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National Monument Marking LGBTQ+ Persecution Opens This Morning in Ottawa

The nine-metre monument and park use thundercloud imagery and an interpretive wall to mark decades of government-led discrimination.

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OTTAWA — Victims of state prosecution hope Canada's new national monument for LGBTQ+ people will be a place to learn, grieve and celebrate. The monument officially opens this morning in Ottawa, just west of Parliament Hill. "We're telling the stories o...

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National monument marking LGBTQ+ persecution opens this morning in Ottawa

OTTAWA - Victims of state prosecution hope Canada's new national monument for LGBTQ+ people will be a place to learn, grieve and celebrate.

·Toronto, Canada
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What you need to know about Canada’s new LGBTQ2S+ national monument

Called “Thunderhead,” the monument in Ottawa is funded by the LGBT Purge class-action lawsuit

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National 2SLGBTQ+ monument in Ottawa draws on themes of destruction and renewal

Thunderhead recognizes the discrimination experienced by 2SLGBTQ+ people across the country, particularly during a decades-long campaign by the Canadian government known as the LGBT purge.

·Ottawa, Canada
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Winnipeg artists design national monument recognizing the LGBT Purge - Winnipeg

A Winnipeg team designed a monument that's being unveiled in Ottawa to mark the harm caused by the LGBT Purge.

·Toronto, Canada
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Global News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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