Raymond Taavel

Raymond Taavel (June 9, 1962 – April 17, 2012)[1] was a Canadian LGBTQ rights activist[2] who was attacked and killed by Andre Noel Denny on April 17, 2012[3] outside Menz Bar, Gottingen Street while protecting another person.[4] He was thereafter posthumously awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal.[5] He played a key role in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)’s first ever Pride Week publication.[6] He worked toward having the rainbow flag raised at Halifax City Hall.[7] During his lifetime he also engaged in endeavors to legitimize equal marriage and transgender rights in Nova Scotia’s Human Rights Act.[8] In 2017, the Department of Heritage and Culture Committee of the Halifax Regional Council selected Taavel as one of 30 Nova Scotians from the last century-and-a-half to be celebrated in the Vanguard exhibition at the Nova Scotia Museum for his “innovation and change in the face of diversity.”[9] In 2019 Inglis Street Park was renamed the Raymond Taavel Park in his honor.[10]

References
  1. "Gay activist killed in Halifax assault". The Globe and Mail. April 17, 2012.
  2. Dubé, Jacques. "AN104: HRM Asset Names, October 17, 2017 – April 15, 2018" (PDF). Halifax.
  3. Williams, Cassie. "Andre Denny sentenced to 8 years for Raymond Taavel killing". CBC.
  4. Patil, Anjuli. "Halifax considers renaming park after slain LGBT activist". CBC.
  5. "Slain Halifax activist Raymond Taavel to receive Diamond Jubilee medal". Global News. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. "Media Release: 2019 Halifax Pride Festival Begins". Halifax Pride. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  7. Kelly, Brian (July 24, 2019). "Sault native remembered in Halifax". Sault Star. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  8. Boon, Jacob. "Raymond Taavel to be memorialized with city park". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  9. Dubé, Jacques. "AN104: HRM Asset Names, October 17, 2017 – April 15, 2018" (PDF). Halifax.
  10. "How a Halifax park came to be renamed for Raymond Taavel | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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