2010s Timeline of LGBT history in Canada

1 2010s

1.1 2010
1.2 2011
1.3 2012
1.4 2013
1.5 2014
1.6 2015
1.7 2016
1.8 2017

2010s
2010

february 2: in interview andy barrie on cbc radio one, pamela taylor, ontario progressive conservative party candidate in toronto centre by-election on february 4, outs federal cabinet minister john baird when barrie asks if can name openly gay member of party.
february 4: glen murray, openly gay former mayor of winnipeg, elected legislative assembly of ontario in toronto centre by-election, succeeding openly gay george smitherman after latter resigns run mayor of toronto.
february 8: 2010 winter olympics begin in vancouver , whistler, british columbia. facilities in whistler include event s first-ever pride house lgbt athletes.
february 17: during olympic coverage on french-language sports network rds, commentators claude mailhot , alain goldberg suggest figure skater johnny weir should undergo gender test see if should competing woman. quebec council of gays , lesbians subsequently files complaint canadian broadcast standards council.
march 2: liberal , new democratic party mps criticize jason kenney, federal minister of citizenship , immigration, after revealed ordered removal of references canada s tolerance , acceptance of lgbt people newest version of ministry s study guide prospective new citizens.
may 21: following controversy on inclusion of activist group queers against israeli apartheid in 2009 toronto pride parade, event s organizers vote ban use of phrase israeli apartheid 2010 parade, after councillor giorgio mammoliti brings motion before toronto city council have city withdraw funding event if group not banned.
august: shawn woodward, physically assaulted ritchie dowrey in vancouver s fountainhead pub (see march 13, 2009), found guilty of assault. justice jocelyn palmer rejects woodward s defense dowrey had groped him, finding [woodward s] intention deny, deflect , dissemble. fabricated story justify outrageous assault. subsequently sentenced 6 years in jail on november 8.
october 2: concurrently controversial spate of gay teen suicides in united states, 2 lesbian teenagers found dead in forest near orangeville, ontario.
october 18: home of gay couple in little pond, prince edward island firebombed. both men escaped fire unharmed, home destroyed. in late october , november, series of rallies , fundraising concerts held in both little pond , charlottetown support couple , oppose homophobic violence.

2011

january 10: in ruling canadian broadcast standards council, dire straits song money nothing banned canadian radio airplay after gay resident of st. john s files complaint because lyrics contain derogatory slur faggot . ruling later rescinded on august 31, council leaving individual radio stations discretion whether or not play song.
january 13: british columbia mla mike farnworth comes out, becoming fourth openly gay member of provincial legislature. alongside caucus colleague nicholas simons, second openly gay candidate in party s 2011 leadership race.
april: controversial activist group queers against israeli apartheid announces withdrawal 2011 toronto pride parade, after toronto city council reasserts intention withdraw funding support parade if group participates.
may 2: in 2011 election, gay members of parliament rob oliphant , mario silva defeated, , bill siksay retires politics; however, 3 new gay candidates, randall garrison, dany morin , philip toone, win seats in parliament. along returning incumbents libby davies , scott brison, number of openly gay members of parliament remains @ five.
october 11: in newfoundland , labrador provincial election, gerry rogers becomes first openly gay politician ever elected newfoundland , labrador house of assembly.
october 14: jamie hubley, son of ottawa city councillor allan hubley, commits suicide after having blogged month anti-gay bullying facing @ school. bullying had begun grade 7, students on jamie s bus attempting stuff batteries in mouth because preferred figure skating on hockey. incident leads several canadian media , political figures posting videos dedicated hubley part of online gets better project, act of legislative assembly of ontario impose stiffer penalties bullying in schools passes in 2012.

