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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Guernsey" title="Same-sex marriage in Guernsey">
Guernsey
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Jersey" title="Same-sex marriage in Jersey">
Jersey
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Same-sex marriage in the Isle of Man">
Isle of Man
</a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Same-sex marriage in Akrotiri and Dhekelia">
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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<span>
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Bermuda" title="Same-sex marriage in Bermuda">
Bermuda
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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<span>
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_British_Antarctic_Territory" title="Same-sex marriage in the British Antarctic Territory">
British Antarctic Territory
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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<span>
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Same-sex marriage in the British Indian Ocean Territory">
British Indian Ocean Territory
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File">
<span>
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands">
Cayman Islands
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File">
<span>
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Falkland Islands">
Falkland Islands
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File">
<span>
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Gibraltar" title="Same-sex marriage in Gibraltar">
Gibraltar
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Pitcairn Islands">
Pitcairn Islands
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
<span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File">
<span>
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Same-sex marriage in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">
Saint Helena, Ascension and
<br/>
Tristan da Cunha
</a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
<span class="flagicon">
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</span>
</span>
</span>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">
South Georgia and the
<br/>
South Sandwich Islands
</a>
</td>
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Policy aspects
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Sexual orientation
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<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex adoption in the United Kingdom">
Adoption
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Age-of-consent_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Age-of-consent reform in the United Kingdom">
Age of consent
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom">
Blood donation
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Christianity_and_homosexuality" title="Christianity and homosexuality">
Christian nation
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">
Civil partnership
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom">
History of violence
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom">
HIV/AIDS
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_the_military_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sexual orientation and the military of the United Kingdom">
Military policy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">
Same-sex marriage
</a>
</li>
</ul>
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Gender identity, sex and intersex
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/21st-century_anti-trans_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="21st-century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom">
21st-century anti-trans movement
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transgender rights in the United Kingdom">
Transgender rights
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Intersex_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intersex rights in the United Kingdom">
Intersex rights
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/NHS_Gender_Identity_Development_Service" title="NHS Gender Identity Development Service">
NHS Gender Identity Development Service
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Panel" title="Gender Recognition Panel">
Gender Recognition Panel
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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Criminality
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<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">
Buggery Act 1533
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1828" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1828">
Offences Against the Person Act 1828
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1861" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1861">
Offences Against the Person Act 1861
</a>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Labouchere_Amendment" title="Labouchere Amendment">
Labouchere Amendment
</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">
Wolfenden report
</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">
Sexual Offences Act 1967
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">
Homosexual Offences Order 1982
</a>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">
Section 28
</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994" title="Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994">
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000" title="Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000">
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_2003" title="Sexual Offences Act 2003">
Sexual Offences Act 2003
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Policing_and_Crime_Act_2017" title="Policing and Crime Act 2017">
Policing and Crime Act 2017
</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a class="mw-selflink selflink">
Alan Turing law
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Merchant_Shipping_(Homosexual_Conduct)_Act_2017" title="Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017">
Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Historical_Sexual_Offences_(Pardons_and_Disregards)_(Scotland)_Act_2018" title="Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018">
Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
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Protection and recognition
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Public_Order_Act_1986" title="Public Order Act 1986">
Public Order Act 1986
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sex_Discrimination_Act_1975" title="Sex Discrimination Act 1975">
Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Adoption_and_Children_Act_2002" title="Adoption and Children Act 2002">
Adoption and Children Act 2002
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2003" title="Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003">
Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">
Civil Partnership Act 2004
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">
Gender Recognition Act 2004
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2006" title="Equality Act 2006">
Equality Act 2006
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2007" title="Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007">
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Immigration_Act_2008" title="Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008">
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Human_Fertilisation_and_Embryology_Act_2008" title="Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008">
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">
Equality Act 2010
