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Contents:
- A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
- WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
- LONDON PRI PARA: HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
- WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE A CRIME?
A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
The Pri para London tak place every summer. Pri events are held all over the world support of LGBTQ rights. Fd out about the history of gay rights the UK. * when was gay made legal in uk *
The act, which crimalised homosexual sex acts between nsentg men over the age of 21, opened the door to a slew of legal and social chang which would transform the way Brish society viewed same-sex relatnships over the next 50 are some of the key dat the history of gay rights the UK:1533: The Buggery Act, the first ever law to specifilly outlaw anal sex, was signed to English law. 1957: The Wolfenn mtee published s report, based on three years of ttimony om police, psychiatrists and gay men but one of the mtee's 15 members, drawn om the world of polics, law, medice and amia, agreed that homosexual acts between nsentg men over the age of legal majory - 21 at the time - should not be a matter for the law. 1988: Then-Prime Mister Margaret Thatcher troduced an amendment to the Lol Government Act 1988 banng state schools om teachg or promotg the "acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship" notor "Sectn 28" ed wispread outrage and as the talyst for a massive surge gay activism, cludg the formatn of LGBT rights group Stonewall UK.
WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE LEGAL THE UK?
The 1967 Sexual Offenc Act was a game-changer for gay men. Our wrers reflect on what changed, and what didn’t * when was gay made legal in uk *
1988: In the year 1988, unr the ernance of Margaret Thatcher, sectn 28 prohibed the ‘promotn’ of homosexualy and rtricted teachg about homosexualy schools. Although female homosexualy was never directly targeted by any legislatn, was however discsed parliament for the first time 1921 wh the aim to troduce discrimatory legislatn (to bee the Crimal Law Amendment Bill 1921). The Report of the Departmental Commtee on Homosexual Offenc and Prostutn, better known as the Wolfenn Report, was published 1957, three years after the mtee first met September 1954.
It was missned rponse to evince that homosexualy uld not legimately be regard as a disease and aimed to brg about change the current law by makg remendatns to the Government. Sometim a Q+ is add which stands for queer and + is an clive symbol to mean 'and others' to clu people of all well as an opportuny to raise awarens of the fight for equal rights for the LGBT muny, Pri is also a celebratn of the USJune is particularly signifint as this is Pri Month the US, which is where the movement fightg for gay rights began wh the Stonewall rts June has been celebrated all over the world over the last few weeks.
LONDON PRI PARA: HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
Bra is celebratg the anniversary of the 1967 act, but fact anti-gay laws were enforced more aggrsively by the state after was passed * when was gay made legal in uk *
The law changed Northern Ireland and Stland later, but was never illegal for two though the law changed the UK, is still illegal to be gay some parts of the world. For hundreds of years, gay people have stggled to be accepted and treated the same way as people who are not have been opprsed and even killed bee of who they have feelgs for.
Media ptn, WATCH: It was a 'very lonely' life when beg gay was illegal (Augt 2017)Profsor Brian Heaphy, an expert om the Universy of Manchter, explas: "Homosexualy was often treated as an illns by doctors and psychiatrists, who thought they uld 'heal' people by treatg them.
WHEN DID BEG GAY BEE A CRIME?
A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl. * when was gay made legal in uk *
"Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people were often forced to hi their inti om their fai, iends, lleagu and public to avoid the risk of beg sgled out, harassed or beg a victim of vlence. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, This photo shows people France prottg agast gay marriage (the banner says 'No marriage' French)There were laws that stopped gay people om havg the same rights as people who were not gay. The ernment did not make the chang at first and more people started to mpaign for the rights of gay source, Getty ImagImage ptn, This man, John Wolfenn, led the group which ma remendatns to the ernment about how the law should be changedEventually, the law was changed 1967, which allowed two men to be a relatnship together whout the fear of beg though this happened, there were still many laws place at the time which meant that gay people did not have the same rights as people who were not gay.