OTTAWA — Work began today on a national monument marking the discrimination faced by members of the LGBTQ+ community.
It is set to open in summer 2025.
The monument is specifically seeking to recognize discrimination at the hands of the Canadian government from the 1950s to mid−1990s.
It was paid for by the LGBT Purge Fund, a non−profit that manages funds from a class action lawsuit over that discrimination.
The monument is located steps in front of the Ottawa River and was designed in partnership with Indigenous elders.
It will be complete with a sacred fire site and a column, broken apart by a thunderhead cloud inside.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, 2024.
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