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1950s: Over 1000 men were in prison because of their sexuality. 1967: The Sexual Offences Bill was passed . This bill decriminalised homosexual acts between two men — so long as they were over 21, both consenting, and conducted the sexual acts in the privacy of their own homes.
The 2000s saw the age of consent lowered to the same age for homosexual and heterosexual acts, the UK Government lifted the ban on lesbians, gay and bisexual people serving in the Armed Forces...
Mar 2, 2010 · Some women kept on campaigning through the 1940s and 1950s, for example for equal pay, which they gained in the public sector in 1955. Other excluded groups were not wholly silent. Pensioners had been organising to fight for higher pensions since the mid 1930s.
1395 – John Rykener, known also as Johannes Richer and Eleanor, was a transvestite prostitute working mainly in London (near Cheapside), but also active in Oxford. He was arrested in 1395 for cross-dressing and interrogated.
Jun 28, 2017 · The gay rights movement in the United States began in the 1920s and saw huge progress in the 2000s, with laws prohibiting homosexual activity struck down and a Supreme Court ruling legalizing...
May 12, 2022 · The contrast between the experience of Christine Jorgensen and other lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in the 1950s and 60s—who were routinely discriminated against, harassed, and arrested—emphasizes the way that legislation is designed to enforce heteronormative gender roles and expectations.
Jul 15, 2017 · Fifty years after homosexuality was partially decriminalised, Keith Biddlecombe tells BuzzFeed News about what happened when he was sent to prison in the 1950s, and the devastating tragedy that...
