Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion underwent a profound change in regards to homosexuality. The last same-sex attracted person to be sent to prison indefinitely as a "dangerous sex offender" was in 1967. In 1969, the Canadian parliament passed amendments of the Criminal Code, decriminalising homosexuality in Canada. On 20 July 1971, the last gay man criminally convicted because of his sexual orientation was released from prison. A series of judicial rulings beginning in 2003 legalised same-sex marriage in the majority of Canada's provinces, and on 20 July 2005, the Canadian government extended the new definition nationwide by statute. Currently ten Anglican dioceses (Edmonton, Nova Scotia
Homosexuality in DSM of the LGBT community in the 1960s, specifically Stonewall riots in 1969. These activities continued in 1970 with the following predominant events: In DSM-III, homosexuality had been shifted to a new "Ego-dystonic homosexuality" classification. In DSM-III-R, the new "Ego-dystonic homosexuality" classification was also removed and was largely subsumed under "sexual disorder not otherwise specified", which can include "persistent and marked distress about one's sexual orientation. Homosexuality in DSM Classification of gay, lesbian, and bisexual sexual orientations underwent major changes in different editions of "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). DSM I classified