You may be wonrg why the Sunshe State has e unr tense natnal scty over legislatn that crics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law.
Contents:
- SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW & HOW DO IT AFFECT YOU?
- GAY RIGHTS
- WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW & HOW DO IT AFFECT YOU?
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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - You may be wonrg why the Sunshe State has e unr tense natnal scty over legislatn that crics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law. In that ve, they have labeled the measure the "Don't Say Gay" bill. 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.
GAY RIGHTS
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. 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.
WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
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.
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For all other homosexual acts the age of nsent was the same as for heterosexual acts. The age of nsent the Irish Republic is still 17 (as prevly Northern Ireland) for both heterosexual and homosexual acts.