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Queer Hall of Fame inducts Trudeau
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| Last Edited | Monsieur Sep 20, 2009 12:30pm |
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| Author | Terri Theodore |
| News Date | Sunday, September 20, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | VANCOUVER — Pierre Trudeau’s flamboyance and tendency to provoke debate often landed him in controversy and those traits have now landed him in the Queer Hall of Fame.
Trudeau is one of five inaugural inductees into the newly-established hall, along with Olympic gold swimmer Mark Tewksbury and three other long-time activists in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community.
The former prime minister was a key figure in decriminalizing homosexuality and his famous partial quote — "there’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation" — helped convince Parliament to pass the law in 1969.
Trudeau’s son, Justin, said he is incredibly honoured that the work his father did is being acknowledged.
"I know that the decriminalization of homosexuality 40 years ago was something that my father was very proud of," Trudeau said.
"He’d be touched," he said, of his father who passed away almost nine years ago. |
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