Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender LGBT rights in Canada are some of the most advanced in the Americas and in the world. Same-sex sexual activity has been lawful in Canada since June 27, , when the Criminal Law Amendment Act also known as Bill C came into force upon royal assent. Canada has frequently been referred to as one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world, with its largest cities often named among the most gay-friendly cities in the world, and featuring their own gay areas and communities such as Toronto 's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood, Montreal 's Gay Village commercial district , Vancouver 's Davie Village and Ottawa 's Bank Street Gay Village. Transgender people and cross-dressing practices have been recorded and documented in Canada for centuries. Different indigenous groups have had their own traditions and terms to refer to transgender people, gender variance or sexual identity.
List of the first LGBT holders of political offices
Same-sex couples and sexual orientation by the numbers
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a lesbian , gay , bisexual or transgender person, with details of the first holder of each office. It should only list people who came out as LGBT before or during their terms in office; it should not list people who came out only after retiring from politics, or people who were outed by reference sources only after their death. The year in brackets refers to the year which the officeholder was elected as an openly LGBT person. If he or she came out during term of office it is referred to after the year in brackets. It is ordered by country , by dates of appointment. Former countries are also to be listed. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Depression in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Here are selected data on assorted topics related to same-sex couples living in the same household and sexual orientation. According to the census, the number of same-sex married couples nearly tripled between and , while the number of same-sex common-law couples rose As a result, married couples represented about 3 in 10 same-sex couples in , nearly twice the share of Beginning in , children living with two parents could be distinguished as living with either opposite-sex or same-sex parents in the census. Source: " Enduring diversity: Living arrangements of children in Canada over years of the census ," Demographic Documents , released Tuesday, April 29,
In Canada, same-sex sexual activities between consenting adults were considered crimes punishable by imprisonment before That year, the Canadian government passed an omnibus bill decriminalizing private sexual acts between two people over the age of 21 — a breakthrough in treating gay men, lesbians and bisexuals equally under the law. Almost ten years later, in , Quebec became the first jurisdiction in Canada to amend its provincial charter of human rights to include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground for discrimination.