Key events in the LGBTQ community

Key events in Ottawa's LGBTQ community

Period: Dec 1, 1967 to Mar 28, 2014

First gay and lesbian rights protest on Parliament Hill

Aug 28, 1971

Source: Daily Xtra

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

Mar 28, 1984

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.

Aug 21, 1989

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.

Jun 12, 2003

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

Jul 19, 2005

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

Oct 14, 2011

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

Jan 26, 2014

Pink Triangle Services (PTS) celebrates its 30th anniversary

Mar 28, 2014