LGBTQ Rights in the UK

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Created on: 12-02-20 19:10

1533 - Buggery Act

First anti-gay law = during a period of great social change (Henry VIII)

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1828 - Offences against the person Act

List of illegal offences = included buggery = repealed the Buggery Act and not as specific

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1895 - Oscar Wilde Case

sentenced to 2 years hard labour for being gay - high profile case

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1951 - Roberto Cowell

First male to female transition surgery = trans rights?

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1958 - Alan Turning suicide

inventor of the computer

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1967 - Homosexuality legalised (England and Wales)

Passed through Private Members Bill = Age of consent is 21 (because they need time to decide the "lifestyle")

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1970 - Gay Liberation Front

sexual liberation - activists for gay rights popularised in the 70s

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1985 - AIDS epidemic = Clause 28

Clause 28 = Teachers were condemned to talk about gay relationships/ discourage it = fear of losing their job = fear of the 'gays'

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1994 - Age of Consent = 18

Still need a few more years in comparison to consider lifestyle in comparison to heterosexual consent (16 years)

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2001 - Age of Consent = 16

Finally in line with the age of consent for heterosexual people

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2003 - Clause 28 Repealed

No repercussions for teachers to talk about gay relationships

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2005 - Civil Partnerships introduced

only for gay couples = receive some legal recognition but ultimately different to marriage

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2014 - Same Sex Marriage legalised

except for Northern Ireland (veto from devolution) - A year before the USA

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2019 - Northern Ireland legalised gay marriage

Was done by Westminster Parliament during dissolution of Irish Parliament to get it through due to DUP veto

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Comparison to US 1 = SCOTUS v Parliament

The cases in the US will not legislate it into the constitution (Congress) and is done by the Supreme Court = Parliament means the laws are changing the constitution = structure of the two systems = Congress won't decide on controversial matters

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2020 - First same sex marriage in Northern Ireland

Finally yay

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List of illegal offences = included buggery = repealed the Buggery Act and not as specific

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1828 - Offences against the person Act

Card 3

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sentenced to 2 years hard labour for being gay - high profile case

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Card 4

Front

First male to female transition surgery = trans rights?

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inventor of the computer

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