MPs Studying Solicitation Laws Seek Input
Xtra,
March 7, 2005
491 Church Street, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2C6, Canada
416-925-6665 or 1-800-268-9872
info@xtra.ca
Sick of the bawdyhouse laws? Tired of reading about
bathhouse raids? Angry about police still targeting consensual gay sex 35
years after Pierre Trudeau suggested that the state get out of the bedrooms of
the nation? There is something concrete you can do.
The Canadian Parliamentary subcommittee on solicitation
laws is launching a cross-country tour Mar 15, with an appearance in Toronto.
It’s an opportunity for gays and lesbians to tell Parliament to get rid of
the bawdyhouse laws used against our community.
The first leg of the national tour: Mar 15 in Toronto,
Mar 16 in Montreal and Mar 17 in Halifax. Part two of the tour kicks off Mar
29 & 30 in Vancouver, Mar 31 in Edmonton and Apr 1 in Winnipeg.
Vancouver NDP MP Libby Davies was surprised when nobody
from the gay and lesbian community appeared before the committee in Ottawa for
the first part of its fact-finding mission. She was expecting activist
organizations and individual gays and lesbians to demand the removal of the
bawdyhouse laws.
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