This guidance provis rmatn and lks to servic and guidance for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals.
Contents:
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
* gay marriage support uk *
“I believe that if a uple love each other and want to m to a life together, they should have the optn of a civil marriage, irrpective of whether they are gay or straight, … are not prrisg gay rights, or tramplg over tradn; we are allowg a space for the two to exist si by si. The rultant Wolfenn Report published 1957 nclud that crimalisatn of homosexualy was an impgement on civil liberty and that homosexual acts between nsentg adults should not be an offence. It was not until a later that the Sexual Offenc Act 1967 crimalised homosexual activy between nsentg adults and set the age of homosexual nsent at 21, later rced to 18.
GAY MARRIAGE TIMELE
There was no statutory age of nsent for lbian sex until the Sexual Offenc Amendment Act 2000 which equalised the age of nsent for homosexual and heterosexual men and women to 16 England, Wal and Stland. More than 18 years after the Netherlands beme the world’s first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland has bee the latt European jurisdictn to allow gays and lbians to marry.