Law Actually | Glenn Tkach - Really Gay Legal History (#30)

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Law Actually | Glenn Tkach - Really Gay Legal History (#30) | 1.7 Hours of CPD

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What might a recent Vancouver Pride Parade theme of “50 years and still fighting” refer to? *

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The fact that it was a crime to be gay, and that gay people have had to fight for rights and freedoms.

Recognition of the contributions made by gay soldiers in the Boer War.

What is one of the ways that early “buggery laws” were used in Vancouver? *

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They were used to justify the over-application of insecticides in the city.

They were used to advance racist sentiments against different people of colour, including Sikhs.

In the context of Canadian history and gay people, what does "The Purge" refer to? *

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Surreptitious contamination of drinks in gay bars with ground up emetic pills.

A time in the Cold War era when government persecution of gay people intensified - driven in part by desires to “root out” homosexuality and “save society.”

What were the consequences of being “outed” during The Purge? *

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Dramatic weight loss and cold exposure.

Losing your government job, losing family, losing community, losing social ties, suffering economic instability, being interrogated and being spied on.

What was the backlash following “decriminalization” in 1969? *

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Police harassment intensified and arrests of gay people increased.

Drugs became legal.

What is significant about Little Sister’s Bookstore in Canadian legal history? *

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They were Canada's first online bookseller.

The store was targeted by law enforcement and Customs Canada, typically by seizure of their products on the basis of obscenity allegations, eventually becoming a party to a Charter challenge heard at the Supreme Court of Canada.

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