DOCSLIB.ORG

1 Introduction

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
1 Introduction Notes 1 Introduction 1. So named as a result of the committee being chaired by John Wolfenden. 2. For example, see Jeffrey Weeks (1990) Coming Out: Homosexual Politics in Britain from the Nineteenth Century to the Present, Revised edition (London: Quartet Books); —— (1981) Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexual- ity Since 1800 (London: Longman); —— (2007) The World We Have Won: The Remaking of Erotic and Intimate Life (London; New York: Routledge). 3. Matt Cook (ed.) (2007) A Gay History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Men since the Middle Ages (Oxford; Westport, Conn.: Greenwood World Pub.). 4. Stephen Jeffery-Poulter (1991) Peers, Queers & Commons: The Struggle for Gay Law Reform from 1950 to the Present (London: Routledge). 5. For further examples see Graham Robb (2003) Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century (London: Picador); Hugh David (1997) On Queer Street: A Social History of British Homosexuality (London: Harper Collins). 6. See, for example, Matthew Waites (2005) The Age of Consent: Young People, Sexuality and Citizenship (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), p. 96; Jeffrey Weeks (1990) Coming Out: Homosexual Politics in Britain from the Nineteenth Century to the Present, Revised edition (London: Quartet), pp. 164–5. 7. Brian Dempsey (1995) Thon Wey: Aspects of Scottish Lesbian and Gay Activism, 1968 to 1992 (Edinburgh: USG). 8. Roger Davidson & Gayle Davis (2004) ‘ “A Field for Private Members”: The Wolfenden Committee and Scottish Homosexual Law Reform, 1957 to 1967’, Twentieth Century British History, 15, pp. 174–201; —— (2006) ‘Sexuality and the State: The Campaign for Scottish Homosexual Law Reform, 1967 to 1980’, Contemporary British History, 20, pp. 533–58; —— (2012) The Sex- ual State: Sexuality and Scottish Governance (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press). 9. National Records of Scotland, HH60/876, Resolution of Synod, 23 May 1973 as quoted in Davidson & Davis, ‘Sexuality and the State’, p. 538. 10. See Jacob Barbard-Naude (2013) ‘The Politics of Private Law: Sexual Minor- ity Freedom in South Africa and Scotland’, in Daniel Visser & Elspeth Reid (eds) Private Law and Human Rights: Bringing Rights Home in Scotland and South Africa (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press), p. 46. 11. Davidson & Davis, The Sexual State, p. 49. 12. Home Office Scottish Home Department (1957) Report of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution [Hereafter RCHOP] (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office), p. 71. 13. John M. Johnson (2002) ‘In-Depth Interviewing’, in Jaber F. Gubrium & James A. Holstein (eds) Handbook of Interview Research: Context and Method (Thousand Oaks, Calif.; London: Sage), p. 105. 14. Alan Bryman (2001) Social Research Methods (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press), p. 314. 192 Notes 193 15. Valerie Raleigh Yow (2005) Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2nd edition (Walnut Creek, Calif.; Oxford: AltaMira Press), p. 11. 16. Alistair Thomson describes composure as an ‘aptly ambiguous term’ describ- ing a dual process whereby we construct our story, or memories, using the meanings and public language of our culture, and we compose the mem- ories which assist us to feel comfortable about our lives: Alistair Thomson (2006) ‘Anzac Memories: Putting Popular Memory Theory into Practice in Australia’, in Robert Perks & Alistair Thompson (eds) The Oral History Reader, 2nd edition (London: Routledge), p. 245. 17. Discomposure follows when individuals are unable to construct memories in line with available cultural references, which can lead to anger, confusion and discomfort: Penny Summerfield (2004) ‘Culture and Composure: Creat- ing Narratives of the Gendered Self in Oral History Interviews’, Cultural and Social History, 1, pp. 71–4. 18. Rebecca Jennings (2004) ‘Lesbian Voices: The Hall Carpenter Oral History Archive and Post-War British Lesbian History’, Sexualities, 7, p. 437. 19. Jennings, ‘Lesbian Voices’, p. 437. 20. Kenneth Plummer (1995) Telling Sexual Stories: Power, Change, and Social Worlds (London: Routledge), p. 87. 21. Plummer, Telling Sexual Stories, pp. 87–8. 22. A society that sees heterosexuality as normal and marginalises or ignores other sexualities. 23. Plummer, Telling Sexual Stories, pp. 87–8. 24. This included those who may describe themselves as ‘queer’ or ‘homosexual’. 