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Contents:
- A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
- WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
- LONDON PRI PARA: HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
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The laws on homosexualy and heterosexualyPARLIAMENT UK, 2012; NCBI, 2012The legal age of sexual nsent for heterosexuals the UK is 16. The Sexual Offenc Act 1967 ma chang so that homosexual men over the age of 21 uld have sexual relatnships, 1994 a further change saw rced to those aged over Sexual Offenc (Amendment) Act 2000 ma the ag of legal nsent for heterosexuals and homosexuals equal and the legal age of nsent for homosexual people was changed to 16.
WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
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Image source, Getty ImagIt's 50 years sce the partial crimalisatn of homosexual sex England and Wal.
LONDON PRI PARA: HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
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Approval fell the 1980s when the Aids crisis and the troductn of sectn 28 - a law prohibg the promotn or teachg of homosexualy schools - uld have swayed public opn acrdg to NatCen, the thk tank which ns the a steady and rapid rise om the early 1990s reflects a wir trend of social liberalisatn, somethg also seen changg attus to pre-maral sex. Approval of pre-maral sex grew ially among the young - as they got olr they retaed that belief, and soon both old and young were more liberal on the same-sex relatnships the shift attu has been quicker - not only did young people wh liberal views get olr, but olr people changed their mds, might part be bee chang the law, such as the legalisatn of civil partnerships and then gay marriage, have a powerful fluence on people's views, a NatCen spokman suggts.