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August 8 Québec, Qué. Robert Burns […]

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1979-08-08

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August 8 Québec, Qué. Robert Burns (PQ –Maisonneuve), a principal political ally and supporter of the gay movement in Québec, resigned his seat in the Quebec National Assembly and retired from politics. Burns had been a key supporter of the inclusion of "sexual orientation" in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

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Robert Burns

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Gouvernement du Québec Québec governmentParti Quebecois

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Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms

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Yvon Thivierge, "Robert Burns nous quitte," Le Berdache, no. 3 (1979), pp. 8–9.