Tag: decriminalisation
India: Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law
India’s landmark Supreme Court decision that criminalising consensual same-sex conduct is unconstitutional is a major victory for human rights and the LGBT people’s rights to privacy and non-discrimination in the world’s second most populous country, Human Rights Watch said today.
Theresa May urged: compensate convicted gay men
The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, was today urged to «compensate living men who were convicted under discriminatory, anti-gay laws – both before and after 1967 – in instances where their behaviour is now no longer a crime».
Ireland marks 25th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality
25th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality marked by a State Reception this evening in Dublin Castle this evening.
Love is the only law – 50 years legal single release
Eastenders Star June Brown MBE joins Union J singer Jaymi Hensley and a whole host of LGBTQI+ celebrities to record a charity single and video to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales.
John Wolfenden: Not so liberal after all
60th anniversary of Wolfenden recommending partial decriminalisation.
Sexual Offences Act 1967: Reform and repression
The criminalisation of homosexuality did not end in the UK until 2013 – a full 46 years after the Sexual Offences Act 1967. So don’t be misled by the celebrations on 27 July, which will mark the fiftieth anniversary of this legislation.