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014" title="Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014">
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnerships,_Marriages_and_Deaths_(Registration_etc)_Act_2019" title="Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019">
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
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Litigation
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<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Corbett_v_Corbett" title="Corbett v Corbett">
Corbett v Corbett
</a>
</i>
(1969)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/X_v_United_Kingdom" title="X v United Kingdom">
X v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
(1978)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Dudgeon_v_United_Kingdom" title="Dudgeon v United Kingdom">
Dudgeon v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
(1981)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/R_v_Brown" title="R v Brown">
R v Brown
</a>
</i>
(1993)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Sutherland_v_United_Kingdom" title="Sutherland v United Kingdom">
Sutherland v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
(1994)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Smith_and_Grady_v_United_Kingdom" title="Smith and Grady v United Kingdom">
Smith and Grady v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
(1999)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Goodwin_%26_I_v_United_Kingdom" title="Goodwin &amp; I v United Kingdom">
Goodwin &amp; I v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
(2002)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/HJ_and_HT_v_Home_Secretary" title="HJ and HT v Home Secretary">
HJ and HT v Home Secretary
</a>
</i>
(2010)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/National_AIDS_Trust_v_NHS_Service_Commissioning_Board" title="National AIDS Trust v NHS Service Commissioning Board">
National AIDS Trust v NHS Service Commissioning Board
</a>
</i>
(2016)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/R_(Christie_Elan-Cane)_v_Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" title="R (Christie Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department">
Cane v Home Secretary
</a>
</i>
(2021)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Bell_v_Tavistock" title="Bell v Tavistock">
Bell v Tavistock
</a>
</i>
(2021)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Bell_v_Tavistock#AB_v_CD_and_others" title="Bell v Tavistock">
AB v CD and others
</a>
</i>
(2021)
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/For_Women_Scotland_Ltd_v_The_Scottish_Ministers" title="For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers">
For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
</a>
</i>
(2025)
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;">
<big>
Culture
</big>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
By city
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_community_of_Brighton_and_Hove" title="LGBT community of Brighton and Hove">
Brighton
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Cardiff" title="LGBT culture in Cardiff">
Cardiff
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_London" title="LGBT culture in London">
London
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Liverpool" title="LGBT culture in Liverpool">
Liverpool
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Leeds" title="LGBT culture in Leeds">
Leeds
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Manchester" title="Timeline of LGBT history in Manchester">
Manchester
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
<a href="/wiki/Gay_village#UK_Gay_villages" title="Gay village">
Gay villages
</a>
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Gay_Village" title="Birmingham Gay Village">
Birmingham Gay Village
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/The_Calls" title="The Calls">
The Calls
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(Manchester)" title="Canal Street (Manchester)">
Canal Street (Manchester)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Old_Compton_Street" title="Old Compton Street">
Old Compton Street
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_Quarter,_Liverpool" title="Pride Quarter, Liverpool">
Pride Quarter, Liverpool
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Vauxhall" title="Vauxhall">
Vauxhall
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
Gay male
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Polari" title="Polari">
Polari
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_bathhouses_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Gay bathhouses in the United Kingdom">
Saunas
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_cruising_in_England_and_Wales" title="Gay cruising in England and Wales">
Cruising
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;">
<big>
Organisations
</big>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
LGBT advocacy and support
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">
Stonewall
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93Carpenter_Archives" title="HallCarpenter Archives">
HallCarpenter Archives
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Black_Gay_Men%27s_Advisory_Group" title="Black Gay Men's Advisory Group">
Black Gay Men's Advisory Group
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Akt_(charity)" title="Akt (charity)">
Akt
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Naz_and_Matt_Foundation" title="Naz and Matt Foundation">
Naz and Matt Foundation
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Families_and_Friends_of_Lesbians_and_Gays" title="Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays">
FFLAG
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT_Foundation" title="LGBT Foundation">
LGBT Foundation
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT_Network" title="LGBT Network">
LGBT Network
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Outright_Scotland" title="Outright Scotland">
Outright Scotland
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Switchboard_(UK)" title="Switchboard (UK)">
Switchboard (UK)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/NUS_LGBT" title="NUS LGBT">
NUS LGBT
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Liberal_Democrats" title="LGBT+ Liberal Democrats">
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Conservatives" title="LGBT+ Conservatives">
LGBT+ Conservatives
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Labour" title="LGBT+ Labour">
LGBT+ Labour
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Labour_Campaign_for_Trans_Rights" title="Labour Campaign for Trans Rights">
Labour Campaign for Trans Rights
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mermaids_(charity)" title="Mermaids (charity)">
Mermaids
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Press_for_Change" title="Press for Change">
Press for Change
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/The_Gender_Trust" title="The Gender Trust">
The Gender Trust
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
<a href="/wiki/Pride_parade#United_Kingdom" title="Pride parade">
Pride events
</a>
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/BiCon_(UK)" title="BiCon (UK)">
BiCon (UK)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Big_Gay_Out_(London)" title="Big Gay Out (London)">
Big Gay Out
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Pride" title="Birmingham Pride">
Birmingham Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bourne_Free" title="Bourne Free">
Bourne Free
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Brighton_Pride" title="Brighton Pride">
Brighton Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bristol_Pride" title="Bristol Pride">
