Has the time e for gay marriage the UK? | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
• LDSEY GRAHAM ARGU GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO STAT
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
• HAS THE TIME E FOR GAY MARRIAGE THE UK?

A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK

The act, which crimalised homosexual sex acts between nsentg men over the age of 21, opened the door to a slew of legal and social chang which would transform the way Brish society viewed same-sex relatnships over the next 50 are some of the key dat the history of gay rights the UK:1533: The Buggery Act, the first ever law to specifilly outlaw anal sex, was signed to English law. 1835: Jam Pratt and John Smh beme the last men Bra to be executed for homosexual acts. The same year Wilblood was the only openly gay man to ttify before Lord Wolfenn's quiry, which would ultimately remend the crimalisatn of homosexualy.

1957: The Wolfenn mtee published s report, based on three years of ttimony om police, psychiatrists and gay men but one of the mtee's 15 members, drawn om the world of polics, law, medice and amia, agreed that homosexual acts between nsentg men over the age of legal majory - 21 at the time - should not be a matter for the law. Dpe cross-party support for the Act, MPs were hardly lg up to accept homosexualy as a legimate orientatn.

LDSEY GRAHAM ARGU GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO STAT

"Even those supportg crimalisatn lled homosexualy 'a disabily' and 'a great weight of shame', " says the Huffgton Post. 1972: By the early 1970s, "gay rights anisatns were sprgg up lolly and natnally, " says the Lbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

In 1972, upwards of 2, 000 gay men and women marched London's first Pri para. 1988: Then-Prime Mister Margaret Thatcher troduced an amendment to the Lol Government Act 1988 banng state schools om teachg or promotg the "acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship" notor "Sectn 28" ed wispread outrage and as the talyst for a massive surge gay activism, cludg the formatn of LGBT rights group Stonewall UK. Several gay upl were wed at the stroke of midnight on 29 March 2014, when the law officially me to effect.

HAS THE TIME E FOR GAY MARRIAGE THE UK?

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". Sign up for the daily Insi Washgton email for exclive US verage and analysis sent to your boxGet our ee Insi Washgton emailRepublin Senator Ldsey Graham fed the fears of Democrats and the left general on Sunday durg an terview on CNN which he argued for the end of feral protectns for gay marriage South Carola senator appeared on State of the Unn asi Sen Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, for a rare bipartisan terview/bate. ”Ms Bash then asked him how many more issu he believ that should expand to, brgg up the se of Lovg vs Virgia, which tablished terracial marriage as a ferally-protected Republin senator rpond “no, no” when asked if he was suggtg that precent should be revised, and pivoted away quickly to blame Democrats for talkg about issu he said were not relevant to current problems facg left has been raisg the alarms about nservativ seekg to do jt that, warng that precents affirmg the nstutnaly of affirmative actn and protectg the rights to gay marriage and even terracial marriage uld be next as the Supreme Court mak a hard pivot to the right thanks to three Tmp-appoted nservative Mr Graham sisted that Democrats worryg about such thgs were “talkg about thgs that are not happeng bee you don’t want to talk about flatn” and other issu.

Democrats have phed for vot to dify abortn rights, gay marriage rights and ntraceptn rights Congrs followg the repeal of Roe vs Wa this year but as of yet have not been able to ph such legislatn through the 50-50 Senate where would require 60 vot to break the filibter. Image source, Getty ImagIt's 50 years sce the partial crimalisatn of homosexual sex England and Wal. Approval fell the 1980s when the Aids crisis and the troductn of sectn 28 - a law prohibg the promotn or teachg of homosexualy schools - uld have swayed public opn acrdg to NatCen, the thk tank which ns the a steady and rapid rise om the early 1990s reflects a wir trend of social liberalisatn, somethg also seen changg attus to pre-maral sex.