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Jun 16 • 4 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
It is #PrideMonth and this is the story of Peter Maloney, the first openly-gay person to run for political office in Canada.

Peter Maloney was an economist at the Toronto Stock Exchange when he ran for the Liberal Party in the 1971 Ontario provincial election.

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While he did not win, he did quite well.
In February 1972, while criticizing federal Justice Minister Otto Lang over anti-gay discrimination in federal laws, Maloney came out publicly as homosexual at the Liberal Party policy conference.

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He then ran in the 1972 Toronto municipal election for the Toronto Board of Education, making him the first openly-gay person to run for public office in Canada.
He finished third & then started to invest in several LBGQT-oriented businesses in Toronto.

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As the owner of Club Baths, he successfully defended himself against criminal charges after Operation Soap, as well as several others.
He continued to run for Toronto Municipal Council throughout the 1980s but did not win.
Maloney currently lives in Kitchener.

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It is #IndigenousHistoryMonth and this is the story of Pitseolak Ashoona, one of Canada's most celebrated artists.

Pitseolak was born around 1904 on Nottingham Island (south of Baffin Island). Her name means sea pigeon in Inuktitut. Her family lived a traditional life.

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In 1923, she married Ashoona and together they had 17 children. After he died in 1940, she coped with the loss by turning to art. She said art made her "the happiest since he died."
It would be art that would help her support her family.

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Completely self-taught, she was one of the first artists to make drawings for the print studio at Cape Dorset. From 1960 onwards, she produced more than 7,000 images. These images typically focused on the pre-contact life of the Inuit.

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Jun 18
In honour of #FathersDay, here is a thread about the fathers of our Canadian Prime Ministers!

23. Pierre Trudeau (Justin Trudeau)
Pierre was Canada's 13th prime minister from 1968-1979 & 1980-1984.
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22. Joseph Harris Harper (Stephen Harper)

Joseph Harper was an accountant for Imperial Oil. He had an avid interest in military history & meticulously researched military insignia for his 1992 book Old Colours Never Die. Image
21. Paul Martin Sr (Paul Martin Jr.)

One of Canada's most influential politicians, Paul Martin Sr. was a member of Parliament from 1935 to 1968. He served as a cabinet minister for three prime ministers & was heavily influential in the creation of Universal Healthcare. Image
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Jun 17
It is #PrideMonth and this is the story of the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, a notorious gatekeeper for transgender people.

"The Clarke" opened in 1966 and anyone wanting gender-affirming surgery had to go there to be approved.
Approval was far from simple.

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The tests used by The Clarke were the same that were used on criminal sex offenders at the same location.
Most people who went in felt The Clarke staff were more interested in researching trans people than helping them.

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The Clarke only gave approval for gender-affirming surgery if the person had a job, was single, was heterosexual and had never been convicted of a crime.
It was their goal that the person "pass" as cisgender & conform to binary gender roles.

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Jun 17
It is #IndigenousHistoryMonth and this is the story of Metis leader Gabriel Dumont!

Gabriel Dumont was born in December 1837 near present-day Winnipeg.
At the age of 13, he fought in the Battle of Grand Coteau against the Sioux where he proved his bravery in battle.

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While he was not involved in the Red River Resistance in 1869-70, he emerged as a leader of the Metis by 1885.
He led 300 Metis at Duck Lake against the NWMP in the NW Resistance, where Dumont suffered a gun wound to the head & lost his brother Isidore but won the battle.

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Throughout the North West Resistance in 1885, Dumont led his Metis in a guerilla warfare campaign against the Canadian militia.
He won another battle on April 24 at Fish Creek, and then led the four-day defence at Batoche, which the Metis lost.

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Jun 17
A brief thread of some Prime Ministers & their pets.

John Diefenbaker had a dog named Happy who loved to chase cats, leading to Dief chasing a dog that was chasing a cat.
Happy was put to sleep after he bit Olive Diefenbaker & then Happy II joined the family.

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William Lyon Mackenzie King had three Irish Terriers, all named Pat. He was utterly devoted to his dogs and they were his constant companions.
In his journals, King often wrote about his love for his dogs, who were by all accounts, his best friends.

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Brian Mulroney had standard poodles named Oscar and Clover. In his memoirs, Mulroney wrote of when Oscar met a porcupine & the family pulled quills from his face for hours.
Pictured is Clover.

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Jun 16
It is #IndigenousHistoryMonth and this is the story of actor, singer & humanitarian Tom Jackson!

Tom Jackson was born on the One Arrow Reserve near Batoche, Saskatchewan on Oct. 27, 1948.
After moving to Winnipeg when he was 14, he dropped out of school a year later.

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For the next few years, he lived on the streets but began to gravitate towards folk & country music in the Winnipeg coffee houses.
By the 1980s, he was playing at festivals throughout Canada and his songwriting often explored Indigenous issues.

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He soon began acting and in 1986, earned a Genie Award nomination for his role in Loyalties.
By the end of the decade, his singing & acting career had taken off.
He achieved national fame with his role as Peter Kenidi in the critically-acclaimed show North of 60.

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