May 14 Ottawa Omnibus Bill C-150 […]
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1969-05-14
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May 14 Ottawa Omnibus Bill C-150, part of which amended the Criminal Code to decriminalize homosexual acts ("gross indecency" and "buggery") between two consenting adults over the age of twenty-one in private, passed third reading in the House of Commons by a vote of 149 (119 Liberals, 18 New Democrats, 12 Progressive Conservatives) to 55 (43 Progressive Conservatives, 11 Créditistes, 1 Liberal). (see also August 26,1969.)
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George Smith, "In Defence of Privacy: Or, Bluntly Put, No More Shit," Action!: A Publication of the Right to Privacy Committee 3 (1983): 1—3."Sanity in Sight" (editorial), Vancouver Sun, four star ed., 15 May 1969, p. 4;Lyn Pedersen, Germany, Canada Pass 'Consenting Adults' Laws: U.S., Russia Only Major Nations with Repressive Sex Laws," Los Angeles Advocate 3 (June 1969): 3, 31;Gary Kinsman, The Regulation of Desire: Sexuality in Canada (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1987), pp, 164—72;Gary Kinsman, "Official Discourse as Sexual Regulation: The Social Organization of the Sexual Policing of Gay Men" (Ph.D. dissertation. University of Toronto, 1989), pp. 441-64;"It Was a Great Day" (editorial). Globe and Mail, metro ed,, 15 May 1969, p. 6;Thomas Claridge, Tories Split on 3rd Reading of Code Changes," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 15 May 1969, p, 1;Canada, House of Commons. Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, Minutes of Proceeding and Evidence of the Standing Committee on fustice and Legal Affairs, 1969, pp. 171-668 passim;Canada. House of Commons, Hansard, 1969, pp. 4717-8669 passim;