25. Catherine Marshall & Gretchen B. Rossman (2006) Designing Qualitative Research, 4th edition (Thousand Oaks, Calif.; London: Sage), p. 3. 26. Ibid. 27. J. A. Maxwell (2005) Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (Thousand Oaks, Calif.; London: Sage), p. 22. 28. J. A. Maxwell, Qualitative Research Design, p. 23. 29. K. Charmaz (2000) ‘Grounded Theory in the 21st Century: Applications for Advancing Social Justice Studies’, in N. K. Denzin & Y. E. Lincoln (eds) Handbook of Qualitative Research (Thousand Oaks, Calif.; London: Sage), p. 507. 30. K. Charmaz (1990) ‘ “Discovering” Chronic Illness: Using Grounded Theory’, Social Science and Medicine, 30, pp. 1161–72. 31. Ibid. 32. Brian Heaphy, Jeffrey Weeks & Catherine Donovan (1998) ‘ “That’s Like My Life”: Researching Stories of Non-Heterosexual Relationships’, Sexualities, 1, p. 454. 33. Raymond M. Lee (1993) Doing Research on Sensitive Topics (London; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage), p. 60. 34. Lee, Doing Research on Sensitive Topics,p.65. 35. J. Faugier (1996) ‘Looking for Business: A Descriptive Study of Drug Using Female Prostitutes and their Clients’, unpublished PhD Thesis (University of Manchester). 36. K. Weston (1991) Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship (New York: Columbia University Press). 194 Notes 37. J. Weeks, C. Donovan & B. Heaphy (2001) Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and other Life Experiments (London: Routledge). 38. Equality Network, http://www.equality-network.org, last accessed 14 June 2010. 39. Gay Outdoor Club, http://www.goc.org.uk, last accessed 14 June 2010. 40. Primetime, http://www.primetime.uk.net, last accessed 14 June 2010. 41. Equality Networks Forum, http://enf.org.uk, last accessed 14 June 2010. 42. Office for National Statistics (2009) ‘Internet Access: Households and Individuals, 2009’, Statistical Bulletin (Cardiff: Office for National Statis- tics), p. 12. 43. R. A. Cant (2004) ‘Exploring Gay Men’s Narratives, Social Networks and Experiences of Health Services Targeted at Them: A London Study’, unpub- lished PhD Thesis (London: South Bank University), p. 70. 2 From Sodomy to Same-Sex Desire 1. Sir George Mackenzie (1699) The Laws and Customs of Scotland in Mat- ters Criminal, 2nd edition with (as appendix) A Treatise of Mutilation and Demembration and their Punishments, by Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmedden Knight Baronet; Also a second Edition of the Observations upon the 18 Act, Parl. 23. K. James Sixth. Against Dispositions Made in defraud of Creditors, &c. Corrected, and in several Paragraphs much Enlarged by the Author, the same Sir George Mackenzie himself, before his death (Edinburgh), pp. 159–62. 2. Mackenzie, The Laws and Customs of Scotland. 3. William Forbes (1730) The Institutes of the Law of Scotland Comprising the Crim- inal Law in Two Parts, Second Volume (Edinburgh; Glasgow: John Mosman & Co.), pp. 116–17. 4. David Hume (1797) Commentaries on the Law of Scotland, Vol. 2 (Edinburgh), pp. 335–6. 5. John W. Cairns (1988) ‘John Millar’s Lectures on Scots Criminal Law’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 8, pp. 393–4. 6. Brian Dempsey (2006) ‘By the Law of This and Every Well Governed Realm: Investigating Accusations of Sodomy in Nineteenth Century Scotland’, Juridical Review, 2, p. 104. 7. Archibald Alison (1832) Principles of the Criminal Law of Scotland (Edinburgh: Blackwood), p. 566. 8. Alison (1832) Principles of the Criminal Law. 9. Jeffrey Weeks (1990) Coming Out: Homosexual Politics in Britain from the Nineteenth Century to the Present, Revised edition (London: Quartet), p. 13. 10. Mackenzie, The Laws and Customs of Scotland in Matters Criminal, p. 162. 11. Theo van der Meer (1996) ‘Sodomy and the Pursuit of a Third Sex in the Early Modern Period’, in Gilbert Herdt (ed.) Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History (New York: Zone Books; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press), pp. 407–29. 12. Louis Crompton (2003) Homosexuality and Civilisation (Cambridge: Belknap Press), p. 463. 13. Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilisation, p. 464. Notes 195 14. J. Liliequist (1998) ‘State Policy, Popular Discourse, and the Silence on Homo- sexual Acts in Early Modern Sweden’, Journal of Homosexuality, 35, p. 15. 15. Jens Rydstrom (2003) Sinners and Citizens: Bestiality and Homosexuality in Sweden, 1880–1950 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), p. 29. 16. Mackenzie, The Laws and Customs of Scotland in Matters Criminal, pp. 225–6. 17. Leslie J. Moran (1996) The Homosexual(ity) of Law (London: Routledge), pp. 32–4. 