The Isle of Man has fally legalized same-sex marriage after a long overdue mpaign for equal rights for gay upl the Brish penncy.
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”. ”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.
People know that I’m gay. It was the last part of the islands to legalise homosexualy 1992 – but a vote today nfirmed won’t be the last to troduce same-sex marriage.
ISLE OF MAN LEAR DRAWS LE UNR 'DARK DAYS' AND AIMS TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE
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He said: “People know that I’m gay.