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Bookmark or Share- ‘I Am a Homosexual’: Gay rights pioneer James Egan celebrated in first ...‘I Am a Homosexual’: Gay rights pioneer James Egan celebrated in first LGBTQ2 Heritage Minute. Torontonian’s activism led to landmark 1995 Supreme Court decision prohibiting discrimination based...
- Jim Egan (activist) - WikipediaLGBT rights activism. James Egan (September 14, 1921 – March 9, 2000) [2] was a Canadian LGBT rights activist known for his role in the landmark Supreme Court of Canada case Egan v. Canada. [3] He is considered Canada's first prominent LGBT activist, due to his initial period of activism from 1949 to 1964. [1]
- Jim Egan - Historica CanadaPioneering gay activist Jim Egan publicly challenged a culture of rampant homophobia in the press starting in the late 1940s, when it was dangerous to speak out.
- Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Jim EganMeet Jim Egan — journalist and LGBTQ2S+ activist! Jim was born in 1921, and he had an ordinary childhood. But as he grew up, he knew he was a little different than his friends. As a young man, Jim joined the war effort and travelled the world.
- Proudly prep some tissues: The first LGBTQ Heritage Minute ... - CBC.caAptly timed for Pride Month, Historica Canada — who have been producing Heritage Minutes since 2012 — have just released their one-minute take on Jim Egan, widely considered Canada's first...
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