Lbian and Gay Marriage Stland

Contents:

• COMG OOT: THE FABULO HISTORY OF GAY STLAND
• GAY MARRIAGE SCOTLAND
• GAY MARRIAGE LAW TO EFFECT STLAND
• ILLEGAL TO BE GAY - STLAND'S HISTORY

COMG OOT: THE FABULO HISTORY OF GAY STLAND

For many years Stland jt did not do gay. Homosexualy was dangero and taboo, and was actually agast the law right up to the 1980s. So how did a untry that seemed to take pri s prejudic end up wh the bt gay rights Europe?

GAY MARRIAGE SCOTLAND

"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 men were known to exist but they did not f the Sttish image of robt masculy.

GAY MARRIAGE LAW TO EFFECT STLAND

Homosexual men were forced unrground to public toilets or illic Meek says: "The nsequenc of beg ught were signifint. You uld be sacked for a ht of homosexualy, never md a prosecutn.

ILLEGAL TO BE GAY - STLAND'S HISTORY

"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".

"He saw homosexualy as the first step to moral turpu. "It took a for the remendatns of the Wolfenn report to be bee law England and Wal, crimalisg homosexualy for men over 21.