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Pushing For Change: The We Demand Rally
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Canada legalized homosexuality in 1969, but there was still a long way to go for equal rights for the LGBTQ community. In 1971, the first large-scale organized LGBTQ rally took place at Parliament Hill and started a chain reaction that continues to this day.
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