Svend Robinson
Svend Robinson (born March 4, 1952 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is a Canadian politician and former member of the Canadian House of Commons .
Robinson was born in Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States . His parents moved to Canada when he was a child. After completing his schooling at the University of British Columbia, Robinson received a degree in law and then studied at the London School of Economics . In 1972, Robinson married his high school girlfriend, but divorced her again when Robinson revealed his homosexual identity to her.
Robinson is a member of the social democratic New Democratic Party and was a member of the Canadian lower house from 1979 to 2004. He has been living his sexual identity openly since 1988. In the following years, the politicians Réal Ménard , Libby Davies , Bill Siksay , Scott Brison and Mario Silva as well as the Senators Laurier LaPierre and Nancy Ruth also came out in the Canadian parliament . In the House of Commons of Canada, Robinson represented the constituency of Burnaby , Vancouver .
Honors and prizes
- Award for Human Rights , May 1993, Lambda Foundation
- The Edith Adamson Award for Leadership in Issues of Conscience , 1995
- Elena Gil Iberoamerican Award on Ethics , June 1995, Felix Varela Center
- Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award , May 1997, presented by PrideFest America
- Hero Award , Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, August 1999 from The Canadian Bar Association
- Presidents Award , 2003, Canadian Arab Federation
- Kurdish Human Rights Prize , Adar 2614
- Insígnia des Ordem de Timor-Leste , 2012
Web links
- Official website
- CBC interview
- Svend Robinson - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Decreto do Presidente da República n. ° 39/2012 de 19 de Maio, accessed on September 18, 2019.
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SURNAME | Robinson, Svend |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minneapolis |