Campaign to raise awareness of HIV testing draws ire of Dallas lawmaker
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to attend Pentagon LGBT Pride event
Obama urges international community to embrace LGBT equality in Berlin speech
Murkowski becomes third GOP Senator to support marriage equality
Tucson becomes second Arizona city to allow same-sex civil unions
Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis announces engagement
Former gender studies professor on FBI ‘Most Wanted’ list captured in Mexico
TORONTO — Canada’s most populous province is getting its first female premier and the country’s first openly gay premier after the provincial Liberals chose a new leader.
Kathleen Wynne
Former education minister Kathleen Wynne won the party’s leadership race Saturday.
Wynne is making history as Canada’s first openly gay premier, a subject she confronted head-on in a speech Saturday morning.
Wynne says Ontario is ready for a gay woman as premier and says she does not believe Ontarians hold prejudice in their hearts.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulated Wynne, and thanked outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty who is stepping down after nine years in office. He won a third term last year, but his party was reduced to a minority of the seats in the legislature and must rely on the opposition to pass legislation.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Filed under: North America
Looking back 50 years: Huge strides for the gay rights movement
Eldest of ‘19 Kids and Counting’ joins anti-gay hate group FRC
Rubio: ‘I’m done’ with immigration bill if gay couples are included
Marco Rubio: No ‘special’ rights for gay Americans — but I’m not ‘a bigot’
‘America’s Got Talent’ contestant disowned by family because he is gay
Brazil lawmakers OK bill to allow treatment of homosexuality as a disorder
Christian college expels lesbian, wants her to repay grant money
Lesbian may be forced to testify against spouse in Ky. murder case
Mugabe vows to strengthen penalties against gays: ‘They should rot in jail’
Southern Baptists officially oppose Boy Scouts’ policy to accept gay youth
Man pleads not guilty in New York City hate crime shooting
Russia to ban adoption by same-sex couples
E.W. Jackson: Using my past anti-gay statements against me is ‘persecution’
At LGBT Pride reception, Obama urges ban on workplace bias against gays
‘M’ or ‘F’? Outdated IDs worry transgender people
Idaho GOP leaders urge lawmakers to erase local LGBT protections
brilliant! nicely done! <3
I live in Ontario, and I am proud to see my province support equality like this. :)
But for us in Toronto, it was one step forward but two steps back since we got our buffoon mayor thrown back at us.
yay!!!!
I’m very happy to hear this news…We in the world have come a long way moving forward for equal rights for LGBT individuals, and it makes me so happy to finally see the world progessing in this respect. Simply put, the world is growing up. Congrats to Canada’s new Premier, and wish her all the best. God Bless.
Ontario’s Premier*.
Canada doesn’t have a prime minister
What? Wow!!!!!!
Actually, Omtario liberals elected an openly gay woman to be the leader of their party, which happens to be the party in power. The people of Ontario did not elect her as their premier. We have to wait for the next provincial election for that.
yes
yeah
yep
What’s a premier ?
Head of a Canadian province, similar to a Governor in the U.S.
Wow!
Sweet!
Yay!
so,you think that you are what your dick or vagina tells you you are?