Women In and Out of the Closet
By removing the phrase “male person” from the crime of gross indecency in 1954, the Canadian government declared sex between women a crime.
By removing the phrase “male person” from the crime of gross indecency in 1954, the Canadian government declared sex between women a crime.
There is a world out there for which we are preparing our children, and that world includes people who identify as LGBTQ+.
It isn’t easy to teach the history of homosexuality in Canada. We interviewed three gay men who were there and remember what it was like growing up before Decriminalization.