Bristol Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Pride" title="Doncaster Pride">
Doncaster Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/GFest_%E2%80%93_gayWise_LGBT_Arts_Festival" title="GFest gayWise LGBT Arts Festival">
GFest gayWise LGBT Arts Festival
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Glasgay!_Festival" title="Glasgay! Festival">
Glasgay! Festival
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Homotopia_(festival)" title="Homotopia (festival)">
Homotopia (Liverpool)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn_and_West_Norfolk_Pride" title="King's Lynn and West Norfolk Pride">
King's Lynn and West Norfolk Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Leeds_Pride" title="Leeds Pride">
Leeds Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Leicester_Pride" title="Leicester Pride">
Leicester Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_History_Month" title="LGBT History Month">
LGBT History Month
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/BFI_Flare:_London_LGBT_Film_Festival" title="BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival">
BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Manchester_Pride" title="Manchester Pride">
Manchester Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_UK" title="Mr Gay UK">
Mr Gay UK
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_Wales" title="Mr Gay Wales">
Mr Gay Wales
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Northern_Pride_(festival)" title="Northern Pride (festival)">
Northern Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Norwich_Pride" title="Norwich Pride">
Norwich Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_Pride" title="Nottinghamshire Pride">
Nottinghamshire Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_Cymru" title="Pride Cymru">
Pride Cymru
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_Glasgow" title="Pride Glasgow">
Pride Glasgow
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_in_Hull" title="Pride in Hull">
Pride in Hull
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_in_Liverpool" title="Pride in Liverpool">
Pride in Liverpool
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">
Pride in London
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_Scotia" title="Pride Scotia">
Pride Scotia
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Reading_Pride" title="Reading Pride">
Reading Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Swansea_Pride" title="Swansea Pride">
Swansea Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Worthing_Pride" title="Worthing Pride">
Worthing Pride
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
Former groups
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/OutRage!" title="OutRage!">
OutRage!
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality" title="Campaign for Homosexual Equality">
Campaign for Homosexual Equality
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Society" title="Homosexual Law Reform Society">
Homosexual Law Reform Society
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front" title="Gay Liberation Front">
Gay Liberation Front
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_Rights_Working_Party" title="Gay Rights Working Party">
Gay Rights Working Party
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Order_of_Chaeronea" title="Order of Chaeronea">
Order of Chaeronea
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
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<tr>
<th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;">
<big>
History
</big>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
Topics
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom">
Timeline
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_politicians_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom">
List of politicians
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/List_of_the_first_LGBT_holders_of_political_offices_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom">
First LGBT officeholders
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom">
Violence against LGBT people
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom">
HIV/AIDS crisis
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Death_penalty_for_homosexuality" title="Death penalty for homosexuality">
Death penalty
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-content">
<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
<div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom">
Timeline
</a>
</div>
<div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none">
<tbody>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
342
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<abbr title="Men who have sex with men">
MSM
</abbr>
activity
<a href="/wiki/Codex_Theodosianus" title="Codex Theodosianus">
made illegal
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
1533
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">
Death penalty introduced
</a>
for MSM activity
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1543
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Buggery Act extended to Wales
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
1828
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1828" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1828">
Offences Against the Person Act 1828
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1835
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/James_Pratt_and_John_Smith" title="James Pratt and John Smith">
James Pratt and John Smith
</a>
executed
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
1861
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1861" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1861">
Death penalty for buggery abolished
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1885
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Labouchere_Amendment" title="Labouchere Amendment">
Labouchere Amendment
</a>
introduced
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1889
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Street_scandal" title="Cleveland Street scandal">
Cleveland Street scandal
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1895
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">
Oscar Wilde
</a>
found guilty of gross indecency
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1912
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/The_Cave_of_the_Golden_Calf" title="The Cave of the Golden Calf">
The Cave of the Golden Calf
</a>
opens
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1921
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Plans to make lesbian activity illegal defeated
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1936
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Mark_Weston_(athlete)" title="Mark Weston (athlete)">
Mark Weston
</a>
transitions
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1952
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/John_Nott-Bower" title="John Nott-Bower">
John Nott-Bower
</a>
begins crackdown
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1954
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Michael_Pitt-Rivers" title="Michael Pitt-Rivers">
Pitt-Rivers
</a>
,
<a href="/wiki/Edward_Douglas-Scott-Montagu,_3rd_Baron_Montagu_of_Beaulieu" title="Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu">
Montagu
</a>
,
<a href="/wiki/Peter_Wildeblood" title="Peter Wildeblood">
Wildeblood
</a>
imprisoned
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1954
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">
Alan Turing
</a>
dies by suicide
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1957
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">
Wolfenden report
</a>
released
