Source Record
1885 Labouchere Amendment
Why this source is used
UK Parliament living heritage page on the Labouchere amendment and the offence of gross indecency later used against Oscar Wilde.
Start with the answer
Start with the answer How did UK law criminalise homosexuality before 1967? Before 1967, English and Welsh law criminalised male same-sex intimacy through buggery and gross indecency offences, with punishments ranging from execution to imprisonment. Read the topic guide Criminalisation Before Decriminalisation Before partial decriminalisation in 1967, English and Welsh law criminalised male same-sex intimacy through sodomy and gross indecency offences.
Source Status
- Publisher
- UK Parliament
- Type
- government
- Reliability
- high
- Cited by
- 3 pages
Source Links
Open original source https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/collections1/sexual-offences-act-1967/1885-labouchere-amendment/ Accessed 2 June 2026 Open archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/collections1/sexual-offences-act-1967/1885-labouchere-amendment/
