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Coming out in politics

Former NDP MP Svend Robinson says he still feels the pain he experienced after becoming the first openly gay Canadian MP on Feb. 29, 1988. He was kicked out of his Ottawa home, received death threats at his constituency office, and was shunned. But he blazed the trail for others. Politicians talk about what it's like being gay in public life in the documentary Coming Out in Politics, premiering on OUTtv on April 20.

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