18. Forbes, The Institutes of the Law of Scotland, p. 116. 19. H. G. Cocks (2010) Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the 19th Century (London; New York: I.B. Tauris), p. 20. 20. Brian Dempsey (1999) ‘Sodomy and Scots Law to 1900: Taxonomies and Silence; Texts, Legislation and Cases’, LLM Dissertation (University of Edinburgh), p. 10. 21. Jody Greene (2003) ‘Public Secrets: Sodomy and the Pillory in the Eighteenth Century and Beyond’, The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation, 44, p. 207. 22. Hume, Commentaries, p. 335. 23. Jeffrey Weeks (1989) Sex, Politics & Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800, 2nd edition (Harlow: Longman), p. 99. 24. Weeks, Coming Out, pp. 11–32, 36. 25. Crompton,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Working Group on Human Sexuality
    IssuesTEXTwithoutPreface.qxp:Resourcbishops.qxp 20/11/2013 11:35 Page i The House of Bishops Working Group on human sexuality Published in book & ebook formats by Church House Publishing Available now from www.chpublishing.co.uk IssuesTEXTwithoutPreface.qxp:Resourcbishops.qxp 20/11/2013 11:35 Page ii Published in book & ebook formats by Church House Publishing Available now from www.chpublishing.co.uk IssuesTEXTwithoutPreface.qxp:Resourcbishops.qxp 20/11/2013 11:35 Page iii Report of the House of Bishops Working Group on human sexuality November 2013 Published in book & ebook formats by Church House Publishing Available now from www.chpublishing.co.uk IssuesTEXTwithoutPreface.qxp:Resourcbishops.qxp 20/11/2013 11:35 Page iv Church House Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this Church House publication may be reproduced or Great Smith Street stored or transmitted by any means London or in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, SW1P 3AZ recording, or any information storage and retrieval system without written permission, which should be sought ISBN 978 0 7151 4437 4 (Paperback) from [email protected] 978 0 7151 4438 1 (CoreSource EBook) 978 0 7151 4439 8 (Kindle EBook) Unless otherwise indicated, the Scripture quotations contained GS 1929 herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright Published 2013 for the House © 1989, by the Division of Christian of Bishops of the General Synod Education of the National Council of the Church of England by Church of the Churches of Christ in the
    [Show full text]
  • Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Commonwealth
    Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change Edited by Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change Edited by Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites © Human Rights Consortium, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2013 This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NCND 4.0) license. More information regarding CC licenses is available at https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/ Available to download free at http://www.humanities-digital-library.org ISBN 978-1-912250-13-4 (2018 PDF edition) DOI 10.14296/518.9781912250134 Institute of Commonwealth Studies School of Advanced Study University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU Cover image: Activists at Pride in Entebbe, Uganda, August 2012. Photo © D. David Robinson 2013. Photo originally published in The Advocate (8 August 2012) with approval of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG). Approval renewed here from SMUG and FARUG, and PRIDE founder Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera. Published with direct informed consent of the main pictured activist. Contents Abbreviations vii Contributors xi 1 Human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity in the Commonwealth: from history and law to developing activism and transnational dialogues 1 Corinne Lennox and Matthew Waites 2
    [Show full text]
  • Same-Sex Marriage
