homosexuals are removed from the list of inadmissible classes. On June 15, 1982, Judge Thomas Mercer, the judge for the second trial, rules that the article "does, in fact, advocate pedophilia," but says, "It is perfectly legal to advocate what in itself would be unacceptable to most Canadians." 1978Ĭanada gets a new Immigration Act. The case results in an important precedent. (In the first trial, The Pink Triangle Press had also won an acquittal but upon appeal the Crown won a retrial.) 15, 1983, the deadline passes for the Crown to appeal the second court acquittal. 1978 issue of The Body Politic.Īfter almost six years in the courts, including two trials, the case is finally resolved when on Oct. The Pink Triangle Press (now publisher of Xtra magazine) is charged with "possession of obscene material for the purpose of distribution" and "the use of mails for the purpose of transmitting anything that is obscene, indecent or scurrilous" for publishing an article titled "Men Loving Boys Loving Men" in the Dec.
By 2001, all provinces and territories take this step except Alberta, Prince Edward Island and the Northwest Territories. The law makes it illegal to discriminate against gays in housing, public accommodation and employment. Quebec includes sexual orientation in its Human Rights Code, making it the first province in Canada to pass a gay civil rights law. July 20, 1971Įverett Klippert is released. Trudeau's amendments pass into the Criminal Code, decriminalizing homosexuality in Canada. When it becomes public this is a different matter, or when it relates to minors this is a different matter." 1969 I think that what's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code. I think the view we take here is that there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. It's bringing the laws of the land up to contemporary society I think.
(Chuck Mitchell/Canadian Press)ĭiscussing the amendments, Trudeau says: "It's certainly the most extensive revision of the Criminal Code since the 1950s and, in terms of the subject matter it deals with, I feel that it has knocked down a lot of totems and overridden a lot of taboos and I feel that in that sense it is new. In 1969, amendments that Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau had proposed when he was justice minister to the Criminal Code to decriminalize homosexuality are passed.