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England and Wales decriminalise homosexuality

1967 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Civil Rights

England and Wales decriminalise homosexuality
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The Sexual Offences Act 1967 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It legalised homosexual acts in England and Wales, on the condition that they were consensual, in private and between two men who had attained the age of 21.

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