    Relate policy position June 2014 Evidence suggests that hostile and unsupportive environments can lead to same-sex relationships being more likely to breakdown. Relate welcomes the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 as a positive step towards promoting equality and reducing institutional discrimination towards same-sex couples and their relationships. Relate aims to provide effective and inclusive services supporting same-sex couples at all stages of their relationships. www.relate.org.uk For decades Relate has offered services to same-sex and opposite-sex couples alike. We believe in supporting relationships of all types and promoting good quality, strong and stable relationships. We recognise the importance of equal legal recognition of relationships, and also note the negative impact that discrimination, including institutional discrimination, can have on same-sex couples’ well-being. As such we welcome the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 as a positive step towards promoting equality and reducing institutional discrimination directed towards same-sex couples and their relationships. 1. Relate believes in the importance of good quality, strong and stable relationships for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples alike. The evidence says that what matters most is the quality of relationships, not their legal form. 2. Relate believes that that same-sex couples should be able to have their relationships legally recognised if they choose to. This is important to combat stigma and promote a culture change where same-sex relationships are given equal value (to opposite sex relationships) and support is available for those in same sex relationships. 3. Relate aims to provide effective and inclusive services supporting relationships for every section of the community, including same-sex couples, at all stages of their relationships.
    [Show full text]
  • Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
    Friday Volume 619 20 January 2017 No. 95 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Friday 20 January 2017 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2017 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 1179 20 JANUARY 2017 1180 House of Commons Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Friday 20 January 2017 Second Reading. The House met at half-past Nine o’clock 9.54 am John Glen (Salisbury) (Con): I beg to move, That the PRAYERS Bill be now read a Second time. I am very pleased to bring the Bill to the House because, by repealing sections 146(4) and 147(3) of the [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, it completes the removal of historical provisions that penalised 9.34 am homosexual activity. I am proud to do so because of my commitment to justice and opposition to unjustified Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con): I beg to move, discrimination. That the House sit in private. When it comes to employment, in the merchant navy Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163). or anywhere else, what matters is a person’s ability to do The House proceeded to a Division. the job—not their gender, age, ethnicity, religion or sexuality. Hon. Members across the House share that Mr Speaker: Would the Serjeant care to investigate commitment. Manywill be surprised—astonished, even—to the delay in the voting Lobby? learn that this anomaly still remains on the statute book.
    [Show full text]
  • Religion, the Rule of Law and Discrimination Transcript
    Religion, the Rule of Law and Discrimination Transcript Date: Thursday, 26 June 2014 - 6:00PM Location: Barnard's Inn Hall 26 June 2014 Religion, the Rule of Law and Discrimination The Rt Hon. Sir Terence Etherton Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales 1. One of the most difficult and contentious areas of our law today is the resolution of disputes generated by a conflict between, on the one hand, the religious beliefs of an individual and, on the other hand, actions which that individual is required to take, whether that requirement is by a public body, a private employer or another individual. The problem is particularly acute where the conflict is directly or indirectly between one individual’s religious beliefs and another’s non-religious human rights.[1] 2. It is a subject that affects many countries as they have become more liberal, multicultural and secular.[2] The issues in countries which are members of the Council of Europe and of the European Union, like England and Wales, are affected by European jurisprudence as well as national law. The development of the law in England is of particular interest because the Protestant Church is the established Church of England but the protection for secular and other non-Protestant minorities has progressed at a pace and in a way that would have been beyond the comprehension of most members of society, including judges and politicians, before the Second World War. 3. This subject is large and complex and the law relevant to it is growing at a remarkably fast pace.[3] For the purpose of legal commentary, it falls naturally into two parts: (1) tracing the legal history and reasons for the developments I have mentioned, and (2) analysing the modern jurisprudence.