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
1967
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">
MSM activity made legal (England &amp; Wales)
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1972
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
First British
<a href="/wiki/Pride_parade" title="Pride parade">
Gay Pride Rally
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1976
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Thorpe_affair" title="Thorpe affair">
Jeremy Thorpe resigns
</a>
as Liberal leader
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1981
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
MSM activity
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">
made legal (Scotland)
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1981
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
First case of
<a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom">
AIDS reported in the UK
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1982
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
MSM activity
<a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">
made legal (
<abbr title="Northern Ireland">
NI
</abbr>
)
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1983
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Gay men
<a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom">
barred from donating blood
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1984
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury" title="Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury">
Chris Smith
</a>
elected as first openly gay MP
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1987
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Operation_Spanner" title="Operation Spanner">
Operation Spanner
</a>
begins
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
1988
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">
Section 28
</a>
comes into force
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1989
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">
Stonewall UK
</a>
forms
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
1994
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Age of consent for MSM becomes 18
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1997
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Angela_Eagle" title="Angela Eagle">
Angela Eagle
</a>
becomes first openly lesbian MP
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1998
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Bolton_7" title="Bolton 7">
Bolton 7
</a>
found guilty
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
1998
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Lord_Alli" title="Lord Alli">
Lord Alli
</a>
becomes first openly gay Lord
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
1999
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/1999_London_nail_bombings" title="1999 London nail bombings">
Admiral Duncan bombing
</a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
2000
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Gay men allowed in HM Armed Forces
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2001
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Age of consent equalised to 16
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2001
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
MSM activity involving multiple men legal
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2002
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Same sex couples granted
<a href="/wiki/Adoption_and_Children_Act_2002" title="Adoption and Children Act 2002">
equal rights to adopt
</a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2003
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Section 28 repealed
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2004
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Civil partnerships introduced
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2004
</b>
</td>
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<a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">
Gender Recognition Act 2004
</a>
</td>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2006
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Discrimination
<a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2006" title="Equality Act 2006">
made illegal
</a>
</td>
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2008
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Human_Fertilisation_and_Embryology_Act_2008" title="Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008">
Equalised access to IVF
</a>
for lesbian couples
</td>
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2008
</td>
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Incitement to homophobic hatred made a crime
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
2009
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Public apology to
<a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">
Alan Turing
</a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2010
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">
Equality Act 2010
</a>
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
2011
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Gay men allowed to donate blood (1 yr deferral)
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
2013
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sinclaire" title="Nikki Sinclaire">
Nikki Sinclaire
</a>
becomes first openly trans MEP
</td>
</tr>
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<td style="text-align:left;">
2013
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2014
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
First
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_UK" title="Same-sex marriage in the UK">
same-sex marriages
</a>
take place
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2016
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
MSM activity not grounds for military discharge
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2017
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Turing_law" title="Turing law">
Turing law
</a>
implemented
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2017
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Blood donation deferral 3 months (excl. NI)
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2019
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
MPs
<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">
legislate
</a>
for
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland">
gay marriage in NI
</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
<b>
2020
</b>
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Gay_marriage" title="Gay marriage">
Gay marriage
</a>
legal across UK, incl. NI
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2020
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
Blood donation deferral 3 months (incl. NI)
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="vertical-align:top">
<td style="text-align:left;">
2021
</td>
<td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">
<a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom">
Blood donation deferral equalised
</a>
</td>
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<p>
"
<b>
Alan Turing law
</b>
" is an informal term for the portion of the
<a href="/wiki/Policing_and_Crime_Act_2017" title="Policing and Crime Act 2017">
Policing and Crime Act 2017
</a>
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which serves to
<a href="/wiki/Pardon" title="Pardon">
pardon
</a>
men who were
<a href="/wiki/Police_caution" title="Police caution">
cautioned
</a>
or
<a href="/wiki/Conviction" title="Conviction">
convicted
</a>
under obsolete laws
<a href="/wiki/Sodomy_law" title="Sodomy law">
criminalising homosexual acts
</a>
.
