Thirty-three years later she cannot hold back the tears as she prepares to hear an apology from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons. Roy refers to it as "the purge" by which the government tried to weed out people they felt were susceptible to foreign intimidation and blackmail because of their sexual orientation. The government developed a homosexuality test known as the "fruit machine," which measured arousal to pornographic images in order to provide proof of sexual orientation to back up the reason for firing, or denying someone a promotion. "Sexual orientation has nothing to do with your skills." Canada is also facing a class action suit from more than 2,000 people who say they were persecuted by the federal government for their sexual orientation.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2017 21:34 UTC