Appendix 2 117 – 138: Hadrian was the first 1954: Alan Turing, English mathematician Roman Emperor to make 2001: The Crime & Disorder Act it clear that he was homosexual. and influential in the development of computer science committed suicide lowers age of consent for homosexual acts to 16. 1533: The Buggery Act, after being prosecuted for homosexuality and being “chemically castrated”. the country's first civil 2002: Same Sex couples sodomy law, passed. granted equal rights 2012: Protection of Freedom Buggery remained a capital 1971: Nullity of Marriage Act to adopt. Act passed. Certain convictions offence in England and Wales passed. Banned same in 1956 Sexual Offences Act until the enactment of the sex marriages can be erased from Police and Offences against the Person Act 1861. in England and Wales. 2003: Section 28 official records. is repealed. 1994: Isle of Man 1861: The death penalty for buggery Decriminalises was abolished. A total of 8921 Homosexuality. 2010: Equality Act 2010 men had been prosecuted since makes discrimination 1806 for sodomy with 404 1897: George Cecil Ives organises 1981: First UK case against Lesbians sentenced to death and 56 executed. the first homosexual rights of AIDS recorded. and gay men in group in England, the Order of provision of goods Chaeronea. and services illegal. th st Pre 1600 to 20 Century 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 21 Century 1957: Wolfended Report 2004: Civil Partnership 2004: Gender Recognition 1885: The British Parliament enacts Published; advised 1988: Section 28 Act passed. Gave Act passed. Gave Section 11 of the Criminal Law Government that Enacted. same sex couples Transsexual people Amendment Act, known as homosexuality should equal rights as legal recognition. the Labouchere Amendment prohibiting not be illegal. heterosexual couples. 2014: Same sex marriage gross indecency between males. becomes legal 1967: Sexual Offences Act 1999: Stephen Twigg is the first openly in England and Wales. passed decriminalising gay politician to be elected private homosexual to the House of Commons 1726: Three men (Gabriel Lawrence, acts between 2 men over 21 and Michael Cashman is the William Griffin and Thomas Wright) In England. first openly gay were hanged at Tyburn for UK member of European Parliament. sodomy following a raid of Margaret Clap's Molly House. 1972: First British Gay Pride Rally in London. 1327: Hinted by medieval chroniclers, and alleged by modern historians, the relationship between Gaveston and King Edward II was homosexual. Adapted from: “Timeline of LGBT History in Britain”, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2017..