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“At some point, you just have to tell the truth. Don't be too gentle”

Delwin Vriend, 2SLGBTQI+ human rights activist

A young man with short blonde hair stands on the steps of a staircase of a courthouse speaking into a mic while someone takes a photo of him in the background. Partially obscured. — Photo: Edmonton Community Foundation

Pride vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story

September 21, 2025

Experience Vriend’s historic pursuit of justice and 2SLGBTQI+ rights

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A man wearing a light blue shirt sits at a long table in front of a cluster of microphones, smiling. Seated on both sides of him are other people dressed in suits and facing microphones, also smiling. The name placards along the front of the table read, from left to right, “Murray Billet”, “Robinson Koilpillai”, and “Dr George Rodgers”, with too-blurry-to-read affiliations below the names. Another placard, knocked on its side, reads “Delwin Vriend” without an affiliation. Partially obscured.

Exhibitions

Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge

January 31, 2025 to early 2026

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A large group of protestors march through a city while two uniformed RCMP officers keep watch. In this black-and-white image, the protestors' signs and banners call for an end to discriminatory practices against members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. Partially obscured.

Reclaiming Power and Place: Indigenous Women and Their Rights to Safety and Justice

May 3, 2025 – April 5, 2030

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Six red dresses and a white dress in the middle are suspended on wooden clothes hangers in front of a backdrop. A white star glows at the location of the heart on the central white dress. The backdrop features patterns on a birchbark texture. Some of the patterns are illuminated from behind to create glowing star-like features on the panels. Partially obscured.

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Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Hours

Open Today:

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Adult General Admission:

$22

Events

Ruby Sachs Symposium on Global 2SLGBTQI+ Legal Advocacy

October 5 – 7, 2025

Cost: $50 – $250
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Pride flag pedestrian crosswalk across from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Partially obscured.

Illuminate the Night: Nuit Blanche 2025

September 27, 2025

Cost: Free and open to all.

The silhouette of a person standing in the dark in front of red and green clothed box structures lit from the inside and containing shadowed figures. Partially obscured.

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Stories

What Is Two‐Spirit? Part One: Origins

By Scott de Groot

A poster featuring large artwork depicting two faces in dramatic colours and patterns, with background imagery including hands, standing figures and geometric shapes. A large title at the top reads “The 10th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering” and text at the bottom reads “August 27-31, 1997. Onamia, Minnesota.” Partially obscured.

Persecution of queer Canadian soldiers in wartime

By Sarah Worthman

A man stands in dark shadows in a stark stone cell, gazing upward at bright sunlight streaming in through a barred window. Partially obscured.

She said | He said

By Leslie Vryenhoek, editor

A drag queen in heavy makeup and a wig of long tiny braids holds up a children’s book to show an audience. The backdrop behind her is a pastel rainbow. Partially obscured.

Claiming our rights as a transgender family

By Rowan Jetté Knox

A smiling family of six in a living room. Partially obscured.

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A smiling woman with light skin is filmed on a cell phone. She is wearing a lanyard with the words “Be inspired” and standing in front of an exhibit element made of horizontal strips of wood, some decorated with Indigenous art. Partially obscured. — Photo: CMHR, Scott Gillam