'Defending Homosexuals', Legal Action Group Bulletin, April 1982

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April 1982

Paul Thurlow was a volunteer on the Islington's Pride LGBTQ+ archives project at the Islington Local History Centre and later became a volunteer with the Islington Local History Centre. He is a long-term resident of Islington and an active member of the LGBTQ+ community having volunteered with many organisations including Gay Switchboard. He also actively participated in many events and activities.

Photocopied article by Adrian Fulford, barrister, on defending men charged with the criminal offences of gross indecency and importuning under the 1956 Sexual Offences Act, and insulting behaviour under the 1936 Public Order Act. Points out that prosecutions of men for these offences have doubled, and convictions trebled, since the passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (which amended the law in England and Wales only, so that sex between two men, in private, if both were 21 years or older, and not in the merchant navy or armed forces, was no longer a criminal offence).

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LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+) Community, CRIMINAL LAW, POLICING, HOMOPHOBIA, SEX OFFENCES

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