Recent Posts Tagged With 'wolfenden committee'

• 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...

• Archives reveal Churchill's gay chat

  Posted on Monday August 6th, 2007 at 11:47 in wolfenden committee

  New documents released by the National Archives give an enlightening account of the views of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and other Cabinet ministers towards homosexual men in 1950s Britain.The notebooks kept by the Cabinet Secretaries contain sh...

• 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...

• 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...