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Key events in the LGBTQ community

By MetroLucy
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    Key events in Ottawa's LGBTQ community

  • First gay and lesbian rights protest on Parliament Hill

    Source: Daily Xtra

  • Pink Triangle Services (PTS) (PTS) becomes the first LGBTTQ community in Canada to earn charitable status.

    Pink Triangle Services (PTS) becomes the first LGBTTQ community in Canada to earn charitable status

  • Alain Brosseau, a waiter at Chateau Laurier, is brutally murdered by a group of teenagers who thought he was gay. It was among serveral other gay bashings in the city that summer.

  • Ontario's Court of Appeal rules that the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

  • Same-sex marriage is legalized in Canada under the Federal Civil Marriage Act

  • Jamie Hubley, son of Coun. Allan Hubley, commits suicide after being the victim of anti-gay bullying at school.

  • Kathleen Wynne is elected as Ontario's first female and openly gay premier.

  • Pink Triangle Services (PTS) celebrates its 30th anniversary

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