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The provision is named after
<a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">
Alan Turing
</a>
, the
<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">
World War II
</a>
<a href="/wiki/Cryptanalysis" title="Cryptanalysis">
codebreaker
</a>
and computing pioneer, who was convicted of
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Gross_indecency_(criminal_offence)" title="Gross indecency (criminal offence)">
gross indecency
</a>
in 1952. Turing
<a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing#Government_apology_and_pardon" title="Alan Turing">
received a royal pardon
</a>
posthumously in 2013. The law applies to convictions in
<a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">
England and Wales
</a>
(including military offences, which are tried under English law) and
<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">
Northern Ireland
</a>
; a similar law, the
<a href="/wiki/Historical_Sexual_Offences_(Pardons_and_Disregards)_(Scotland)_Act_2018" title="Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018">
Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018
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,
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was later passed by the Scottish Parliament.
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<p>
Several proposals had been put forward for an Alan Turing law,
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and introducing such a law was government policy since 2015.
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To implement the pardon, the British Government announced on 20 October 2016 that it would support an amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill that would provide a posthumous pardon, and provide a process whereby those still living could apply to have these offences disregarded.
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A rival bill to implement the Alan Turing law, in
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Second_reading" title="Second reading">
second reading
</a>
at the time of the government announcement, was
<a href="/wiki/Filibuster" title="Filibuster">
filibustered
</a>
.
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The bill received
<a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">
royal assent
</a>
on 31 January 2017, and the pardon was implemented that same day.
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The law provides pardons only for men convicted of acts that are no longer offences; those convicted under the same laws of offences that were still crimes on the date the law went into effect, such as
<a href="/wiki/Cottaging" title="Cottaging">
cottaging
</a>
,
<a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent" title="Age of consent">
underage sex
</a>
, or rape, were not pardoned.
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Manchester Withington MP
<a href="/wiki/John_Leech_(politician)" title="John Leech (politician)">
John Leech
</a>
, often described as 'the architect' of the Alan Turing Law, led a high-profile campaign to pardon Turing and submitted several bills to parliament, leading to the eventual posthumous pardon.
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All
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homosexual acts
</a>
between men were illegal until the passing of the
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">
Sexual Offences Act 1967
</a>
in
<a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">
England and Wales
</a>
, the
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">
Criminal Justice Act 1980
</a>
in Scotland, and the
<a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">
Homosexual Offences Order 1982
</a>
in Northern Ireland. As the three regions are separate jurisdictions, and many elements of criminal law are
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Devolved_matter" title="Devolved matter">
devolved matters
</a>
in the United Kingdom, the British Government, by convention, only legislated a pardon for England and Wales.
