Lookg through our llectn for signs of the long stggle for gay rights.
Contents:
- NFL ACH KEV MAXEN MAK SPORTS HISTORY BY G OUT AS GAY
- RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
NFL ACH KEV MAXEN MAK SPORTS HISTORY BY G OUT AS GAY
* uk gay history *
We’ve gone om homosexualy beg punishable by imprisonment or ath, banned om beg tght schools, and diagnosed as a mental illns, to beg celebrated Pri paras and given equal marriage and adoptn rights. People who intify as LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and other sexualy and genr inti) have stggled wh opprsn for centuri. In fact, one famo anti-homosexualy law was created durg the reign of Henry VIII the 1500s, known as the ‘Buggery Act’.
RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
The Act outlawed homosexualy Bra, makg punishable by ath. Fortunately, the last legal executns were 1835, but homosexualy wasn’t crimalised until as recently as 1967 – and this was only partially.
1964: The formatn of the North Wtern Homosexual Law Reform Commtee (NWHLRC). This group worked to promote legal and social equaly for lbian, gay, and bisexual people. It is now known as the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly.