Rather than mpaign on the age of nsent, might silence anti-gay bigots if some gay men spoke out agast atroci towards children
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LOVE WS! AGE OF NSENT EQUALISED FOR GAY AND BI MEN
Securg an equal age of nsent for gay and bi men was a long procs and provoked ugly bat ground harmful stereotyp. * gay age of consent *
Historilly England and Wal the age of nsent for heterosexual terurse for girls was 12, there was no lower age lim for heterosexual terurse for boys, buggery (but not other forms of gay sex) was illegal between men and boys at any age, and there were no explic laws about lbian sex. The Crimal Law Amendment Act 1885 raised the age of nsent for girls to 16, and also troduced the offence of gross cency between mal, effectively makg all kds of gay male sex illegal, irrpective of age.
It did not apply to Stland or Northern Ireland, where gay sex was still illegal. In Augt 1971 young members of the Gay Liberatn Front anised a public rally London to prott at the age of nsent for gay men. Equivalent legalisatn happened Stland wh the Crimal Jtice (Stland) Act 1980, and Northern Ireland two years later through the Homosexual Offenc (Northern Ireland) Orr 1982.
GAY MEN NEED TO TALK STRAIGHT ABOUT PAEDOPHILIA
* gay age of consent *
The Sexual Offenc (Amendment) Act 2000 troduced a mon age of nsent of 16 (17 Northern Ireland) for both mal and femal, and for both heterosexual and homosexual acts.
In November 2013 Profsor John Ashton, print of the Faculty of Public Health, said there should be a natnal bate on lowerg the age of nsent (prumably for both gay and straight sex) to 15, as this would make easier for 15-year-olds to get sexual health advice om the NHS. 1982 Homosexual Offenc (Northern Ireland) Orr 1982212121IllegalIllegalIllegalIllegal. For all other homosexual acts the age of nsent was the same as for heterosexual acts.