Kylie on beg a gay in: I didn’t set out to be clive — ’s how I feel | Eveng Standard

Contents:

• 'THE UK'S BLACK GAY INS ARE WORTHY OF REGNN'
• THE TOP GAY INS (STRAIGHT UP!)
• GAY INS
• ONLY A TE GAY IN IS GETTG 20/20 ON THIS GAY INS LYRICS QUIZ
• KYLIE MOGUE ON BEG A GAY IN: I DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE CLIVE — ’S HOW I FEEL

'THE UK'S BLACK GAY INS ARE WORTHY OF REGNN'

Media ptn, WATCH: Why is learng about LGBT+ history important?Wh same-sex marriage now legal all parts of the UK, n sometime be easy to fet how different attus to homosexualy were the past, and how much change has taken place over the past 50 years.

For hundreds of years gay people have stggled to be accepted and treated the same as people who are not gay.In fact wasn't until 1967, that two men were able to be a relatnship together whout the fear of beg arrted.LGBT stands for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr.

Sometim appears wh Q, meang queer and +, which is an clive symbol to mean 'and others' to clu people of all inti.LGBT history month tak place Febary each year, to help te people on lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr history, as well as the history of the gay and civil rights movements.Fd out more about some of those who have ma an impact both om the past and prent.1. Alan TurgAlan Turg was not a well known figure durg his lifetime, but today he is famo and celebrated for the ccial part he played the victory over Nazi Germany WW2.Turg was a mathematician who cracked somethg lled the Enigma , which is thought to have shortened the war by several years.He was also a victim of mid-20th Century attus to homosexualy and 1952 was arrted bee beg homosexual was illegal Bra at this time.In 2013 he was pardoned for this 'crime', and 2017 the ernment agreed to officially pardon men acced of 'crim' like this, meang they will no longer have a crimal rerd.This pardong has e to be known as the Alan Turg law.In 2019 Turg was named the most "inic" figure of the 20th Century and his face now appears on the £50 note. Osr WilImage source, Napoleon Sarony/Universal History ArchiveOsr Wil is one of the famo playwrights of all time, fact, you might even have studied 'The Importance of Beg Earnt' - one of his most famo plays - at school.He was married to a woman and had two sons, but was later acced of beg homosexual.

THE TOP GAY INS (STRAIGHT UP!)

Johnson was an Ain Amerin transgenr-rights activist, whose work the 1960s and 1970s had a huge impact on the LGBT muny.At this time, beg gay was classified as a mental illns the Uned Stat. Gay people were regularly threatened and beaten by police, and were shunned by many society.In June 1969, when Marsha was 23 years old, police raid a gay bar New York lled The Stonewall Inn. Later the North Wt Commtee was transformed to the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly (CHE), which was the largt LGBT anisatn there has ever been the UK, wh more than 5,000 members and 120 lol groups all over the untry when was at s biggt.It's role the removal of the stigma of crimaly om homosexualy remaed his crowng achievement.5.

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He began his reer as a journalist before workg for MI6, and beg prcipal of Aberystwyth Universy.He was asked to jo the ernment's mtee lookg to homosexual offenc which led to the Wolfenn Report, which remend that havg a homosexual relatnship should no longer be a crimal offence.This laid the foundatns for a later law which partially crimalised male homosexualy for the first time England and Wal.

ONLY A TE GAY IN IS GETTG 20/20 ON THIS GAY INS LYRICS QUIZ

Gilbert BakerIf you know anythg about LGBT movement you'll fely regnise the inic rabow flag, which was vented by this man!Gilbert Baker was an Amerin artist, gay rights activist who signed the flag to have eight strip stead of the six normally seen now.It first ma an appearance back 1978 and has bee associated wh LGBT rights all over the world.Although would have ma him a lot of money, Gilbert refed to tramark , sayg was a symbol for everyone.To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall rts, Baker created the world's largt flag, at the time.8. Although she hadn't spoken publicly about beg gay, a newspaper found out and prted the news agast her will.Afterwards, she was selected by her party, and although she still managed to stand the electn, she lost her seat to the Conservative ndidate.9.

KYLIE MOGUE ON BEG A GAY IN: I DIDN’T SET OUT TO BE CLIVE — ’S HOW I FEEL

Chris SmhImage source, Getty ImagIn 1984 Chris Smh beme the UK's first male openly gay MP and later, the first gay bet mister.After announcg that he was gay, he received a five-mute standg ovatn. There have sce been lots of other gay bet members.There are currently 54 LGBT MPs the Hoe of Commons, and 2015 was clared the gayt parliament the world due to s proportn of LGBT members.11.