2012

march 19: craig scott wins federal by-election in toronto—danforth, becoming sixth openly gay mp in 41st canadian parliament.
april 14: allan hunsperger, christian minister tofield, alberta running wildrose candidate in alberta provincial election, becomes focus of controversy when blog post wrote in 2011, in capacity church minister, publicized in media. blog post, structured , themed rebuttal lady gaga s song born way , asserts accepting people way cruel , not loving , , gay people destined suffer rest of eternity in lake of fire .
april 17: halifax gay activist raymond taavel beaten death outside menz & mollyz, gay bar on city s göttingen street, andre denny, paranoid schizophrenic on unsupervised leave nearby mental hospital, after attempting break fight between denny , man. taavel former chair of city s gay pride festival , former editor @ lgbt magazine wayves , worked @ spiritual magazine shambhala sun. on 1,000 people attend vigil in taavel s memory later same evening, includes performances poet tanya davis, actor , writer stewart legere , singer-songwriters rose cousins , ria mae. although there unconfirmed allegations denny used anti-gay slurs while attacking taavel, date media , police have not asserted case constituted hate crime, attributing attack denny s mental illness rather anti-gay bias. ironically, taavel had survived more anti-gay physical attack, wrote in wayves in may 2010.
april 18: second year in row, toronto mayor rob ford declines invitation attend city s annual pride parade, on grounds conflicts family s traditional cottage weekend. unlike in 2011, however, subsequently attends pflag event on may 17 mark international day against homophobia.
april 20: due channel switching error @ shaw cable facilities in hamilton, morning newscast on chch-tv replaced 3 minutes clip of gay porn movie.
may 19: following legal battle reverse disqualification not being naturally born female , vancouver resident jenna talackova becomes first transgender woman compete in miss universe pageant. not make top 5, 1 of 4 contestants awarded title of miss congeniality .
november: twenty lgbt officers of royal canadian mounted police release online video part of international gets better project.
december 6: bill no. 140 of 61st general assembly of nova scotia known transgendered persons protection act given royal assent lieutenant governor of nova scotia mayann francis. added both gender identity , gender expression list of things explicitly protected harassment in province s human rights act.

2013

february 11 - kathleen wynne sworn premier of ontario, becoming both ontario s first female premier , canada s first openly lgbt first minister.
march 12 - pink triangle press announces discontinuation of long-running toronto lgbt magazine fab.
march 20 - house of commons passes bill c-279, private member s bill sponsored randall garrison, officially extends human rights protections transgender , transsexual people in canada. bill passes virtually unanimous support on opposition benches, 18 members of governing conservative party caucus, although majority of conservatives opposed.
april 2 - gay owners of restaurant in morris, manitoba announce closing establishment, 3 months after opening it, due homophobic persecution residents of town. situation draws widespread criticism across canada, including comments of support owners morris mayor gavin van der linde, manitoba premier greg selinger , opposition leader brian pallister; selinger announces have lunch @ restaurant during upcoming flood preparation tour of red river valley region.
april 18 - proudpolitics, new cross-partisan organization dedicated creating networking , fundraising opportunities lgbt politicians , candidates, launches in toronto.
june 6 - toronto police service announces investigating possibility 3 unsolved missing persons cases involving men last seen in church , wellesley neighbourhood, city s primary gay village, may linked.
june 7 - edmonton pride begins raising of rainbow flag on grounds of cfb edmonton, first time in canadian history flag has flown on military base.
june 24 - first time in mayoralty, rob ford attends annual kickoff of toronto s pride week read official city proclamation. kathleen wynne announces march in parade, becoming first incumbent premier of ontario ever so.
june 19 - media begin publicize series of threatening letters received lesbian couple in kingston, ontario, anonymous small dedicated group of kingston residents devoted removing scourge of homosexuality in our city .
august 7 - real women of canada issues statement criticizing foreign affairs minister john baird speaking out on lgbt human rights issues in both uganda , russia part of canada s foreign policy.
october 12 - scott jones, gay resident of new glasgow, nova scotia, stabbed knife-wielding man after leaving acro lounge. left paraplegic attack.
october 21 - priape, lgbt-oriented clothing retailer stores in montreal, toronto, calgary , vancouver, closes 4 of locations following bankruptcy proceedings filed earlier in year. following quebec superior court approval of purchase offer on october 30, new owners announce reopen flagship store in montreal, other locations remain closed.

