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THE BEATL STAR REVEALS THE BAND’S ATTU ABOUT GAY PEOPLE
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. 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.