CRJS 1013 Chapter 11: An Overview of Sexual Preferences and Justice in Canada
6 Apr 2017
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Chapter 11 an overview of sexual preferences and justice in canada. Canada"s hidden minority = (cid:498)lesbian and gay community(cid:499) Homosexual = individual who had sexual relationships with individual of the same gender. Lesbians and gay men = represent social identities of homosexual women and men in society. 2001 = 0. 5% of canadian population = same-sex partners. The legal status of gay men and lesbians in canada. Throughout the history of canada = criminal code has prohibited some sexual activities between individuals regardless of consensual nature: section 148 of the 1955 criminal code, male to male = imprisonment of 10 years and is whipped. 1977 = quebec added sexual orientation as prohibited ground for discrimination. 1982 = charter of rights and freedoms was approved = all are equal before. 1978 = canada immigration act remove ban on homosexual immigrants. (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:890)(cid:882)"s = ontario + manitoba followed quebec"s notion to change (uman. 1995 = supreme court of canada discrimination based on sexual.
