TIL the first Canadian man put on trial for homosexuality was given a choice between the death penalty or becoming the permanent executioner. He chose to become the executioner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_Canada#17th_century



Submitted March 02, 2015 at 07:07AM by Baliba http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2xmeli/til_the_first_canadian_man_put_on_trial_for/