Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in
Canada Timeline
● Introducing the sentencing of an
accused homosexual individual
consisted of an imprisonment for a
period of 10 years to life 1
● Accused homoesexual indivudals
were charged with the crime of
“gross indecency 2
● Imprisonment of Everett George Klippert on
charges of “gross indecency” and deemed to be
“a dangerous sexual offender (summer of 1967
→ June-August) 3
● Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau proposes
amendments to the Criminal Code that would
decriminalize homosexuality (December) 4
● Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
amends the CC (Criminal Code) of
Canada, decriminalizing
homosexuality 5
1
Rau, Krishna. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedic , June 16,
2014. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-rights-in-canada.
2
Ibid
3
Ibid
4
“Timeline | Same-Sex Rights in Canada | CBC News.” CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, May 25, 2015.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/timeline-same-sex-rights-in-canada-1.1147516.
5
Eichler, Margrit. “Same-Sex Marriage in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, September 21, 2016.
https://www.thecanadianencylopedia.ca/en/article/same-sex-marriage-in-canada.
, ● Quebec gaining title of being the first province
in Canada to pass a gay civil rights law (by
including sexual orientation in its Human
Rights Code)6
● The Pink Triangle Press (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 having
published an article titled “Men Loving Boys
Loving Men” 7
● Canada removes homosexuals from
the list of inadmissible individuals in
the new Immigration Act 8
● The bill that would prohibit discrimination
on grounds of sexual orientation gets its first
reading in the House of Commons by MP Pat
Carney → Bill C-242 (May, 1980) 9
● Toronto police arrested around 300
men in raids on four bathhouses 10
● Ontario added sexual orientation to its
6
Ibid
7
“Timeline | Same-Sex Rights in Canada | CBC News.” CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, May 25, 2015.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/timeline-same-sex-rights-in-canada-1.1147516.
8
Ibid
9
Ibid
10
Rau, Krishna. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedic , June
16, 2014. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-rights-in-canada.
Canada Timeline
● Introducing the sentencing of an
accused homosexual individual
consisted of an imprisonment for a
period of 10 years to life 1
● Accused homoesexual indivudals
were charged with the crime of
“gross indecency 2
● Imprisonment of Everett George Klippert on
charges of “gross indecency” and deemed to be
“a dangerous sexual offender (summer of 1967
→ June-August) 3
● Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau proposes
amendments to the Criminal Code that would
decriminalize homosexuality (December) 4
● Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
amends the CC (Criminal Code) of
Canada, decriminalizing
homosexuality 5
1
Rau, Krishna. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedic , June 16,
2014. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-rights-in-canada.
2
Ibid
3
Ibid
4
“Timeline | Same-Sex Rights in Canada | CBC News.” CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, May 25, 2015.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/timeline-same-sex-rights-in-canada-1.1147516.
5
Eichler, Margrit. “Same-Sex Marriage in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, September 21, 2016.
https://www.thecanadianencylopedia.ca/en/article/same-sex-marriage-in-canada.
, ● Quebec gaining title of being the first province
in Canada to pass a gay civil rights law (by
including sexual orientation in its Human
Rights Code)6
● The Pink Triangle Press (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 having
published an article titled “Men Loving Boys
Loving Men” 7
● Canada removes homosexuals from
the list of inadmissible individuals in
the new Immigration Act 8
● The bill that would prohibit discrimination
on grounds of sexual orientation gets its first
reading in the House of Commons by MP Pat
Carney → Bill C-242 (May, 1980) 9
● Toronto police arrested around 300
men in raids on four bathhouses 10
● Ontario added sexual orientation to its
6
Ibid
7
“Timeline | Same-Sex Rights in Canada | CBC News.” CBCnews. CBC/Radio Canada, May 25, 2015.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/timeline-same-sex-rights-in-canada-1.1147516.
8
Ibid
9
Ibid
10
Rau, Krishna. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedic , June
16, 2014. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-rights-in-canada.
