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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 05:08 PM Jan 2022

Britain to wipe from records past convictions for consensual same-sex activity

Source: Washington Post

Britain to wipe from records past convictions for consensual same-sex activity

By Claire Parker
Today at 12:49 p.m. EST

Anyone convicted of consensual same-sex sexual activity under abolished laws in England and Wales will soon be eligible to be pardoned and have their records wiped, the BritishHome Office said in a news release Tuesday.

“It is only right that where offences have been abolished, convictions for consensual activity between same-sex partners should be disregarded too,” British Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a statement.

“I hope that expanding the pardons and disregards scheme will go some way to righting the wrongs of the past and to reassuring members of the LGBT community that Britain is one of the safest places in the world to call home,” Patel said.

Since 2012, people convicted under a narrower set of repealed offenses — including sodomy and gross indecency between men — have been eligible to apply to have their convictions disregarded.

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Read more: https://wapo.st/3mVSebS

Original WaPo link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/04/britain-pardon-same-sex-convictions/

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Britain to wipe from records past convictions for consensual same-sex activity (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2022 OP
Kudos...I guess. Behind the Aegis Jan 2022 #1
Didnt they used to refer to it gay texan Jan 2022 #2
Paragraph 5 refers to it as "sodomy and gross indecency between men" (repealed). Eugene Jan 2022 #3
The barbarism is this era stands out to me when such progress is noted. David__77 Jan 2022 #4
Took them long enough. nt Susan Calvin Jan 2022 #5
Exactly Mickju Jan 2022 #6

Eugene

(61,595 posts)
3. Paragraph 5 refers to it as "sodomy and gross indecency between men" (repealed).
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 05:21 PM
Jan 2022

Buggery is still an offense on the books of several Commonwealth countries.

David__77

(23,219 posts)
4. The barbarism is this era stands out to me when such progress is noted.
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 08:08 PM
Jan 2022

I mean, it’s striking that this is the progress of today. I am hopeful that centuries from now, people will appreciate the tremendous progress that’s been made since now.

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