Everett Klippert: The only Canadian man imprisoned for life for being gay
Queer Legends: An Oral History Podcast · Shawn Dearn
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Show Notes
The Calgary Gay History Project's Kevin Allen shares his research into an important and reluctant queer legend - Everett George Klippert.
Klippert was the only Canadian ever declared a "dangerous sexual offender" by the Supreme Court of Canada and he was sentenced to life in prison for being incurably gay.
Public and political outcry over the Klippert verdict helped lead to changes to Canada's criminal code in 1969 that (among other things) decriminalized homosexual acts, in private, between two consenting adults.
Despite the change in the law, Everett Klippert remained in prison for another two years and was released in 1971.
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