Police used the Gross Indecency laws to continue to Criminalise Gay Behaviour and social activity. Voiceover it is a deadly disease and there is no known cure. In the 80s, hiv and aids brought a new atmosphere of moral panic. By the end of the decade, the number of Gross Indecency prosecutions against gay men was as high as it had been in the 1950s. Many many lead completely double lives. The writer Maureen Duffy who campaigned for the 1977 act who campaigned for the 1967 act says it was not a moment of sudden liberation. It was the beginning of a process. But never assume that what you have achieved you have got for good and it cannot be reversed because at any time, anything can be completely changed. And there are sometimes still some very nasty rumblings and utterances, partially stoked by the use of social media, that could turn very nasty indeed if were not vigilant. Injuly 1967, the home secretary roy jenkins told parliament that homosexuality was a disability that brought lifel
Police used the Gross Indecency laws to continue to Criminalise Gay Behaviour and social activity. Voiceover it is a deadly disease and there is no known cure. In the 80s, hiv and aids brought a new atmosphere of moral panic. By the end of the decade, the number of Gross Indecency prosecutions against gay men was as high as it had been in the 1950s. Many many lead completely double lives. The writer Maureen Duffy who campaigned for the 1977 act who campaigned for the 1967 act says it was not a moment of sudden liberation. It was the beginning of a process. But never assume that what you have achieved you have got for good and it cannot be reversed because at any time, anything can be completely changed. And there are sometimes still some very nasty rumblings and utterances, partially stoked by the use of social media, that could turn very nasty indeed if were not vigilant. Injuly 1967, the home secretary roy jenkins told parliament that homosexuality was a disability that brought lifel
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