Posted on Advocate.com August 24, 2011 03:45:00 PM ET

Canada Loses Hero for Gay Rights to Cancer

By Lucas Grindley

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A mainstream leader for the gay rights movement in Canada, Jack Layton, is being mourned across the country after losing a fight with cancer.