Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apology for his country’s past persecution of LGBTQ public servants.

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From the 1950s until 1992, many public servants that Canada’s government suspected of being gay were interrogated, forced to sit through humiliating tests that sought to expose their sexual orientation, and expelled from their Canadian government positions.

That treatment happened on “a timeline more recent than any of us would like to admit,” Trudeau said Tuesday, calling the oppression “an often overlooked part of Canada’s history.” 

One of the most egregious tools used was the “fruit machine,” a device he mentioned by name Tuesday that claimed to reveal a person’s sexual orientation based on their response to various sexual stimuli. 

“It is my hope in talking about these injustices, in vowing to never repeat them, acting to right these wrongs, we can begin to heal,” Trudeau said.

Crazy to think this is happening in Canada compared to what’s going on with this current/soon to be ex administration.