July London, England The Sexual […]
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1967-07
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July London, England The Sexual Offences Bill, which partially decriminalized some homosexual activities in private between two consenting adults twenty-one years of age and older, passed third reading in the House of Commons on July 4 by a vote of 99 to 14. It passed third reading in the House of Lords on July 21, and was given Royal Assent July 27. The success of the Bill was due largely to the influence of the Wolfenden Report, published on September 4, 1957, and the lobbying efforts of the Homosexual Law Reform Society, formed in May 1958. This action on the part of the British Parliament in turn influenced the climate for legislative change in Canada, leading up to the passing of Omnibus Bill C-150 in May 1969.
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Ron Poulton, "Homosexual Bill Passed in Britain after 9 Years," Toronto Telegram,final ed., 4 July 1967, p. 4."Metro Police Oppose U.K. Homosexual Law: Cases of Deviates Cited," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 7 July 1967, p. 5Anthony J. Lewis, "Homosexual Reform Bill Passed by British M.P.s," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 5 July 1967, p. 4Gary Kinsman, " Official Discourse as Sexual Regulation: The Social Organization of the Sexual Policing of Gay Men " (Ph.D. dissertation. University of Toronto, 1989), pp. 412-13Stephen Jeffery-Poulter, Peers, Queers, and Commons: The Struggle for Gay Law Reform from 1950 to the Present (London: Routledge, 1991)"Homosexuality and the Law" (editorial). Globe and Mail, metro ed., 8 July 1967, p. 6"Homosexual Law Reform" (editorial), Toronto Daily Star, night ed., 29 May 1965, p. 6"Homosexual Bill Passes Commons," ASK Newsletter, August 1967, p. 2"A Crucial Question" (editorial), Vancouver Sun, four star ed, 10 July 1967, p. 4
