The Journey to LGBTQ+ Rights

Imagine living in a world where you get imprisoned or deemed psychotic just for loving someone. Imagine living in a world where you love someone and you want to get married to them but you are told you are not able to. Sadly this is a reality for LGBTQ+ people living in the 39% of countries where homosexuality is illegal or 85% of countries who haven’t legalized same-sex marriage. Identifying as LGBTQ+ can be very difficult for anyone no matter how old they are; but, how society is now does not compare to what LGBTQ+ people went through in history. Gay people were being imprisoned and deemed as dangerous sex offenders only 52 years ago in Canada and same-sex marriage was illegal until 2005. LGBTQ+ youth should be very thankful for everything the older generations of LGBTQ+ people throughout history fought for to give them an easier, safer life.

The Journey to LGBTQ+ Rights

Sara Cole

Grade 10

The Bishop Strachan School
Toronto, Ontario

My favourite part of Canadian history is learning about different social justice issues.

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