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> This page says the age of majority was actually 21 for both genders until 1970 For heterosexual sex. It wasn't until the Sexual Offences Act in 1967 that mal
by twic 7y ago
> This page says the age of majority was actually 21 for both genders until 1970
For heterosexual sex. It wasn't until the Sexual Offences Act in 1967 that male homosexual sex was legal at all:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom#1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_th...
And even then, it was only in your own home, England and Wales, and groups of two. The law wasn't brought into full equivalence with the law for heterosexual sex until 2001:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom#2000s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_th...
2001! Fucking 2001! What is wrong with this country?