Michelle Douglas defeated Canada's ban on gays in the military
Between the 1950s and mid-1990s, the Government of Canada used to hunt down, harass and fire LGBT members of the Canadian Armed Forces, the RCMP and the federal public service. A young military officer named Michelle Douglas challenged the military and helped bring that shameful policy and the “LGBT Purge” to an end with the help of Canada’s first openly gay MP, Svend Robinson. This is the story.
Queer Legends: An Oral History Podcast
Season-2 Coming June 1, 2024 | Discover the true story of Canada's LGBT Purge in a landmark, eight part documentary series. This is the first documentary to examine the full extent of Canada's anti-homosexual campaigns using newly declassified documents released by the LGBT Purge Fund. From ridiculous to shocking, you'll hear amazing true stories from courageous survivors; academics; researchers; former MPs, cabinet ministers and a retired Chief of Defence Staff.
Queer Legends is the 2023 Canadian Podcast Awards winner of Outstanding Documentary Series.
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Season-1 | A podcast series about the people who built the rainbow, created space and held their own! Discover artists, activists, performers, politicians and the pivotal moments that shaped Queer history and how the 2SLGBTQ+ community protests today.
Executive Producer: Ian Capstick
Host/Producer: Shawn Dearn
- No. of episodes: 28
- Latest episode: 2024-07-11
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