The back of each card displays the year that the event occurred, along with a fun fact about the event or person featured on the front. The typography was kept relatively simple in order to place more focus on the illustration, and to match the branding of the CPHS.
The Stonewall Riots
Decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada
Quebec adds sexual orientation to the human rights code
Toronto Bathhouse Raids ("Operation Soap")
The first Dyke March in Canada
Svend Robinson - Canada's first openly gay member of Parliament
First Blockorama event at Toronto Pride
Sexual orientation is added to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Michael Leshner and Michael Stark become the first same-sex couple to marry in Canada
Same-sex marriage is legalized across Canada
The First Transgender March in Canada is held
First time a pride flag is raised on Parliament Hill
The Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code are updated to include gender identity/expression as protected grounds against discrimination
Edmonton's first Pride Festival is held
The "We Demand" rally is held
Canada extends immigration rights to same-sex partners
First Society for Queer Deaf people is formed
Montreal's first Pride March is held
Libby Davies becomes the first openly lesbian Member of Parliament
The first World AIDS Day is held
Gender-neutral X marking is introduced on Canadian passports
First official Pride in the Northwest Territories is held
Julie Lemieux is elected mayor of Très-Saint Rédempteur
The first official Indigenous Pride event in Canada is held
Conversion therapy is banned in Canada
Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay is the first trans woman actor nominated at the Canadian Screen Awards
The body politic, Canada’s first Gay magazine is published
CIRR-FM is the first commercial radio station targeted to a 2SLGBTQIA+ audience
Angela James is the first openly gay hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
