Posted on 08/23/2026 5:45:23 PM PDT by xxqqzz
The monument is called Thunderhead. The cylindrical shell is broken open by a thundercloud. Visible from the inside are thousands of tiny mirrors. And when no longer hidden, they sparkle with light.
For Wayne Davis, and the other Canadians purged from the military, RCMP and civil service for their sexuality between the Cold War-era and 1990s, the monument sheds light on the discrimination of 2SLGBTQ+ people during Canada's history.
"The visibility of the monument I love. People are not going to forget the glitter," Davis said, shortly after it was officially unveiled in Ottawa on Friday.
Davis says he also expects some will be learning for the first time about a dark time in Canadian history.
The 79-year-old from Vancouver still remembers the shock of standing before his RCMP supervisor after being asked why he'd been spotted in a gay bar.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
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I don’t care what these queers and Mentally ill Have to say.. People care about why is it constantly posting on this site. Can you really hard Do donate to this site.
What does the “2” mean?
This thread is gay!
How nice, a monument to mental illness.
I don’t care what these queers and Mentally ill Have to say.. People care about why is it constantly posting on this site. Can you really hard Do donate to this site.
Everyone sing along!
“He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay.
He sleeps all night and he works all day.”
“I cut down trees.
I skip and jump.
I like to press wild flowers.
I put on women’s clothing
and hang around in bars.”
What is a hard Do donate?
If they’d behaved and kept their perversion private they would have not been fired.
This was not a secret policy. It was well known. They just thought they would not be caught.
On the other hand, I had a gay man (who was drafted) who was in my command in the Army. Years after he got out, I found out he was gay. He had been an outstanding soldier.
Get back in the closet!
Where the alphabet folks belong.
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