LGBT Rights Northern Ireland, Uned Kgdom: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
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NORTHERN IRELAND GAY RIGHTS ASSOCIATN
Northern Ireland was left out of the Sexual Offenc Act 1967 and sex between men remaed illegal until the Homosexual Offenc (Northern Ireland) Orr 1982 which set an age of nsent of 21, the same as the rt of the UK at that time.
There had been a prev attempt at crimalisatn, via the draft Homosexual Offenc (Northern Ireland) Orr 1978, but this had failed bee "a substantial body of opn" the provce was opposed to .