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Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer rights are some of the most extensive in the world. [5] [6] [7] Same-sex sexual activity, in private between consenting adults, was decriminalized in Canada on June 27, 1969, when the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (also known as Bill C-150) was brought into force upon royal assent. [1]
In February 2011, the House of Commons passed at third reading NDP MP Bill Siksay's Bill C-389, to amend the federal Canadian Human Rights Act to include gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination under Canadian federal anti-discrimination laws, at third reading, but it died on the order paper in the Senate ...
Subsequently, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was outlawed in different parts of the country, and during the late 1990s, this was extended to the whole of Canada in a series of legal judgments. Same-sex marriage was recognised in 2005. Gender identity and gender expression were brought under the Canadian Human Rights Act in 2017.
December 1 - After a bill banning anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy died on the order paper due to the 2021 election, an all-party agreement in the Canadian House of Commons fast-tracks the approval of the bill by unanimous consent. [287] The bill is subsequently unanimously approved by the Senate of Canada on December 7. [288]
In October 1992, the federal government acknowledged that LGBT discrimination could not be justified based on Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. [1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized in November 2017 for the country's past discriminatory policies and guaranteed a $145 million settlement for affected ...
The codes call for companies to use their leverage to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation—but since Ghana’s parliament last month passed a stringent anti-LGBTQ+ bill ...
However, the bill again died on the Senate order paper when the 2015 federal election was called. In May 2016, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (C-16) was introduced to the House of Commons of Canada, to add and include "gender identity or expression" in the Canadian Human Rights Act. [78]
Rep. Nancy Mace has recently made headlines and faced protests for her rhetoric around the transgender community, particularly for her efforts to ban transgender women from using women's restrooms ...