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The federal government has confirmed that it will be recommending a posthumous pardon to a Calgary man who was declared a dangerous sexual offender by Canada simply because he was gay. According to the statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, “Everett Klippert’s case was instrumental in the government’s decision to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults.” Klippert was the one and only Canadian to be charged for being gay, whereas Lesbian acts were never illegal in Canada.
In addition to Killert’s case, government is also reviewing hundreds of other cases where gay men were convicted of acts such as “buggery” and other offences prior to the legalization of male homosexual acts in 1969. Klippert was born in Kindersley, Sask., (1926) and grew up in Calgary to become a popular bus driver. He was arrested in 1960 and convicted of 18 counts of gross indecency, all of which were relevant to consensual sexual activity with other men.
Completing his three years sentence in prison, Klippert retired to the Northwest Territories after being released. According to the record from his later Supreme Court appeal, he mentioned that “having been discharged from the penitentiary he was aware of the need to refrain from engaging in this behaviour again,” adding that “he stated that some attempt, some contacts had been made with him by ex-friends and for this reason, as well as the feeling of his continued presence bringing shame on his family, he decided to leave Calgary and head north.”
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