A Long History of Persecution

A Long History of Persecution

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

Canada’s Gay Purge

Canada’s Gay Purge

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