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Tag: history and policy
Wolfenden, Paederasty and Paedophilia
What do the Wolfenden Papers have to say about paederasty and paedophilia?
The Church of England, Sexual Morality & Institutional Decision-making
Homosexual law reform was supported by influential sections of the Church of England.
“The Gay Revolution”: An Interview with Lillian Faderman
Interview by Lauren Gutterman Lillian Faderman’s The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle (Simon & Schuster, 2015) provides a moving and far-reaching account of the LGBT movement in the United States, from the founding of the homophile movement in the 1950s, to recent struggles for an Employment Non-Discrimination Act […]
Why I Oppose a General Pardon for Historical Convictions for Homosexual Offences
Justin Bengry UK Labour Party leadership contender Andy Burnham recently proposed automatic pardons for all men convicted of historical homosexual offences that are no longer crimes. This has been an ongoing conversation in the UK, which in 2013 granted WWII Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing a posthumous royal pardon. The issue reappeared […]
Rainbow Plaques: Mapping York’s LGBT History
Kit Heyam There are over 70 plaques in York, marking historically significant places from a Roman fortress (Bootham) to a minuscule street (Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate). While the original “blue plaque” scheme was started by English Heritage, any group may erect a plaque, marking spaces linked to people or events they consider worthy […]
The Obergefell Syllabus: Historicizing Same-Sex Marriage in the United States
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision established the constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry in all 50 states. Discussions of the United States national past abounded in the majority opinion and in the dissents. The words “history” / “historical” / “historic” appear in the […]