The Bermondsey by-election was 40 years ago this Friday
Oscar Wilde
LGBT+ retreat from Stonewall 1969 ideals
Equality within status quo is not liberation
Stonewall sparked a global LGBT+ freedom movement
Today’s activists have lost the Stonewall vision
Theresa May urged to apologise & compensate gay men
100,000 men convicted of consenting gay sex 1885-2013
Sexual Offences Act 1967: Reform and repression
Anti-gay laws remained on the statute book, arrests rocketed
1967: The myth of gay decriminalisation
Anti-gay laws remained on the statute book, arrests rocketed
Gay pardons for up to 100,000 men welcomed
But pardon has connotations of forgiveness for a wrong done
Magnus Hirschfeld – The Einstein of Sex
1930’s sex researcher & LGBTI pioneer who defied the Nazis
Pardon all convicted gay men, not just Alan Turing
Overturn convictions under all anti-gay laws, not just gross indecency
Despite much progress, homophobia isn’t over yet
LGBTI people have made gains, but more gains need to be won