Canada to mint a new LGBT equality dollar coin.

A new $1 coin will commemorate the removal of criminal sanctions against homosexuality in 1969. (Mark Blinch/Canadian Press)

The Royal Canadian Mint is releasing a new $1 coin design next year, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada.

Same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults was decriminalized in 1969, two years after then-justice minister Pierre Trudeau introduced…