    [Show full text]
  • LGBT History Month 2016
    Inner Temple Library LGBT History Month 2016 ‘The overall aim of LGBT History Month is to promote equality and diversity for the benefit of the public. This is done by: increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) people, their history, lives and their experiences in the curriculum and culture of educational and other institutions, and the wider community; raising awareness and advancing education on matters affecting the LGBT community; working to make educational and other institutions safe spaces for all LGBT communities; and promoting the welfare of LGBT people, by ensuring that the education system recognises and enables LGBT people to achieve their full potential, so they contribute fully to society and lead fulfilled lives, thus benefiting society as a whole.’ Source: www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/about Legal Milestones ‘[A] wallchart has been produced by the Forum for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Equality in Further and Higher Education and a group of trade unions in association with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) History Month. The aim has been to produce a resource to support those raising awareness of sexual orientation and gender identity equality and diversity. Centred on the United Kingdom, it highlights important legal milestones and identifies visible and significant contributions made by individuals, groups and particularly the labour movement.’ Source: www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/wallchart The wallchart is included in this leaflet, and we have created a timeline of important legal milestones. We have highlighted a selection of material held by the Inner Temple Library that could be used to read about these events in more detail.
    [Show full text]
  • School Diversity Week Toolkit Table of Contents
    School Diversity Week Toolkit Table of Contents Introduction 3 About us 4 Holding an event 7 Ideas Bank 8 Set up a Social Action Team 9 Event Checklist 11 Run a Rainbow Ribbon Campaign 13 Social Media 14 Primary School Lesson Plans 16 Secondary School Lesson Plans 23 Other resources 36 Debates 37 LGBT+ Quiz 38 Famous LGBT+ People 45 LGBT+ Facts 46 Legislative Reforms 47 Primary School Books 48 Secondary School Books 51 Further Reading 54 Spoken Word 54 PSHE Films 55 LGBT+ Films 57 LGBT+ Documentaries 60 Building on School Diversity Week 63 Explaining School Diversity Week 66 Email to Governors 67 Email to Parents/Carers 68 FAQ for Parents/Carers 69 Draft Press Release 71 Introduction We’re absolutely delighted that you’re joining the Just Like Us team across the UK in championing lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) equality during School Diversity Week 2018. We’ve created this toolkit with help from our Teacher Advisory Group to make celebrating School Diversity Week as easy as possible. It includes: • Easy-to-use ideas for school-wide events celebrating LGBT+ equality • Advice on empowering your students to set up a Social Action Team • KS1-KS4 lesson plans covering LGBT+ issues • Subject specific lesson plans • Extracurricular resources including facts, book lists, articles, films and videos • FAQs to help explain the aims of the week • Letter templates about your school’s involvement for parents, staff and governors This toolkit will help you plan the week to suit your school’s needs. We’ve been inspired to hear about what so many schools already have planned and we’re looking forward to hearing from many more of you over the next few weeks.
    [Show full text]
  • LGBTQIA+ Rights Justnow Timeline Cards Set
    LGBTQIA+ Rights JustNow timeline cards set Created by: Annemarie Kelpe, Friederike Hobein, Sera Ria Gomes The “JustNow – A Toolbox for Teaching Human Rights” project is focused on the development of methodological-didactical materials relating to human rights education, combined with simulation games and diversity learning in non-formal and formal youth educational work. This timeline cards set focuses on teaching about the evolution of the LGBTQIA+ Rights (movement) through history up until today, covering some key milestones, leading figures, events, legislation and organizations. The cards can be used in history or civic education, or in other non-formal education settings. Where possible, it is advised that educators supplement the cards with local (history) examples. The cards were created using images and information researched online, with sources noted on the back of the cards. The cards are created for exclusively non-profit educational purpose and use, in classrooms or non-formal educational settings. Image source: Graphic created by Kayley Weinberg, 2014. https://now.org/blog/now-updates-acronym-lgbtqia/ Additional terms Cis-gender - people who identify with their birth sex and are aligned with gender constructs Transgender - people whose gender identity is different from their gender assigned at birth Queer - umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities and a sexual orientation, intentionally vague which allows different interpretations Intersex - People who are born with any of the several variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones or genitals that do not fit the typical definitions of male or female bodies Asexual - People, who do not experience sexual attraction to anyone. Asexuality is more of a spectrum.
