Social Health

It gets better when we make it better. At HIM, we have a pretty simple idea: gay men with high self-esteem tend to live healthier lives and have access to better health choices. We're interested in improving social health factors that impact gay men, including the big-picture stuff like homophobia and heterosexism. We also have listings for our Professional Volunteers who specialize in social health.

A timeline of same-sex rights

Posted by HIM on Tuesday October 13th, 2009

CBC has an excellent in-depth timeline outlining the progress that has been made in our country regarding same-sex rights. We tend to take our freedoms for granted and we’ve come a long way. The first entry puts it all into perspective:

“1965:

Everett Klippert acknowledges to police that he is gay, has had sex with men over a 24-year period, and is unlikely to change. In 1967, Klippert is sent to prison indefinitely as a "dangerous sex offender," a sentence which was backed up by the Supreme Court of Canada that same year.”

For the rest of the story check out the entire article here:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/samesexrights/timeline_canada.html

- Chris W. Hamilton