With an “ inclusive, innovative and thoughtful” design now chosen, the monument, which will pay homage to all those who have faced prosecution and abuse throughout the years, is set to be completed by 2025.Īs a result of these, and other belated milestones, Canadians will surely be eager to celebrate Pride this June - especially after having to largely forgo it these past two years. What other reasons are there to celebrate?īack in March, federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced progress had been made on the construction of a new national LGBTQ+ monument.
Secondly, gay, and bisexual men will no longer face unnecessary and discriminatory restrictions from donating our blood, as we have long been forced to. For one, we can be thankful that the long-discredited, damaging practice of conversion therapy was (finally) outlawed. Canadians have many reasons to celebrate Pride this year.
