Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Sir John Wolfenden
Standard Name: Wolfenden, Sir John
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4 September 1957: The Wolfenden Commission published its Report...
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4 September 1957
The Wolfenden Commission
published its Report on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution which recommended the decriminalization of homosexual acts occurring in private between consenting adults over 21, but suggested stricter regulation of prostitution.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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“Homosexuality ’should not be a crime’”. BBC News: On This Day, 4 Sept. 1957.
August 1961: Four years after the Wolfenden report recommended...
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August 1961
Four years after the Wolfenden
report recommended legalizing homosexuality, and six before its principal recommendations became law, the pioneering film Victim featured Dirk Bogarde
as a married barrister blackmailed for a homosexual relationship.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com.
Bailey, Paul. Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall. Hamish Hamilton (Penguin), 2001.
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4-5 July 1967: The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its...
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4-5 July 1967
The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons
: scheduled for the late-night slot on 4 July, it passed when 101 supporters remained for the final vote...
