Sttish Government policy on ensurg equaly for Stland's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex cizens and muni.
Contents:
- COMG OOT: THE FABULO HISTORY OF GAY STLAND
- GAY MARRIAGE SCOTLAND
- GAY MARRIAGE LAW TO EFFECT STLAND
- STTISH EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV GAY MARRIAGE
- WOULD-BE STTISH LEAR UNR FIRE OVER GAY MARRIAGE STANCE
COMG OOT: THE FABULO HISTORY OF GAY STLAND
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"He says homosexualy was somethg fai, relig stutns, the medil profsn and society at large all chose to source, Elae LivgstoneImage ptn, San (left) and Gerrie Douglas-Stt had Nila Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie as wns at their weddg"Growg up queer post-war Stland is sentially occupyg a social and sexual wilrns, " Dr Meek of male homosexualy had been outlawed for centuri and were ma stricter the late 19th Century but same-sex ntact between women had never been targeted law and was not illegal.
GAY MARRIAGE SCOTLAND
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Homosexual men were forced unrground to public toilets or illic Meek says: "The nsequenc of beg ught were signifint. "Image source, Equaly Network/Same Love PhotographyImage ptn, Douglas Pretsell and Peter Gloster formalised their marriage SydneyPeople went to prison for sometim two years or were locked up psychiatric 1957, after a succsn of well-known men were nvicted of homosexual offenc, the Wolfenn report remend that "homosexual behavur between nsentg adults private should no longer be a crimal offence". "It took a for the remendatns of the Wolfenn report to be bee law England and Wal, crimalisg homosexualy for men over 21.
But bee of Jam Adair, homosexualy Stland remaed illegal, classified as crimally-praved source, Getty ImagMany gay Sts had to rign themselv to a life the 1969, a brave group of gay Sts cid they uld not change their sexualy so they set out to change SMG (Sttish Mori Group) arranged diss and get-togethers for gay men and for lbian women. The SMG started to make money and leased property Broughton Street Edburgh where set up the Gay Informatn Centre and operated a telephone, historian and gay activist Bob Cant says: "I thk the Sttish Mori Group serv an enormo amount of cred.
GAY MARRIAGE LAW TO EFFECT STLAND
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"Thirteen years after the law was reformed England, Labour MP Rob Cook lodged an amendment the Sttish Crimal Jtice Bill and homosexualy was fally crimalised Stland ptn, Leanne and Marie Banks were one of the first gay upl Stland to bee marriedThat saw an explosn of gay culture to the mastream.
STTISH EPISPAL CHURCH APPROV GAY MARRIAGE
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In Glasgow, the gay mec was mentator Damian Barr tells a BBC Stland documentary: "I uld not have imaged a place like this existed.
WOULD-BE STTISH LEAR UNR FIRE OVER GAY MARRIAGE STANCE
"Dpe the study relatg to dg addicts and the figur beg batable, homosexual sex was once aga portrayed as somethg to 1987 Margaret Thatcher's ernment went to war wh the gay source, Tged Memori / Equaly NetworkImage ptn, Joe Schofield (left) and partner Mallm Brown (right) were among the first to marry unr the new lawThe prime mister told the Tory nference: "Children who need to be tght the tradnal moral valu are beg tght that they have an alienable right to be gay.