Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer lived like caged birds for the first five years of their relationship. This was the era of the military purge of LGBTQ people, so the two were a couple at home, but friends and colleagues in public, Poulin said. Tojuba Olatunde painted this portrait of Carmen Poulin and Lynne Gouliquer, whose research about the military 'gay purge' helped bring about a government apology in 2017. (Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)The couple's painting is one of six portraits of New Brunswick Pride heroes — people who were chosen to be role models for LGBTQ people in the province. Clandestine researchPoulin and Gouliquer spent 13 years researching the impact of systemic discrimination against LGBTQ people in the military and civil service.

Source: CBC News February 09, 2019 12:00 UTC