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Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
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Svend Robinson
Canadian politician (born 1952)
Svend Robinson is a Canadian politician. He was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2004, representing suburban Vancouver-area constituencies in the city of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party (NDP). He was the first member of Parliament in Canadian history to come out as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
House of Commons of Canada
Lower house of the Parliament of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Coming out
Process of revealing one's sexual orientation or other attributes
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBTQ people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 29
Day of the year
February 29 is a leap day —an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)