TheNational Day Against Homophobia is a Canadian event created in 2003 by Fondation Émergence, a Quebec-based LGBTQ advocacy organisation.[1]
June 1, 2005, marked the event's third anniversary, which was celebrated with a posthumous award to the latePrime MinisterPierre Trudeau, who asMinister of Justice introducedlegislation which repealed anti-gay clauses from theCriminal Code. Trudeau is also famous for saying that "The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation" (a sentence taken from an editorial inThe Globe and Mail).[citation needed]
In 2006, Fondation Émergence changed the day of observance to May 17, to align with theInternational Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).[1]
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