2. Laws regarding homosexuality have changed monumentally over the past
100 years.
Currently homosexuals are struggling to gain acceptance to marry in
churches in the UK.
Going back in history…
In 1965, in the House Of Lords, Lord Arran proposed the decriminalisation of
male homosexual acts, lesbianism had never been illegal. Two years after in
1967 the Sexual Offences Act 1967 was passed.
There were conditions for this, these were that the act had to be consensual,
take place in private and involve only people that had attained the age of 21.
This was a higher age of consent than that for heterosexual acts, which was
set at 16. The acts were not allowed to happen in the home if a third person
was in, and even if they weren’t in the same room.
However, in 2001, the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act
2000 came in to place. The Act came into force throughout the United
Kingdom on 8 January 2001, lowering the age of consent to 16. Also
introduced was an age of consent for lesbian sexual acts.
3. Previously, having not being able to adopt, same sex couples were allowed to
have a child of their own when the Adoption and Children Act 2002
and could adopt either as a couple or as a single parent.
Soon after, Parliament went on to legalise same sex civil partnerships on 18
November 2004 with the passage of the Civil Partnership Act.
On 16 September 2011, the British Government announced plans to start a
consultation on same-sex civil marriage, which it responded to on 11 December
2012, proposing to introduce legislation to allow civil and religious same-
sex marriage in early 2013.
As you can see, Homosexuals have been through a tough time fighting for their
rights as human beings and still are fighting. Their rights are still developing in our
society today.
4. Same-sex acts
legal – since
1967.
Same sex
couples as both
parents on a birth
certificate – since
2009
LGBT people Religious marriage
allowed to Homosexuality for same-sex
serve openly in declassified as an couples –
military – since illness – since legislation to be
2000. 1968. voted on in 2013
(GBR)
5. These facts will be used in our documentary to help give some background to
the struggles that Homosexuals have fought to overcome in the past 60 years.
We will focus heavily on homosexual marriage and adoption and we will ask
members of the public what they think about homosexuals having these rights.
6. These facts will be used in our documentary to help give some background to
the struggles that Homosexuals have fought to overcome in the past 60 years.
We will focus heavily on homosexual marriage and adoption and we will ask
members of the public what they think about homosexuals having these rights.
