CMHR gets photos of same-sex nuptials
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This article was published 30/05/2013 (4692 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THE Canadian Museum for Human Rights asked for same-sex wedding photos to exhibit.
“I do,” Canadians responded.
More than 325 wedding photographs were received from 115 couples nationwide after a crowd-sourcing call in March — far surpassing the goal of 85 submissions.
The photos will be arranged in the shape of a wedding cake, said museum spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry. Canada was the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage when it passed legislation in 2005.
The photos, dating from 1979 to 2013, depict a variety of cultural ceremonies, including M©tis, Hindu, Thai, Vietnamese, Jewish and Christian celebrations. Many couples also shared their personal stories, struggles for acceptance and pride in their relationships, the museum said in a press release.
The struggle for rights among people with diverse sexual orientation and gender identities will be shown in many ways, in almost every gallery of the museum.
Same-sex marriage will be one of 18 “story niche” exhibits within the museum’s largest gallery, devoted to Canada’s human rights journey. The important story of queer resistance in Canada, in the 1960s to 1980s, will be told through digital insight stations and a projected image grid, housed in the same gallery.
Other topics included in museum inaugural content plans are transgender experiences, the Stonewall riots in New York, Quebec’s role as the world’s first major jurisdiction to forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation, legalization of same-sex marriage in the Netherlands, the pink-shirt bullying story, Harvey Milk, hate crimes and persecution against LGBTTQ people, the Iranian underground railroad for queer refugees, benchmark Canadian court cases and the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust.
The rights museum is scheduled to open in 2014. In the interests of inclusivity, the museum will offer gender-neutral washrooms for its visitors, in addition to male and female washrooms.
— staff