In the light of this work, Veterans Affairs Canada recognized the importance of sharing these stories and raising awareness by supporting a 2SLGBTQI+ delegation to visit First World War sites in France and Belgium. From April 6-9, delegates from Rainbow Veterans of Canada and the LGBT Purge followed in the footsteps of brave Canadian soldiers…Read more
Survivors of the Canadian government’s LGBT purge dug shovels and broke ground alongside Indigenous elders and government officials on Wednesday afternoon, near the Ottawa River by Portage Bridge and Wellington Street…Read more
From the 1950s through the ’90s, thousands of federally employed Canadians working in the military, RCMP and public service were targeted and fired because of their sexual orientation or gender expression, in what has become known as the “LGBT Purge.”…Read more
It was an emotional evening in St. John’s Saturday as the remains of an unknown Newfoundland soldier returned home more than 100 years after the First World War, and hours after a powerful ceremony at the French battlefield where he died…Read more
