The prospect of urty tl for same-sex partners aris om the Coaln's ntroversial proposal to give gay and lbian upl the right to marry.
Contents:
- THE HONOURABLE DAVID FURNISH? GAY PARTNERS OF KNIGHTS AND PEERS MAY BE GIVEN URTY TL LATT EQUALY DRIVE
- STEP FORWARD INTO PAST FOR BRISH GAY COUPL: COATS OF ARMS
THE HONOURABLE DAVID FURNISH? GAY PARTNERS OF KNIGHTS AND PEERS MAY BE GIVEN URTY TL LATT EQUALY DRIVE
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“They were ashamed of their sexualy and genr inty so our unter to gay shame was Gay Pri, ” Peter Tatchell – one of the people who anised that 1972 Pri march – recently told GAY TIMES.
“Back then the overwhelmg amount of LGBTQ+ people were closeted, shameful and didn’t believe they were entled to equal rights, ” Peter told , addg that gay patrons outsi of queer pubs would throw s and beer bottl at them. “They said we were extremists, they said that mandg equal rights for gay people would only draw public attentn to and rult further opprsn, ” Peter explaed. In the UK we’ve fought for and won many rights – om same-sex marriage, equal age of nsent, the Genr Regnn Act, and the right to adopt, through to repealg the homophobic Sectn 28 that probed the teachg of LGBTQ+ experienc schools the 90s.
STEP FORWARD INTO PAST FOR BRISH GAY COUPL: COATS OF ARMS
The former prs officer for the Brish Iron and Steel Feratn started volunteerg for the Homosexual Law Reform Society (HLRS) 1958, which mpaigned to change laws that crimalised gay men.