John Damien

John Damien (1933 — 1986) was a Canadian horse racing steward, whose wrongful dismissal suit after being fired by the Ontario Racing Commission in 1975 for being gay was a landmark early LGBTQ rights case in Canada, and ultimately resulted in the addition of sexual orientation as a protected class under the Ontario Human Rights Code in 1986.

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