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Campaign for Homosexual Equality (CHE)

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Archive description for Campaign for Homosexual Equality papers, including the North-Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee origins and 1964 meeting dates.

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Start with the answer When was homosexuality decriminalised in the UK? The Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalised consensual sex between men in England and Wales, but UK-wide reform happened in stages and equality was not achieved by that Act alone. Read the topic guide Sexual Offences Act 1967 The Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalised consensual sex between men in England and Wales, but only under limited conditions and without creating full equality. Review the law record Sexual Offences Act 1967 The Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decriminalised consensual sex between men in England and Wales, but only in private, only for adults over 21, and without creating full equality.

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AIM25 / British Library of Political and Economic Science
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archive
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4 pages

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Used by Topics

Sexual Offences Act 1967

Used by Questions

When was homosexuality decriminalised in the UK?

Used by Laws

Sexual Offences Act 1967

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4 June 1964 ActivismUK

North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee Founded

The North-Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee held its first meeting in Manchester on 4 June 1964, with a formal launch later that year. Founded by Allan Horsfall and others to support decriminalisation, it later became the Committee for Homosexual Equality and then the Campaign for Homosexual Equality.