Wikibooks: Canadian LGBT History/Bill C-150

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_LGBT_History/Bill_C-150

The court case of Everett George Klippert caused much discussion of homosexuality among Canadians. In 1965 Everett George Klippert was interrogated by the police as part of an arson investigation in the Northwest Territories. Klippert was arrested after admitting that he had had sex with other men. When psychiatrists determined that he was unlikely to stop having sex with men he was declared a dangerous offender and sentenced to life in prison. Maclean s Canada s popular newsweekly then printed an article sympathetic to homosexuals. This led to increasing calls to reform Canada s law on homosexuality. Klippert was released in 1971. Same sex sexual activity was decriminalized in Canada as a result of legislation (Bill C 150 AKA the omnibus bill) introduced in 1967 and passed in 1969 by then Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Pierre Trudeau (who later became the 15th Prime Minister of Canada). He famously commented There s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. cite web url=http //archives.cbc.ca/400d.asp?id=1 73 538 2671 work=CBC Digital Archives (video clip) title=Trudeau’s Omnibus Bill Challenging Canadian Taboos accessdate=2008 03 29 Canada.com Tuesday June 28 2005 =References= Reflist Canadian LGBT BookCat