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<a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">
Alan Turing
</a>
, after whom the proposed law has been informally named, was a
<a href="/wiki/Mathematician" title="Mathematician">
mathematician
</a>
,
<a href="/wiki/Cryptanalysis" title="Cryptanalysis">
codebreaker
</a>
and founding father of
<a href="/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">
computer science
</a>
who died in 1954 in suspicious circumstances, following his conviction for
<a href="/wiki/Gross_indecency" title="Gross indecency">
gross indecency
</a>
in 1952. A campaign to pardon Turing was led by former Manchester Withington MP
<a href="/wiki/John_Leech_(politician)" title="John Leech (politician)">
John Leech
</a>
,
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who called it "utterly disgusting and ultimately just embarrassing"
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that the conviction was upheld as long as it was. Turing himself was pardoned posthumously through the
<a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative_of_mercy" title="Royal prerogative of mercy">
royal prerogative of mercy
</a>
under
<a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">
David Cameron
</a>
in 2013,
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but contrary to the requests of some campaigners including Leech, the
<a href="/wiki/Astronomer_Royal" title="Astronomer Royal">
Astronomer Royal
</a>
<a href="/wiki/Martin_Rees" title="Martin Rees">
Martin Rees
</a>
and the activist and journalist
<a href="/wiki/Peter_Tatchell" title="Peter Tatchell">
Peter Tatchell
</a>
, his pardon was not immediately followed by pardons for anyone else convicted.
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Leech submitted several motions and campaigned for half a decade as an MP for a more general pardon and continued to do so after losing his seat in the
<a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">
2015 general election
</a>
.
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Proposals
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The
<a href="/wiki/Protection_of_Freedoms_Act_2012" title="Protection of Freedoms Act 2012">
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
</a>
proposed by David Cameron introduced the
<a href="/wiki/Expungement" title="Expungement">
disregard procedure
</a>
, under which men with an offence of "gross indecency between men" on their
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_record" title="Criminal record">
criminal record
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could petition to have these offences disregarded during criminal record checks by courts and employers, but fell short of an actual pardon.
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of his Private Member's Bill, and said that his bill already excluded cases where the offence was still considered a crime.
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at the
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University of Glasgow
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to extend the disregard and pardon processes to Northern Ireland was deferred by
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Baroness Williams
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on 12 December, along with one from
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The announcement was broadly welcomed, but some quarters said it did not go far enough. The campaigner George Montague said that he would refuse a pardon, as a pardon suggested that he was guilty of a crime, and instead asked for a government apology.
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homosexual relations under the
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gay men
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still living with the offences on their criminal record, but noted that using Alan Turing as a figurehead retroactively gave him an identity as a "gay martyr" that he never sought in life.
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at the University of Glasgow, noted that the disregard process had already provided an effective pardon, and neither implementation of the Alan Turing law would be able to pardon people who had committed acts that, although technically still criminal, are not usually prosecuted (such as sex between a 16-year-old and a 15-year-old or sex in certain public places).
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Bermuda" title="LGBTQ rights in Bermuda">
Bermuda
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="LGBTQ rights in the British Virgin Islands">
British Virgin Islands
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="LGBTQ rights in the Cayman Islands">
Cayman Islands
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Falkland_Islands" title="LGBTQ rights in the Falkland Islands">
Falkland Islands
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Gibraltar" title="LGBTQ rights in Gibraltar">
Gibraltar
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Montserrat" title="LGBTQ rights in Montserrat">
Montserrat
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="LGBTQ rights in the Pitcairn Islands">
Pitcairn Islands
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="LGBTQ rights in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="LGBTQ rights in the Turks and Caicos Islands">
Turks and Caicos Islands
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Law
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
</div>
<table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
<a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="LGBTQ rights in the United Kingdom">
Rights
</a>
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex adoption in the United Kingdom">
Adoption
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Age-of-consent_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Age-of-consent reform in the United Kingdom">
Age of consent manifestations
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">
Civil partnership
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Intersex_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intersex rights in the United Kingdom">
Intersex rights
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_the_military_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sexual orientation and the military of the United Kingdom">
Military policy
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">
Same-sex marriage
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transgender rights in the United Kingdom">
Transgender rights
</a>
<ul>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/21st-century_anti-trans_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="21st-century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom">
21st-century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Legislation
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000" title="Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000">
