Guys Sound Off On What It Was Like To Be Gay In The '90s | Meaws - Gay Se providg ol gay stori and articl

Contents:

• 'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF
• GROWG UP GAY THE 1990S: HAS THAT MUCH CHANGED FOR TODAY'S GAY YOUTH?
• GUYS SOUND OFF ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY IN THE ’90S

'THAT '90S SHOW' VIEWERS TORN OVER GAY REPRENTATN NETFLIX SPOFF

In May 1990, 35 LGBT activists me together at the London Lbian and Gay Centre Farrgdon, and beme the jot -founrs of OutRage! The activist group was created om the anger at ntual vlence towards the gay muny, particular the murr of Michael Boothe, who was kicked to ath Wt London, and the rise numbers of gay and bisexual men beg arrted and nvicted for nsentg, victimls behavur. The group was mted to radil, non-vlent direct actn and civil disobedience - one of their first protts was June 1990 at the toilets Hy Park, where they protted agast the Metroplan Police and their entrapment of gay men.

GROWG UP GAY THE 1990S: HAS THAT MUCH CHANGED FOR TODAY'S GAY YOUTH?

Found by Constable Jam Bradly, the GPA reprented the needs and terts of gay and bisexual police officers and police staff across the UK.

Their objectiv were to: promote equal oppotunti for gay and bisexual men and women the police service; offer advice and support to gay and bisexual men and women the police service; and improve relatns between the police service and the wir gay muny.

GUYS SOUND OFF ON WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY IN THE ’90S

One of GPA’s most otandg achievements me over a later, 2003, when they persuad Chief Constabl to allow gay Police Officers to march uniform Gay Pri march. Back 1948, the World Health Organisatn (WHO) published the Internatnal Classifitn Of Diseas (ICD-6) which classified homosexualy as a sexual viatn that was prumed to reflect an unrlyg personaly disorr. It wasn’t until 1992, and the publitn of ICD-10 that homosexualy was removed om the list of mental disorrs, explicy statg that the sexual orientatn by self is not nsired a disorr.

Conservative Member of Parliament Edwa Currie troduced an act to lower the age of nsent for gay men - which at the time was 21 years old - to be the same as the age of nsent for heterosexual acts - 16 years old. Such as handcuffg themselv to sks wh the Sunday Tim offic, prottg MPs, and ridg an open top b around london wh a megaphone, prottg Clse 28 - the banng of any tnal promotnal of homosexualy the UK. Even though gay sex had been crimilised, Gary Abdie, David Godey, Mark Love, Jonathon Moore, Craig Turner, Norman Williams and Terry Connell were all nvicted unr sectn 13 of the 1956 Act bee more than two men had sex togehter, which still remaed illegal.