Michelle Douglas

Michelle Douglas
Born1963
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Known forLGBTQ2+ rights activist

Michelle D. Douglas (born December 30, 1963) is a Canadian human rights activist who launched a landmark legal challenge in the Federal Court of Canada against the military's discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ service members.[1] Douglas herself served as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1986 to 1989. She was honourably discharged from the military in 1989 under the military's discriminating "LGBT Purge".[1][2]

  1. ^ a b The Current, May 9, 2005.
  2. ^ Austen, Ian (2020-01-24). "Commemorating the Victims of Canada's 'Gay Purge'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-27.