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2003" title="Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003">
Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">
Civil Partnership Act 2004
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">
Gender Recognition Act 2004
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations" title="Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations">
Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (2007)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">
Equality Act 2010
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014" title="Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014">
Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-selflink selflink">
Alan Turing law (2017)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Human rights precedents
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Dudgeon_v_United_Kingdom" title="Dudgeon v United Kingdom">
Dudgeon v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Goodwin_%26_I_v_United_Kingdom" title="Goodwin &amp; I v United Kingdom">
Goodwin &amp; I v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Sutherland_v_United_Kingdom" title="Sutherland v United Kingdom">
Sutherland v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/X_v_United_Kingdom" title="X v United Kingdom">
X v United Kingdom
</a>
</i>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Past laws and
<br/>
superseded precedents
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">
Buggery Act 1533
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Amendment_Act_1885" title="Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885">
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">
Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Labouchere_Amendment" title="Labouchere Amendment">
Labouchere Amendment (1885)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">
Section 28 (1988)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">
Sexual Offences Act 1967
</a>
</li>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/Corbett_v_Corbett" title="Corbett v Corbett">
Corbett v Corbett
</a>
</i>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Standing key precedents
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<i>
<a href="/wiki/R_v_Brown" title="R v Brown">
R v Brown
</a>
</i>
(from related police
<a href="/wiki/Operation_Spanner" title="Operation Spanner">
Operation Spanner
</a>
)
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Organisations
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
</div>
<table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Current
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/All_About_Trans" title="All About Trans">
All About Trans
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Society" title="Beaumont Society">
Beaumont Society
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/BiPhoria" title="BiPhoria">
BiPhoria
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Black_Gay_Men%27s_Advisory_Group" title="Black Gay Men's Advisory Group">
Black Gay Men's Advisory Group
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality" title="Campaign for Homosexual Equality">
Campaign for Homosexual Equality
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/The_Consortium_of_LGBT_Voluntary_and_Community_Organisations_UK" title="The Consortium of LGBT Voluntary and Community Organisations UK">
The Consortium of LGBT Voluntary and Community Organisations UK
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Equality_Network" title="Equality Network">
Equality Network
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Families_and_Friends_of_Lesbians_and_Gays" title="Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays">
FFLAG
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/GMFA" title="GMFA">
GMFA
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93Carpenter_Archives" title="HallCarpenter Archives">
HallCarpenter Archives
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Labour_Campaign_for_Trans_Rights" title="Labour Campaign for Trans Rights">
Labour Campaign for Trans Rights
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT_Foundation" title="LGBT Foundation">
LGBT Foundation
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT_Network" title="LGBT Network">
LGBT Network
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Conservatives" title="LGBT+ Conservatives">
LGBT+ Conservatives
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales#Sexual_orientation_and_gender_identity" title="Green Party of England and Wales">
LGBTIQA+ Greens
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Labour" title="LGBT+ Labour">
LGBT+ Labour
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Liberal_Democrats" title="LGBT+ Liberal Democrats">
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Love_Equality" title="Love Equality">
Love Equality
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mermaids_(charity)" title="Mermaids (charity)">
Mermaids
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Naz_and_Matt_Foundation" title="Naz and Matt Foundation">
Naz and Matt Foundation
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Not_a_Phase" title="Not a Phase">
Not a Phase
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Outright_Scotland" title="Outright Scotland">
Outright Scotland
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pink_Triangle_Trust" title="Pink Triangle Trust">
Pink Triangle Trust
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Racing_Pride" title="Racing Pride">
Racing Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Sparkle_(charity)" title="Sparkle (charity)">
Sparkle (charity)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">
Stonewall
</a>
(
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Diversity_Champions" title="Diversity Champions">
Diversity Champions
</a>
)
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Stop_Hate_UK" title="Stop Hate UK">
Stop Hate UK
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Switchboard_(UK)" title="Switchboard (UK)">
Switchboard (UK)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Trans_Aid_Cymru" title="Trans Aid Cymru">
Trans Aid Cymru
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Past
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Society" title="Homosexual Law Reform Society">
Homosexual Law Reform Society
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_Left" title="Gay Left">
Gay Left
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front" title="Gay Liberation Front">
Gay Liberation Front
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_Rights_Working_Party" title="Gay Rights Working Party">
Gay Rights Working Party
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Order_of_Chaeronea" title="Order of Chaeronea">
Order of Chaeronea
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/OutRage!" title="OutRage!">
OutRage!
