LGBT Rights Isle of Man: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- THREE CHEERS FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE THAT END THE ISLE OF MAN’S DARK HISTORY OF BIGOTRY
- ISLE OF MAN LEAR DRAWS LE UNR 'DARK DAYS' AND AIMS TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE
THREE CHEERS FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE THAT END THE ISLE OF MAN’S DARK HISTORY OF BIGOTRY
<strong>Helen Pidd:</strong> When Le Care was born on the Isle of Man 26 years ago, gay sex was punishable by life jail. Last Saturday, he married Zak Tomlson the island’s first-ever marriage ceremony * isle of man gay marriage *
Homosexualy was still illegal unr Manx law until 1992.
But when 26-year-old Care was born on the Isle of Man, gay sex was punishable by life imprisonment. It wasn’t until 1992 that homosexualy was crimalised, after a mpaign by a few tenac lol policians and the queer prsure group Outrage!
He ctomised a pair of striped Marks & Spencer pyjamas wh the pk triangle ed the Nazi mps to mark out gay people, felt-tipped wh the Isle of Man’s three-legged symbol. Take the remarks by Mr RE Que, reprentg the Ayre nstuency, durg a bate 1987 to discs “provisns to legalise homosexual acts between nsentg mal private”.
ISLE OF MAN LEAR DRAWS LE UNR 'DARK DAYS' AND AIMS TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE
* isle of man gay marriage *
”When I vised the island 28 years later, everyone I spoke to knew that Bell was gay, but told me he would never adm public.