March Victoria, B.C. Bill Keetch, a […]

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1979-03

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March Victoria, B.C. Bill Keetch, a gay man, filed a complaint against the Ministry of the Attorney General with the British Columbia Human Rights Branch after he charged that he had been turned down for a position in the Court Probation Office because of his sexual orientation. Although the Ministry did not admit wrongdoing in the affair, on December 10, 1979, it agreed to pay Keetch a cash settlement of $7,600 and offered a temporary position; Keetch accepted.

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