We are pleased to share new research by Sarah Worthman on discrimination faced by 2SLGBTQ+ soldiers during World War One.
Sarah Worthman is a Master’s student from Memorial University in St John’s, Newfoundland. She reached out to the LGTB Fund last year to discuss a research project that she was undertaking to reveal the untold queer history of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War One… Read more
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
From the 1950s to the 1980s, Canada investigated thousands of people in the military and federal public service suspected of being homosexual. Filmmaker Sarah Fodey documents this period of Canadian history in, “The Fruit Machine,” which airs tonight on TVO. Joining her on The Agenda panel are John Ibbitson of the Globe and Mail; Patti Gray, a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and survivor of the purge… Read more
Rainbow Table Episode 12 airing LIVE, Wednesday, March 17 at 12 PM EDT / 1 PM ADT / 9 AM PDT. Special guests Major (Retired) Kathryn Foss, and Chair of the Board of Rainbow Veterans Canada, Todd Ross, discuss Rainbow Veterans and Trans Inclusion in the Military with our host, Deb Pearce! … Read more
The Rainbow Veterans of Canada (RVC) is a new veterans group looking at providing support for those who suffered discrimination in the Canadian Armed Forces because of their sexual orientation… Read more
Beginning in 1967, the Canadian Armed Forces implemented CAF Administrative Order (CFAO 19-20) Homosexuality Sexual Abnormality Investigation… Read more
Michelle Douglas ACTIVISM Stronger than WE imagined You could argue—rather easily—that there was only one sane, a trustworthy voice… Read more
Both the incoming and outgoing commanders of the Royal Canadian Navy today delivered some of their most forceful public condemnations…Read more
Today, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence announced that $2.8 million…Read more
Women and LGBTQ2 service members continue to represent Canada in uniform, as they have for more than a century, said Minister of Veterans Affairs Lawrence MacAulay…Read more
It is likely that most Canadians have current family members, ancestors, friends, co-workers or neighbours who have been in battle…Read more
Canadian Museum for Human Rights to rebuild the organization after staff came forward with shocking allegations of racism and LGBT censorship…Read more
Employees of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg say its management sometimes ask staff not to show any gay content on tours…Read more
