Disver the Ultimate Gay Stland 10 Days Iterary | Mr Hudson

Contents:

• GAY STLAND (UK) TRAVEL GUI
• ILLEGAL TO BE GAY - STLAND'S HISTORY
• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• STLAND TOPS LEAGUE FOR GAY RIGHTS
• DISVER THE ULTIMATE GAY STLAND 10 DAYS ERARY

GAY STLAND (UK) TRAVEL GUI

Stland is home to Edburgh and Glasgow, where the gay scen are abundant and the people wele you wh open arms. The Police Stland work alongsi Stland's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr muny to try to elimate LGBT-related hate crim and discrimatn. Image source, PAImage ptn, Gay Pri Edburgh 2016Stland pris self on beg one of the most progrsive untri Europe on issu of sexualy and genr inty but for gay men was not always such an open-md place.

England and Wal n now mark 50 years sce the historic reforms which partially crimalised homosexualy between two nsentg men private over 21 years of age. "I don't thk actually me to my nsc md that the law ma legal to be gay or homosexual. Nick explas his bsh wh the says: "I was so trated and lonely and isolated and all those thgs that sgle people go through, and more so when you feel you're outsi of society, that I did what many gay men have done and that is I ed to e toilets to try to fd some sort of ntact.

" Stori like Nick and Phil's are faiar on for gay men who grew up 20th Century post-war Bra. A great al of fear and hostily was directed towards gay people.

ILLEGAL TO BE GAY - STLAND'S HISTORY

After the war an crease prosecutns for homosexual crim England and Wal drew the attentn of ernment. The Wolfenn Commtee Image ptn, Sir John Wolfenn on the BBC 1957Sir John Wolfenn was asked by the Home Office to form a mtee to advise on how laws around homosexualy might be reformed.

Relig groups, legal reprentativ om the home natns, civic lears and legislators all gave evince to the Departmental Commtee on Homosexual Offenc and Prostutn Great Bra fally submted s report 1957. It remend that the crimalisatn of homosexualy impged civil liberti. Wolfenn's report remend that homosexual sex was a private issue of personal moraly.

It also advised that young people and vulnerable adults be protected om homosexual activy.

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

The report ndoned the e of medil treatment for homosexual impuls and behavur.

However the work of the mtee was a tone moment public disurse on homosexualy.

Sttish opposn Media ptn, "There's a lot of ristance to Wolfenn Stland"Dr Gayle Davis is a social historian om the Universy of Edburgh. "It's actually much more difficult to be prosecuted for homosexualy Stland than is England and Wal and therefore let's not touch . Around the same perd 1957 a poll nducted by the Daily Mirror, south of the borr, showed a much more even spl where 51% opposed crimalisg homosexualy.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

Dr Davis adds: "Then also 's seen as, well we know Sttish people jt don't approve of homosexualy, that's what the church keep tellg . "So there's also a strong sense that, whether or not gay people are beg apprehend, that actually we fundamentally don't want to publicly state that 's acceptable. " Durg her rearch Dr Davis learned about some of the therapi beg ed to treat gay men nvicted of homosexual crim.

"But uld be ed homosexual s and certaly has been ed the past. " Jam Adair - voice of dissent A Sttish voice who opposed crimalisatn of homosexualy Stland was Jam Adair OBE, a former Procurator Fisl of Glasgow and sat on the Wolfenn mtee and formed the only dissentg voice. The Assembly's firm opposn warned that legislatn which sought to legimise homosexualy would only crease "this grave evil".

STLAND TOPS LEAGUE FOR GAY RIGHTS

21st Century StlandImage ptn, Marchg at Edburgh's gay pri para 2016Dr Davis says that, MPs such as Rob Cook were fluential motivatg change Stland through the 1970s and 1980s. However is an unfortable fact that Stland did lag behd other parts of the UK que substantially on s legal posn on homosexualy - a stance which the Sttish ernment now scrib as discrimatn. "Image source, GPAImage ptn, Police Stland are the top twenty of Stonewall's equali x and march regularly gay pri events StlandThe Sttish ernment has plans to troduce a scheme which would allow some gay men to have historil nvictns, no longer nsired illegal, to be removed om crimal rerds.

"Progrs still to be maImage ptn, A Stonewall T-shirt worn at Glasgow Pri 2014Stonewall Stland mpaigns for equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. "While LGBT people might almost be equal law, lbian, gay, bi and trans people ntue to face discrimatn.

Current statSce Jan 12, 2000Legal The Brish ary actively recs gay men and lbians, all three servic have ployed recg teams to gay pri events, and punish any stance of tolerance or bullyg. The Royal Navy advertis for recs gay magaz and has allowed gay sailors to hold civil partnership ceremoni on board ships and, sce 2006, to march full naval uniform at a gay pri march. Brish Army and Royal Air Force personnel uld march but had to wear civilian cloth until 2008, now all ary personnel are permted to attend Gay Pri march donatns by MSMs Stland?

DISVER THE ULTIMATE GAY STLAND 10 DAYS ERARY

In 1975 bgrapher Antonia Fraser wr there is ‘no reason not to assume the obv, ’ namely that he was gay. 1957: the UK ernment create a Commtee on Homosexual Offenc and Prostutn. It’s a self-help anisatn workg for the rights of homosexual men and women.