Timeline of UK LGBT History: Difference between revisions
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==18th century== | ==18th century== | ||
* '''1726''' – Three men convicted of [[sodomy]] following cases brought by [[Thomas Newton]] | * '''1726''' – Three men convicted of [[sodomy]] following cases brought by [[Thomas Newton]] | ||
* '''1780''' – The [[Ladies of Llangollen]] set up home together | |||
==20th century== | ==20th century== | ||
* '''1958''' – [[Albany trust]] formed | * '''1958''' – [[Albany trust]] formed | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 12 October 2011
2nd century
- 117 – Emperor Hadrian visits Britain.
14th century
- 1327 – Murder of King Edward II
- 1391 – Death of Sir John Clanvowe and Richard Neville
18th century
- 1726 – Three men convicted of sodomy following cases brought by Thomas Newton
- 1780 – The Ladies of Llangollen set up home together
20th century
- 1958 – Albany trust formed
- 1967 - Sexual Offences Act 1967 partially decrimialises sex betweenmen in England and Wales
- 1967 7 October – North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee formed, later to be re-founded as CHE
- 1971 – CHE London Group Seven (later Croydon Area Gay Society) founded
- 1972 – Allegro Music Group formed.
- 1972 – Gay News first published.
- 1988 – Section 28 passed
- 1995 – Adonis Art Gallery founded.
- 1999 30 April – Admiral Duncan pub bombed.
21st century
- 2000 – Section 28 repealed in Scotland.
- 2001 – Croydon Friend closed.
- 2003 – Section 28 repealed in England and Wales.