    [Show full text]
  • Traditional Marriage Left Exposed
    POPE FRANCIS SCIAF looks NEW SERIES: calls on ahead at Harry Schnitker world to be the challenges explores Evan- peacemakers of 2014 gelii Gaudium Pages 6-7 Pages 10-11 Page 20 No 5550 VISIT YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER ONLINE AT WWW.SCONEWS.CO.UK Friday January 3 2014 | £1 Persecution of Christians must Traditional marriage left exposed stop, says Pope I MSPs reject provisos to protect religious freedoms, clergy and celebrants in new legislation POPE Francis used the feast of St Stephen, the Church’s first mar- By Ian Dunn tyr, to tell the world that discrimi- nation against Christians ‘must be SCOTTISH politicians have further eliminated.’ The Pope was speak- undermined the future of traditional ing on Boxing Day before pray- marriage ahead of voters deciding, ing the Angelus from his window this year, whether Scotland will overlooking St Peter’s Square. become independent. “Today we pray in a particular Over the festive period, MSPs refused way for Christians who undergo dis- to amend the Scottish Government’s crimination because of their witness same-sex ‘marriage’ legislation to protect to Christ and the Gospel,” he said. religious freedom, clergy and celebrants. “We are close to these brothers and In addition, the Scottish Government has sisters who, like St Stephen, are confirmed that tax breaks for married unjustly accused and made targets of couples would be scrapped in an inde- violence of various kinds. I am sure pendent Scotland. that, unfortunately, there are more of them today than in the early days of Religious freedom fears the Church. There are so many.” On the Tuesday before Christmas, the The Pope said that Christians face Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportuni- discrimination in every part of the ties Committee voted against proposed world.“This [persecution] happen changes to the Marriage and Civil Part- especially where religious liberty is nership (Scotland) Bill by SNP and not yet guaranteed and fully realised,” Labour members that were aimed at he said.
    [Show full text]
  • LGBT 20 & 21 Century Heritage Timeline
    LGBT 20th & 21st Century Heritage Timeline Tutors Handbook To be used with LGBT Heritage Timeline Bunting Introduction Within the UK, LGBT History Month takes place annually in February, to celebrate the abolishment of Section 28. Schools, colleges and workplaces are encouraged to embrace LGBT history by highlighting LGBT people who have made an influential contribution to all aspects of life. Often sexuality is ignored in traditional teaching of subjects such as history, leaving gay students feeling invisible without any significant role models. Stonewall is an organisation who support schools and employers in striving towards equality for the LGBT community. They commissioned some research from Cambridge University in 2012 and found that; 53% of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people are never taught anything about lesbian, gay and bisexual issues in their lessons. 34% lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils who are taught about or discuss gay issues in school say this is done in a way they find positive overall. 35% of lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils say their school library doesn’t contain books or information about gay people or issues. The LGBT history timeline was created as an interactive way of presenting some of the significant events and highlighting LGBT people in history, to put into context how the stigma of sexuality has overshadowed some of the great accomplishments made of time. For example, details of the mathematical genius, Alan Turning have been included. His invaluable work in overcoming World War 2 was overshadowed by his suicide following persecution and prosecution around his sexuality. LGBT History Activity The activity is paper based, using bunting that is displayer around a large room.
