Gay Rights Context Flashcards
(22 cards)
On what grounds was homosexuality between males criminalised in the UK?
On moral and religious grounds.
What year and act PARTIALLY decriminalised homosexuality in the UK?
Sexual Offences Act in 1967
What year did homosexuality become fully decriminalised in the UK?
2003
What was the age of consent in the UK in 1967?
21
Why was the age of consent lowered to 18 in 1994?
Because of campaigns for equal rights.
When was the age of consent lowered to 16?
2001
When was the first recorded cases of HIV/AIDS found?
1981.
How many gay men were found with HIV/AIDS in 1981?
- They had no previous health issues.
Who associated HIV/AIDS with gay and bisexual men in society?
The mass media and medical professionals.
Why was society associating HIV/AIDS with gay and bi men harmful?
It cultivated the ideology that gay sex could kill you. It increased the stigmatisation of gay and bi men. This correlated with higher levels of discrimination towards LGBT people.
What was homosexuality considered to older generations?
A sin and an abomination.
What was the result of older generation’s ideolgies about homosexuality for LGB people?
Many people were kicked out of their homes if their identity was found out and were left homeless in the 1980s.
What were dangerous situations that gay men were put in after being kicked out of home?
Sex work was common so they could eat and sleep indoors.
What did the gay community in NY develop?
Chosen families which became ‘houses’ and the drag ballroom scene flourished as a place for expression and underground movement.
What happened to gay men who died of IDS?
They were ‘unclaimed’ by their families and were buried on Hart Island.
What was Hart Island cemetery?
A cemetery that was used to bury people whose families wouldn’t or couldn’t pay for a funeral. They had markers as headstones and only had a number (dehumanising the community even in death).
How did the government track the number of people that had AIDS at the beginning of the crisis?
They tattooed people with the disease.
What was Section 28 and how did it affect LGBTQIA+ people?
It prohibited local governments from promoting homosexuality or the acceptance of homosexuality within the family.
What were schools required to say regarding same sex relationships (because of Section 28)
Same sex relationships were ‘a pretended family’
When was Section 28 repealed?
2003
When Section 28 was repealed, what changed?
It was legal to acknowledge gender identities which were not heternormative.
What year was gay marriage legalised?
2013
