Brian Epste will be remembered for troducg The Beatl to a global dience, but their gay manager passed away 50 years ago durg the "Summer of Love" as homosexualy was first crimalised England and Wal.
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So on 27 July 1967, the day that male homosexualy was partially crimalised the UK, the UK No 1 was All You Need Is Love. Nowhere his obuari was his homosexualy mentned. ”Epste was only one of many gay men who were volved the mic dtry at every level the 1960s.
A rally anised by the Campaign for Homosexual Equaly. Photograph: Hulton Dtsch/Corbis via GettyFrom early on, Brish rock stars, om Cliff Richard and Billy Fury through to the Beatl, had a softer masculy that reflected the gay showbiz i as well as the target market of young femal.
No major Brish star me out as gay durg the 1960s: the fluence of homosexualy, while embedd ep wh pop culture, was still ’s also important to note that the passg of the act had no direct put om pop culture. Unlike Ameri, where the homophile movement – as was lled 1966 – was pursued by young activists and termed prsure groups, the attempt to change the UK laws was unrtaken wh tradnal lobbyg and parliamentary guil.