2014

february 4 - st. john s city council in st. john s, newfoundland , labrador unanimously votes fly rainbow flag @ city hall duration of 2014 winter olympics, protest anti-gay laws in russia, setting off national campaign joined municipal councils of gander, happy valley-goose bay, corner brook, mount pearl, , stephenville in newfoundland , labrador; halifax in nova scotia; fredericton , moncton in new brunswick; charlottetown , stratford in prince edward island; gaspé, gatineau, laval, montreal, quebec city, rimouski, saguenay, sherbrooke, sorel-tracy , victoriaville in quebec; ottawa, kingston, hamilton, guelph, london, burlington , toronto in ontario; regina , saskatoon in saskatchewan; edmonton, calgary, st. albert , lethbridge in alberta; vancouver, whistler , victoria in british columbia; whitehorse in yukon; yellowknife in northwest territories; , iqaluit in nunavut. toronto mayor rob ford objects gesture, relents after conversations several other city councillors encouraging him reconsider. kitchener faces controversy opts display flag inside city hall rather on outside flagpole. in addition, rainbow flags have been raised on grounds of provincial legislatures of alberta, saskatchewan, newfoundland , labrador, prince edward island, new brunswick, nova scotia , manitoba , tower of montreal s olympic stadium being illuminated in rainbow colours. 3 political parties in legislative assembly of ontario filed request fly flag @ queen s park, declined because existing protocol explicitly limited special events flagpole country flags , franco-ontarian flag; when legislature resumed spring session on february 18, first order of business placed on agenda formal motion raise flag, passed unanimous consent of 3 parties.
june - toronto hosts 2014 edition of worldpride.
september - new pride festivals launch first time in ontario cities of sault ste. marie , timmins.
september 21 - jim deva, influential lgbt activist , co-owner of little sister s book , art emporium in vancouver, dies @ age 65 following accident in home.
december 2 - canadian olympic committee, in collaboration egale canada , international can play foundation, announces new program combat homophobia in sports training canadian athletes speak on lgbt issues students , youth groups. in conjunction announcement, lgbt sports publication outsports publishes 3 coming out profiles of canadian olympic athletes rose cossar, kris burley , eric radford.

2015

january 14 - pink triangle press announces discontinuing 3 lgbt print news titles, xtra toronto, xtra vancouver , xtra ottawa, continue exclusively digital media publication after final editions published on february 12 (vancouver , ottawa) , february 19 (toronto), 2015.
february 23 - wade maclauchlan sworn in premier of prince edward island, becoming canada s second openly gay provincial premier.
february 25 - senate of canada amends bill c-279, transgender equality bill passed house of commons of canada in 2013, in ways criticized transphobic.
february 26 - queers against israeli apartheid, activist group participation in toronto s pride week parade of 2010 led attempts toronto city council strip pride s funding, announces disbanding.
may 4 - wade maclauchlan s prince edward island liberal party wins prince edward island provincial election. maclauchlan wins own seat mla york-oyster bed, making him province s first out gay member of legislative assembly.
may 5 - in alberta provincial election, candidates michael connolly, ricardo miranda , estefania cortes-vargas win election legislative assembly of alberta province s first 3 openly lgbt mlas.
may 22 - montreal alouettes of canadian football league sign american player michael sam two-year contract, making him first openly gay player in league s history. sam made history first openly gay player selected team in nfl draft, had been cut squads of 2 nfl teams before playing game. makes official cfl debut on august 7 in game against ottawa redblacks, announces week later leaving team personal reasons.
june 24 - film historian thomas waugh , filmmaker kim simard launch queer media database, online project collect , publish information lgbt films made in canada.
june 28 - first time in history of toronto s pride week, contingent of federal conservative party of canada mps , provincial ontario progressive conservative party mpps participates in parade. organized new lgbtory, marching contingent includes federal mps kellie leitch , bernard trottier, ontario pc leader patrick brown , mpps lisa macleod , jack maclaren.
july - in conjunction 2015 pan american games in toronto, 519 , church , wellesley village partner in pride house, service lgbt athletes. first pride house ever organized @ pan american games event, , second organized in canada after 2010 winter olympics in vancouver.
september 3 - david popescu, fringe candidate convicted in 2009 on hate speech charges after advocating public execution of homosexuals, arrested second time after similar claims distributed anti-gay literature during sudbury provincial by-election campaign in 2015.
september - mackenzie mountain school in norman wells, northwest territories hosts town s first-ever lgbt pride event.
october 19 - in 2015 federal election, 6 lgbt members of parliament elected house of commons: randall garrison , scott brison re-elected incumbents, rob oliphant former mp winning seat after having been defeated in 2011, , randy boissonnault, seamus o regan , sheri benson new mps. incumbent mps craig scott, dany morin , philip toone defeated, , libby davies retires house, leaving overall number of lgbt mps unchanged previous parliament. unsuccessful lgbt candidates include jennifer mccreath, strength in democracy candidate in avalon first transgender candidate in federal election in canada.
november 23 - julie green elected legislative assembly of northwest territories first out lgbt member of legislature.
november 24 - michelle dubarry, 84-year-old drag queen in toronto, ontario, awarded title of world s oldest performing drag queen guinness book of world records.
december 1 - during debate in legislative assembly of alberta on inclusion of gender identity protected grounds in provincial human rights code, mla estefania cortes-vargas (formerly reported in media lesbian-identified woman) formally comes out genderqueer, becoming canada s first transgender-identified holder of political office.
december 17 - justin trudeau indicates attend toronto s 2016 pride parade, becoming first sitting prime minister of canada ever attend pride event.
december 17 - kael mckenzie appointed provincial court of manitoba, becoming canada s first-ever transgender judge.

