Part of Christ Church Cathedral’s mission is to be a meeting place for the community in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. In recent years, it has served as a space where representatives of various groups in 2SLGBTQQIA+ (Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual and all other sexual orientations and genders) community have met to talk together. They even met with members of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), an organization with which the community has had a troubled history. The Reverend Canon Doug Richards, vicar of the cathedral and a member of the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community, has been an important part of bringing people together for these conversations...
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