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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Victoria

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Ministry of the Attorney General

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Ric Langford, "Rights Complaint Laid against Attorney General's Ministry," Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 13.Ric Langford, "Denied Probation Job, B.C. Man Wins Cash Settlement, Job Offer," Body Politic, no. 66 (1980), p. 10

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