2016

january 21 - through foundation, jennifer pritzker gives $2 million donation create world’s first endowed academic chair of transgender studies, @ university of victoria in british columbia; aaron devor chosen inaugural chair.
february 23 - ceremonial first kiss shared between sailor , partner after returning active duty in canadian navy between 2 men first time.
february 28 - cbc news reported prime minister justin trudeau intended recommend pardon under authority of royal prerogative of mercy granted posthumously george klippert, last person in canada imprisoned homosexuality.
may 17 - federal minister of justice jody wilson-raybould introduces bill c-16, update canadian human rights act , criminal code include gender identity , gender expression protected grounds discrimination, hate publications , advocating genocide. bill add gender identity , expression list of aggravating factors in sentencing, accused commits criminal offence against individual because of personal characteristics. although new democratic party had introduced similar private member s bills several times in previous years, c-16 represents first time such bill has been put forward governing party in house of commons.
june 1 - first time in canadian history, pride flag raised on parliament hill in ottawa.
june 22 - toronto police chief mark saunders issues official statement of regrets operation soap raids of 1981.
july 3 - toronto chapter of black lives matter stages protest honoured guests of pride toronto, demanding more funding people of colour events @ pride, , removal of police floats in future parades.
july 9 - city of steinbach becomes first rural community in manitoba - outside of winnipeg (1987), brandon (2015), , thompson (2014) - host pride event. march , rally united on 3,000 participants , made national headlines. steinbach pride event significant milestone, lgbt rights became formally recognized in predominantly mennonite community (with on 15,000 residents).
august 27 - city of portage la prairie, manitoba hosts inaugural pride, following in footsteps of steinbach s pride in july. march, rally, , social attracted between 1,000 , 1,200 people - milestone in rural, conservative area. portage la prairie, population of 13,000, 1 of smallest communities host pride event in canada.
september 17 - reverend canon kevin robertson elected bishop in diocese of toronto, becoming first openly gay bishop in anglican church of canada.
november 11 - toronto police press 89 charges – 1 of criminal in nature—against 72 people part of project marie , under-cover sting operation in toronto park long known gay cruising. politicians , civil society groups speak out , provide pro bono legal support of charged.
november 15 - federal mp randy boissonnault named government s lgbtq issues advisor, mandate advance , protect rights of community , address historical injustices .
november 25 - in conjunction strikers sports bar in toronto, canadian football league , can play host first-ever officially league-sponsored lgbtq grey cup party.

2017

january 17 - gabrielle tremblay receives best supporting actress nomination @ canadian screen awards, role in make revolution halfway dig own graves (ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n ont fait que se creuser un tombeau), becoming first transgender actress nominated either csa or predecessor genie awards.
january 31 - brent hawkes, pastor of metropolitan community church of toronto, found not guilty of charges relating allegations of indecent assault alleged have occurred in 1974.
june 19 - bill c-16, after having passed legislative process in house of commons , senate, became law upon receiving royal assent put immediate force. law updated canadian human rights act , criminal code include gender identity , gender expression protected grounds discrimination, hate publications , advocating genocide. bill added gender identity , expression list of aggravating factors in sentencing, accused commits criminal offence against individual because of personal characteristics.
july 9 - jeff rock announced new senior pastor of metropolitan community church of toronto, succeed hawkes upon latter s retirement in fall.




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^ gay retailer priape closes 4 canadian stores . xtra!, october 21, 2013.
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