Read CNN’s Fast Facts on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng ton the Uned Stat, and learn more about their stggle for equal rights.
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KEY DAT FOR LBIAN, GAY, BI AND TRANS EQUALY
Key dat Stonewall's history and the velopment of lbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) history terms of social, polil and legislative change, reprentatn and visibily. * lgbt timeline uk *
This is an overview of key dat not jt Stonewall's history, but the velopment of lbian, gay, bi and trans history terms of social, polil and legislative change, reprentatn and visibily. The Wolfenn Commtee publish a report, remendg that ‘homosexual behavur between nsentg adults private should no longer be a crimal offence’. The Liberal Party (now the Liberal Democrats) beme the first UK polil party to support LGBT rights, passg a motn at nference to support ‘full equaly for homosexuals’, cludg equalisg the age of nsent.
The Gay Christian Movement is found at a public meetg at the Sir John Cass School the Cy of London (the anisatn's name later changed to the Lbian and Gay Christian Movement and then One Body One Fah 2017). At a Campaign for Homosexual Equaly nference, Amnty Internatnal is lled upon to take up the issue of the persecutn of lbians and gay men.
A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
Chris Smh, Labour MP for Islgton South and Fsbury, speaks openly about his sexual orientatn and be the first openly gay MP, 10 years after Mreen Colquhoun me out as the first lbian MP. The Act stat that a lol thory "shall not tentnally promote homosexualy or publish material wh the tentn of promotg homosexualy" or "promote the teachg any mataed school of the acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship". Euan Sutherland plaed to the European Commissn of Human Rights that the age of nsent for gay people was two years higher than for heterosexual people.
Sectn 28 is repealed England, Wal and Northern Ireland, liftg the ban on lol thori om ‘the teachg any mataed school of the acceptabily of homosexualy’. Employment Equaly (Sexual Orientatn) Regulatns be law the UK, makg illegal to discrimate agast lbians, gay and bi people the workplace. 10 years after the ban on lbian, gay and bi people the ary is lifted, all armed forc are members of Stonewall’s Diversy Champns Programme.
The Department of Health lifts the lifetime ban on gay and bi men donatg blood, although a 12-month celibacy clse is still place orr for men who have sex wh men to be eligible to donate.