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Culture
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
</div>
<table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Topics
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Gay_cruising_in_England_and_Wales" title="Gay cruising in England and Wales">
Gay cruising in England and Wales
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_community_of_Brighton_and_Hove" title="LGBT community of Brighton and Hove">
LGBT culture of Brighton and Hove
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Cardiff" title="LGBT culture in Cardiff">
LGBT culture in Cardiff
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Leeds" title="LGBT culture in Leeds">
LGBT culture in Leeds
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Liverpool" title="LGBT culture in Liverpool">
LGBT culture in Liverpool
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_London" title="LGBT culture in London">
LGBT culture in London
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Polari" title="Polari">
Polari
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Events
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/BFI_Flare:_London_LGBT_Film_Festival" title="BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival">
BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/BiCon_(UK)" title="BiCon (UK)">
BiCon (UK)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Big_Gay_Out_(London)" title="Big Gay Out (London)">
Big Gay Out
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Pride" title="Birmingham Pride">
Birmingham Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bourne_Free" title="Bourne Free">
Bourne Free
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Brighton_Pride" title="Brighton Pride">
Brighton Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Bristol_Pride" title="Bristol Pride">
Bristol Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/British_LGBT_Awards" title="British LGBT Awards">
British LGBT Awards
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Pride" title="Doncaster Pride">
Doncaster Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Exeter_Pride" title="Exeter Pride">
Exeter Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/The_Gender_Trust" title="The Gender Trust">
The Gender Trust
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/GFest_%E2%80%93_gayWise_LGBT_Arts_Festival" title="GFest gayWise LGBT Arts Festival">
GFest gayWise LGBT Arts Festival
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Glasgay!_Festival" title="Glasgay! Festival">
Glasgay! Festival
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Homotopia_(festival)" title="Homotopia (festival)">
Homotopia (festival)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Leeds_Pride" title="Leeds Pride">
Leeds Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Leicester_Pride" title="Leicester Pride">
Leicester Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/LGBT_History_Month" title="LGBT History Month">
LGBT History Month
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Liverpool_Pride" title="Liverpool Pride">
Liverpool Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/London_Trans%2B_Pride" title="London Trans+ Pride">
London Trans+ Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Manchester_Pride" title="Manchester Pride">
Manchester Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_UK" title="Mr Gay UK">
Mr Gay UK
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_Wales" title="Mr Gay Wales">
Mr Gay Wales
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Pride" title="Newcastle Pride">
Newcastle Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_Pride" title="Nottinghamshire Pride">
Nottinghamshire Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Press_for_Change" title="Press for Change">
Press for Change
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_Cymru" title="Pride Cymru">
Pride Cymru
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_Glasgow" title="Pride Glasgow">
Pride Glasgow
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_in_Hull" title="Pride in Hull">
Pride in Hull
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">
Pride in London
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pride_Scotia" title="Pride Scotia">
Pride Scotia
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Reading_Pride" title="Reading Pride">
Reading Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Swansea_Pride" title="Swansea Pride">
Swansea Pride
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Trans_Media_Watch" title="Trans Media Watch">
Trans Media Watch
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Worthing_Pride" title="Worthing Pride">
Worthing Pride
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Gay_villages_in_England" title="Gay villages in England">
Gay villages
</a>
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Gay_Village" title="Birmingham Gay Village">
Birmingham Gay Village
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/The_Calls" title="The Calls">
The Calls (Leeds)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(Manchester)" title="Canal Street (Manchester)">
Canal Street (Manchester)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Old_Compton_Street" title="Old Compton Street">
Old Compton Street (London)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a class="mw-redirect" href="/wiki/Stanley_Street_Quarter" title="Stanley Street Quarter">
Stanley Street Quarter (Liverpool)
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Vauxhall" title="Vauxhall">
Vauxhall (London)
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Economy
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Pink_money#In_the_United_Kingdom" title="Pink money">
Pink pound
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Workplace_Equality_Index" title="Stonewall Workplace Equality Index">
Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="navbox-group" scope="row" style="width:1%">
Other
</th>
<td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0">
<div style="padding:0 0.25em">
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