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New Heritage Minute spotlights gay activist Jim Egan
Historica Canada has released a new Heritage Minute, its first featuring a member of the LGBTQ community.
The video recounts gay activist Jim Egan’s work for equal rights.
Egan publicly fought a culture of homophobia in the press starting in the late 1940s.
Decades later, he challenged the Government of Canada to receive spousal benefits for his life partner, Jack Nesbit.
