Sexual Offences Act (1967)

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"The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?" A trade union moment

By Bob Cant February 24, 2014 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

Bob Cant In 2009, I addressed the LGBT Trades Union Congress (TUC) about the Millthorpe Project, a sound archive of the lifestories of LGBT trade unionists. Thirty years previously, it would have been inconceivable for the TUC to host an annual event about issues facing LGBT people at work. I […]

‘Dinnae Meddle!’*: Scotland and the Historiography of Homosexual Law Reform

By Jeff Meek February 19, 2014 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

Jeff Meek A curious, or perhaps irksome, aspect of ‘British’ approaches to the history of sexuality is that they tend to neglect the variation of experience within the United Kingdom. I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve read, or watched, or marked, pieces offering a summary of developments for […]