Recent Posts Tagged With 'gay heritage'

• Wolfenden - 50 years today

  Posted on Tuesday September 4th, 2007 at 03:48 in gay heritage, wolfenden committee

  Today is the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Wolfenden Report which started a 45-year process of repealing 'anti-gay' laws in UK. The official title of the report was Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution, and it...

• A new life for gay people in Britain began on that day

  Posted on Monday September 3rd, 2007 at 02:03 in bbc, gay heritage, wolfenden committee

  When I grew up, to be homosexual seemed a life sentence to shame. A brave report 50 years ago paved the way for change - Julian Mitchell, author of BBC4 drama Consenting Adults on 50 years since Wolfenden, in The Guardian....

• Consenting Adults anchors BBC4's Hidden Lives

  Posted on Sunday September 2nd, 2007 at 18:20 in bbc, gay heritage, wolfenden committee

  Showing this week as part of BBC 4's Hidden Lives series and well-worth watching if you have any interest in gay history is Consenting Adults.A 75-minute special transmitted to commemorate 50 years since a key moment in British social and cultural hi...

• Mark Simpson on how homosexual became metrosexual in 40 years

  Posted on Tuesday July 31st, 2007 at 02:57 in gay heritage, wolfenden committee

  The always witty and often controversial Mark Simpson offers his take on the 40th anniversary of the [partial] legalisation of homosexuality in The Guardian.Straights go gaySometimes you can measure the popularity of a thing by its illegality. Illega...

• House of Commons marks decriminalisation

  Posted on Wednesday July 25th, 2007 at 08:39 in gay heritage, gay pride

  MPs from across the political divide have signed an Early Day Motion celebrating the 40th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. The EDM was sponsored by Stephen Williams, the Liberal Democrat MP for Brist...

• Peter Wildeblood - unsung hero

  Posted on Saturday July 21st, 2007 at 16:40 in gay heritage, wolfenden committee

  I was already aware of the story of Peter Wildeblood from doing research for my Gay For Today blog - you can find my posting on on him here.Having just watched the marvellous Channel 4 dramatisation of the events surrounding the trial of Peter Wildeb...

• Lord Montagu speaks

  Posted on Sunday July 15th, 2007 at 04:08 in gay heritage, wolfenden committee

  Lord Montagu on the court case which ended the legal persecution of homosexuals. Mail on SundayIt is 53 years since Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, then Edward Montagu - otherwise more famous for his motor museum - was arrested, put on trial and imprisoned...

• 70 Years After Nazi Pogrom, Hamburg Celebrates Gay Pride

  Posted on Thursday July 12th, 2007 at 17:43 in Germany, nazis, gay heritage, gay pride

  July is gay pride month in Germany, overshadowed this year by the 70th anniversary of the gay pogrom in Germany. New documents reveal that almost 55,000 gay men met their deaths in Nazi Germany.Thousands of marchers will take part in the Christopher...