Tag: Margaret Thatcher
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.
Gay pardons for up to 100,000 men welcomed
The government has today confirmed the granting of pardons to men convicted under historic anti-gay laws, pre-2003, for consenting adult same-sex behaviour, where such behaviour is no longer a crime today.
Margaret Thatcher’s campaign to save Soho’s gay institutions
She’s back, has had a change of heart on Section 28 and is now a cabaret sensation in ‘Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho’.
Margaret Thatcher Dies After Stroke
Baroness Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell has announced.