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The '''Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921''' was a piece of proposed legislation that would for the first time have made sex between women illegal, but the change was rejected by the House of Lords and did not become law. | The '''Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921''' was a piece of proposed legislation that would for the first time have made sex between women illegal, by extending to women the scope of the [[gross indecency]] offence, but the change was rejected by the House of Lords and did not become law. | ||
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The Criminal Law Amendment Bill 1921 was a piece of proposed legislation that would for the first time have made sex between women illegal, by extending to women the scope of the gross indecency offence, but the change was rejected by the House of Lords and did not become law.