    [Show full text]
  • Aspects Ofscottish Lesbian and Gay Activism, 1968 to 1992
    THON WEY Aspects ofScottish lesbian and gay activism, 1968 to 1992 By Brian Dempsey Abstract The following paper charts the political campaign history of Scottish Lesbian and Gay activists over approximately two decades. It pays particular reference to organisations such as the Scottish Minorities Group (1969-78) and its successor, the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (1978-92). These self­ organised Lesbian and Gay groups - which continue today as Outright Scotland - represented an unusual, and often anomalous, continuity as they frequently worked alongside rather more short-lived groups. Material fTom the Outright archives, SMG/SHRG publications and interviews with activists will be utilised to illustrate the changing aims and tactics of these groups over the period under consideration. CONTENTS PREFACE Page 1 INTRODUCTION Page 3 THE EARLY YEARS Page 6 Before 1969 ... The Batchelor Clan ... Setting up SMG ... The carly work ofSMG. GROUPS OTHER THAN SMG/SHRG Page 9 The Gay Lihcration Front ... Scanish Lesbian Feminists ... Radical Gay Men's Group ,.. Scottish Gay Activist Alliance ... Trade Union Group for Gay Rights ... Labour Campaign for Lesbian & Gay Rights Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners ... Student Lesbian and Gay Soci~tics ... others. LEGAL MATTERS Page 13 Dccriminalisation of male homosexual acts ... Strasbourg ... Employment ... Other legal work. MINORITIES WITHIN SMG Page 20 Women ... Black people .. young people. THE SEXUAL DIASPORA Page 22 Transvestites and Transsexuals ... Pederasts ... Bisexuals. SMG/SHRG "OFFSHOOTS" Page 24 Gay Switchboards and Lesbian Lines ... Gay Scotland. Lavender Menace/West & Wilde ... Scottish Aids Monitor. CONCLUSION Page 27 NOTES Page 28 BIBLIOGRAPHY Page 30 ABBREVIATIONS Page 32 PREFACE This paper brings together the history of lesbian and gay activism in Scotland for the first time.
    [Show full text]
  • Gay Liberation a Brief Moment in Turbulent Times
    Gay Liberation A brief moment in turbulent times Times Square, New York 1969 Photograph: Diane Davies An introduction with related pamphlets & essays by Don Milligan * * * * * * Photo: Diane Davis 2 Gay Liberation: a brief moment in turbulent times Introduction and related essays by Don Milligan These pieces may be copied and circulated in any form providing that they are reproduced without alteration or amendment and are cited as: © GLF Manifesto Group, London 1971 © Don Milligan 2019, Gay Liberation: A brief moment in turbulent times, an introduction with related pamphlets and essays 2019 www.donmilligan.net and www.studiesinanti-capitalism.net © Don Milligan, ‘Gay Liberation: A brief moment in turbulent times’ Manchester: www.studiesinanti-capitalism.net, June 2019 3 Contents Page 2019 Introduction: GLF A Brief Moment ………. 4 1971 Gay Liberation Front Manifesto …………. 12 1973 The Politics of Homosexuality ……………. 37 1975 Homosexuality: Sexual needs and social problems …………………………………… 60 1989 Out for Sex and Laughs …………………... 79 1989 Boys for Rent: villains or victims? …………. 83 1990 Aids: Fighting the Epidemic ……………… 88 1991 ‘Sir’ Ian McKellen and Stonewall ………... 96 1991 Prof Norman Stone and gay sex ………... 100 2009 The Trouble with Bruno ……………………. 104 2009 Boyz will be Boyz …………………………… 108 2009 Uganda: Killing Homosexuals ……………. 112 2010 Peter Tatchell and the Old Queen ……... 116 2010 David Laws and Living a Lie ……………... 120 2015 Capitalism, High Camp, and the straightening out of homosexuals ………. 124 2015 Natural Law and Homosexuality 134 2017 Genitals = Gender ……………………........ 146 2017 Queer Britannia ……………………………. 152 2019 Inheritance …………………………………. 157 2019 Useful Books ………………………………... 161 © Don Milligan, ‘Gay Liberation: A brief moment in turbulent times’ Manchester: www.studiesinanti-capitalism.net, June 2019 4 Introduction Gay Liberation: A brief moment in turbulent times Don Milligan iewed from the present the gay liberation movement of the years 1969-1979 – ten years or Vthereabouts – is a confusing phenomenon.
    [Show full text]