Equality within status quo is not liberation
Oscar Wilde
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
Alan Turing was pardoned. What about the others?
Homophobic prejudice still blights LGBT lives in 2014