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Marriage equality achieved in Canada through the Civil Marriage Act

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Marriage equality achieved in Canada through the Civil Marriage Act

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The definition of a common law marriage (people granted the legal status of being married, without a ceremony) was expanded to be gender neutral and the definition of marriage was finally updated to be “the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others.” Making Canada the fourth country in the world to recognize same sex marriage

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Blake Desjarlais was elected to the Canadian House of Commons during a Federal Election as MP for Edmonton-Griesbach, becoming the first openly Two-Spirit Member of Parliament elected to office. Blake, who is of Cree and Métis descent is originally from the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement in northern Alberta.

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We Demand Rally (Canada’s first gay rights march)

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We Demand Rally (Canada’s first gay rights march)

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The We Demand march was the first recorded political action taken by queer activists in Canada. The date of this march coincided with the second anniversary of the passing of Bill C-150 which decriminalized gay sex in Canada.

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Missionaries made some of the first observations of LGBT practices among native populations

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Missionaries made some of the first observations of LGBT practices among native populations

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European missionaries and explorers often wrote about their interactions with two-spirit people. These records demonstrate the initial endurance of two-spirit traditions after contact. British explorer of the Hudson’s Bay Company Alexander Henry described two-spirit Ozaw-wen-dib in his journal as “a curious compound of man and woman.”

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Conversion therapy is any emotional or physical therapy used to “cure” a person’s attraction to the same sex. The Canadian Government made it a criminal offence to cause someone to undergo conversion therapy, promote or advertise the practice, receive financial or other material benefits from providing it.

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One in six bisexual and gay men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime. With the introduction with Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, more commonly known as PrEP, it allows HIV negative patients prevent catching HIV. This means there will be a decline in the LGBTQIA2S+ community of people catching HIV.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) voted to remove 'homosexuality' from being designated a mental disorder in the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).