Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1969.

Canada is releasing a coin ... commemorating a myth:

The only problem is that the idea that homosexuality was decriminalized in 1969 is essentially a myth.

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No laws were repealed. The reforms that were passed had no practical effect. And criminal charges for consensual gay sex among adults increased in the decades after 1969, dramatically.

There was never an explicit section of the Criminal Code outlawing homosexuality. Instead, acts of gay sex were criminalized under various 19th century provisions. The reforms in 1969 dealt with two of these: buggery and gross indecency.

( which by definition ... describes )

Canada is releasing a coin.

Justice Minister John Turner was more emphatic, stating that the reform does not promote homosexuality, "it does not advocate such acts, it does not popularize such acts, it does not even legalize this kind of conduct."

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