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Often a letter expressing terms of affection between two men was all that was required to bring a prosecution.
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Female homosexuality was never explicitly targeted by any legislation. Although discussed for the first time in Parliament in with a view to introducing discriminatory legislation to become the Criminal Law Amendment Bill , this ultimately failed when both the House of Commons and House of Lords rejected it due to the fear a law would draw attention and encourage women to explore homosexuality.
It was also assumed that lesbianism occurred in an extremely small pocket of the female population.
In the post-war period, transgender identities started to become visible. Cowell continued her career as a racing driver and published her autobiography in Meanwhile, a significant rise in arrests and prosecutions of homosexual men were made after World War II. Many were from high rank and held positions within government and national institutions, such as Alan Turing , the cryptographer whose work played a decisive role in the breaking of the Enigma code. This increase in prosecutions called into question the legal system in place for dealing with homosexual acts.
The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution, better known as the Wolfenden Report, was published in , three years after the committee first met in September It was commissioned in response to evidence that homosexuality could not legitimately be regarded as a disease and aimed to bring about change in the current law by making recommendations to the Government.
The Wolfenden Report recommended that 'homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private should be no longer a criminal offence'. Backed by the Church of England and the House of Lords, the Sexual Offences Act partially legalised same-sex acts in the UK between men over the age of 21 conducted in private.
Scotland and Northern Ireland followed suit over a decade later, in and respectively. The Sexual Offences Act represented a stepping stone towards equality, but there was still a long way to go.
The GLF protested in solidarity with other oppressed groups and organised the very first Pride march in which is now an annual event. Trans people have been using gendered facilities with these people their whole lives without any issues.
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