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The sodomy offence: England's least lovely criminal law export?
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An Acte for the punishment of the vice of Buggerie.
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2483:, who preferred such legal matters adjudicated in
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1033:Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014
1008:Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007
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2181:MSM activity not grounds for military discharge
2138:Gay men allowed to donate blood (1 yr deferral)
1762:Plans to make lesbian activity illegal defeated
950:Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017
3466:Acts of the Parliament of England (1485–1603)
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2946:"Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England"
2914:. Vol. 6. Great Britain. pp. 208–9.
2731:by a man with a man or woman, or intercourse
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1836:MSM activity made legal (England & Wales)
2107:Incitement to homophobic hatred made a crime
2965:Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England
2236:Blood donation deferral 3 months (incl. NI)
2200:Blood donation deferral 3 months (excl. NI)
1018:Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
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2666:LGBT rights in the Commonwealth of Nations
2613:Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
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923:Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
2803:"Reflections on BNA, part 6: British Law"
2580:The Act was repealed by section 1 of the
2032:MSM activity involving multiple men legal
1013:Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
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2438:for harbouring a known member of the
129:Text of statute as originally enacted
3124:Journal of Commonwealth Criminal Law
3003:Sir William Oldnall Russell (1825).
2927:"5 The Medieval Basis of Modern Law"
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2597:Offences against the Person Act 1861
2582:Offences Against the Person Act 1828
2472:16th-century repeal and re-enactment
2375:Offences Against the Person Act 1828
2339:that was passed during the reign of
2158:Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
1687:Offences Against the Person Act 1828
1462:BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival
1028:Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
928:Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
906:Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
882:Offences Against the Person Act 1861
877:Offences Against the Person Act 1828
112:Offences Against the Person Act 1828
3476:LGBTQ history in the United Kingdom
3055:Alternative date 8 April 1835, See
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2553:in 1885, which added the charge of
1710:Death penalty for buggery abolished
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3415:Decriminalization of homosexuality
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2014:Gay men allowed in HM Armed Forces
1432:GFest – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival
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3131:Buggery and Parliament, 1533-2017
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2672:Notable convictions under the act
2661:LGBT rights in the United Kingdom
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2413:Submission of the Clergy Act 1533
2346:It was the country's first civil
2245:Blood donation deferral equalised
1963:Age of consent for MSM becomes 18
826:Gender identity, sex and intersex
3178:Criminalization of homosexuality
3021:"Another Kind of Love "d0e1110""
2980:Caravaggio and his two cardinals
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1102:Smith and Grady v United Kingdom
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2149:becomes first openly trans MEP
2024:Age of consent equalised to 16
1918:elected as first openly gay MP
1302:Black Gay Men's Advisory Group
983:Adoption and Children Act 2002
911:Homosexual Offences Order 1982
647:British Indian Ocean Territory
13:
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2967:. Gay History and Literature.
2948:. Gay History and Literature.
2933:. Gay History and Literature.
2855:Crompton, Louis (July 2009).
2696:
2526:in London, early 19th century
2381:. c. 31). Buggery remained a
2063:Civil partnerships introduced
1996:becomes first openly gay Lord
1676:Buggery Act extended to Wales
1560:Homosexual Law Reform Society
3486:Repealed English legislation
3461:16th century in LGBT history
3223:Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023
2709:This is only a conventional
2656:Violence against LGBT people
2393:The Act was piloted through
1615:Violence against LGBT people
7:
3137:Full text of the act, from
3043:www.capitalpunishmentuk.org
2978:Gilbert, Creighton (1995).
2961:"Popular Rage (Homophobia)"
2890:www.english-heritage.org.uk
2775:Raithby, John, ed. (1811).
2680:, Bishop of Waterford, 1640
2619:
2074:Gender Recognition Act 2004
1752:The Cave of the Golden Calf
1094:Sutherland v United Kingdom
998:Gender Recognition Act 2004
938:Policing and Crime Act 2017
727:Saint Helena, Ascension and
631:British Antarctic Territory
446:Saint Helena, Ascension and
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2910:Pecking, Dansbury (1763).
2562:James Pratt and John Smith
1906:barred from donating blood
1697:James Pratt and John Smith
1118:HJ and HT v Home Secretary
993:Civil Partnership Act 2004
967:Protection and recognition
32:United Kingdom legislation
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3126:, I 2011, pp. 22–43.
2692:, Bishop of Clogher, 1822
2397:by Henry VIII's minister
2228:legal across UK, incl. NI
2040:Same sex couples granted
1286:LGBT advocacy and support
1224:Canal Street (Manchester)
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1666:Death penalty introduced
1610:First LGBT officeholders
1570:Gay Rights Working Party
1234:Pride Quarter, Liverpool
1078:Dudgeon v United Kingdom
933:Sexual Offences Act 2003
901:Sexual Offences Act 1967
847:Gender Recognition Panel
464:Turks and Caicos Islands
2931:A History of Homophobia
2801:Hamish (25 July 2007).
2785:2027/njp.32101075729275
2097:Equalised access to IVF
1880:AIDS reported in the UK
1347:LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
1312:Naz and Matt Foundation
1297:Hall–Carpenter Archives
3378:(1832–1917, 1933–1993)
3100:. c. 31, section XVIII
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2005:Admiral Duncan bombing
1214:Birmingham Gay Village
747:South Sandwich Islands
350:British Virgin Islands
2831:, Routledge, p.
2807:The Drummer's Revenge
2564:died in front of the
2540:Rex v Richard Wiseman
2521:
2485:ecclesiastical courts
2417:Act of Supremacy 1534
2403:
2352:ecclesiastical courts
2337:Parliament of England
2042:equal rights to adopt
1869:made legal (Scotland)
1857:Jeremy Thorpe resigns
1487:Nottinghamshire Pride
1442:Homotopia (Liverpool)
973:Public Order Act 1986
745:South Georgia and the
599:Akrotiri and Dhekelia
318:Akrotiri and Dhekelia
147:in the United Kingdom
53:Parliament of England
3471:English criminal law
3254:(1860–, with caning)
3025:publishing.cdlib.org
2609:Anglophone Caribbean
2551:Labouchere Amendment
2456:, and Headmaster of
1720:Labouchere Amendment
1565:Gay Liberation Front
888:Labouchere Amendment
284:Overseas Territories
3064:on 20 November 2012
2684:Vere Street Coterie
2591:Buggery remained a
2536:Rex v Samuel Jacobs
2440:Pilgrimage of Grace
2434:, was charged with
2421:Philip IV of France
2099:for lesbian couples
2053:Section 28 repealed
1605:List of politicians
1352:LGBT+ Conservatives
799:History of violence
139:Part of a series on
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3244:British colonies (
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2492:records." In 1631
2466:Westminster School
2214:gay marriage in NI
2171:same-sex marriages
2115:Public apology to
1575:Order of Chaeronea
1507:Pride in Liverpool
1457:LGBT History Month
1229:Old Compton Street
1142:AB v CD and others
1070:X v United Kingdom
832:Transgender rights
768:Sexual orientation
220:Crown dependencies
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1407:Birmingham Pride
1377:The Gender Trust
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