Was Homosexuality in Canada ever against the law?

Question

if so, when was it decriminalized?

Answer 1

It was indeed decriminalised in 1969. The Trudeau government introduced a massive bill (Bill C-150) full of some pretty controversial stuff for its time (which is still pretty controversial today) - homosexuality, allowing abortions and contraception, regulating gambling, etc. This is where Trudeau's famous "the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation" quote comes from.

There's still a law on the books outlawing sodomy (CCC sec. 159), but it is excepted for husband-wife action and "any two persons, each of whom is eighteen years of age or more." (Age of consent for straight-up intercourse is 16.)

Answer 2

It was decriminalized in 1969.

Answer 3

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