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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religious_same-sex_marriages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religious_same-sex_marriages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3 Religious same-sex marriages </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religious_same-sex_marriages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adoption_and_family_planning" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adoption_and_family_planning"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Adoption and family planning </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Adoption_and_family_planning-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Adoption and family planning subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Adoption_and_family_planning-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-NHS_UK_lawsuit" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NHS_UK_lawsuit"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.1 NHS UK lawsuit </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NHS_UK_lawsuit-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transgender_rights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transgender_rights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Transgender rights </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transgender_rights-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Transgender rights subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Transgender_rights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Transgender_youth" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transgender_youth"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.1 Transgender youth </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transgender_youth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Single-sex_education_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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</a> <ul id="toc-Transgender_immigrants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Puberty_blockers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Puberty_blockers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.6 Puberty blockers </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Puberty_blockers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bathrooms_and_toilets_in_England" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bathrooms_and_toilets_in_England"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4.7 Bathrooms and toilets in England </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bathrooms_and_toilets_in_England-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Intersex_rights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intersex_rights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5 Intersex rights </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Intersex_rights-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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href="#Bias-motivated_violence_and_abuse"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 Bias-motivated violence and abuse </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bias-motivated_violence_and_abuse-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_service" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_service"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Military service </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Military_service-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle Military service subsection </button> <ul id="toc-Military_service-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Military_pardons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_pardons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8.1 Military pardons </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_pardons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conversion_therapy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conversion_therapy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Conversion therapy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conversion_therapy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sex_education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sex_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Sex education </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sex_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-LGBT_rights_movement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#LGBT_rights_movement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 LGBT rights movement </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-LGBT_rights_movement-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle LGBT rights movement subsection </button> <ul id="toc-LGBT_rights_movement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Advocacy_organisations" class="vector-toc-list-item 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a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile vcard hlist"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">LGBTQ rights in the United Kingdom</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><a href="/wiki/File:LGBT_flag_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the United Kingdom with the pride flag"><img alt="Map of the United Kingdom with the pride flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/LGBT_flag_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/100px-LGBT_flag_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/LGBT_flag_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/150px-LGBT_flag_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/LGBT_flag_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/200px-LGBT_flag_map_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="953" /></a></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;"> <big>By location</big></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United Kingdom</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Scotland" title="LGBT rights in Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/35px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/46px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Northern_Ireland" title="LGBT rights in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Crown dependencies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Guernsey" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Guernsey">Guernsey</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Jersey">Jersey</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Isle_of_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_the_British_Overseas_Territories" title="Recognition of same-sex unions in the British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/23px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/35px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/46px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Anguilla" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Anguilla">Anguilla</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bermuda" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Cayman_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Falkland_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Montserrat" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="LGBT rights in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="LGBT rights in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage</a> by <a href="/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_the_British_Overseas_Territories" title="Recognition of same-sex unions in the British Overseas Territories">territory</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Scotland" title="Same-sex marriage in Scotland">Scotland</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/23px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/35px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg/46px-Saint_Patrick%27s_Saltire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Guernsey" title="Same-sex marriage in Guernsey">Guernsey</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Jersey" title="Same-sex marriage in Jersey">Jersey</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Same-sex marriage in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Same-sex marriage in Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Bermuda" title="Same-sex marriage in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_British_Antarctic_Territory" title="Same-sex marriage in the British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Same-sex marriage in the British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Cayman_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Gibraltar" title="Same-sex marriage in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Same-sex marriage in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="375" /></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;"> <big>Policy aspects</big></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Sexual orientation</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex adoption in the United Kingdom">Adoption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Age of consent reform in the United Kingdom">Age of consent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom">Blood donation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_and_homosexuality" title="Christianity and homosexuality">Christian nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom">History of violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom">HIV/AIDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_the_military_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sexual orientation and the military of the United Kingdom">Military policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Gender identity, sex and intersex</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21st-century_anti-trans_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="21st-century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom">21st-century anti-trans movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transgender rights in the United Kingdom">Transgender rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intersex_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intersex rights in the United Kingdom">Intersex rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHS_Gender_Identity_Development_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="NHS Gender Identity Development Service">NHS Gender Identity Development Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Panel" title="Gender Recognition Panel">Gender Recognition Panel</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;"> <big>Legislation</big></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Criminality</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">Buggery Act 1533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1828" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1828">Offences Against the Person Act 1828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1861" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1861">Offences Against the Person Act 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labouchere_Amendment" title="Labouchere Amendment">Labouchere Amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">Wolfenden report</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">Sexual Offences Act 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">Homosexual Offences Order 1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994" title="Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994">Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000" title="Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000">Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_2003" title="Sexual Offences Act 2003">Sexual Offences Act 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policing_and_Crime_Act_2017" title="Policing and Crime Act 2017">Policing and Crime Act 2017</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing_law" title="Alan Turing law">Alan Turing law</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merchant_Shipping_(Homosexual_Conduct)_Act_2017" title="Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017">Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_Sexual_Offences_(Pardons_and_Disregards)_(Scotland)_Act_2018" title="Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018">Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Protection and recognition</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Public_Order_Act_1986" title="Public Order Act 1986">Public Order Act 1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_Discrimination_Act_1975" title="Sex Discrimination Act 1975">Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoption_and_Children_Act_2002" title="Adoption and Children Act 2002">Adoption and Children Act 2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2003" title="Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003">Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">Civil Partnership Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2006" title="Equality Act 2006">Equality Act 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2007" title="Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007">Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Immigration_Act_2008" title="Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008">Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_Fertilisation_and_Embryology_Act_2008" title="Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008">Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014" title="Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014">Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnerships,_Marriages_and_Deaths_(Registration_etc)_Act_2019" title="Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019">Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Litigation</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corbett_v_Corbett" title="Corbett v Corbett">Corbett v Corbett</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/X_v_United_Kingdom" title="X v United Kingdom">X v United Kingdom</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudgeon_v_United_Kingdom" title="Dudgeon v United Kingdom">Dudgeon v United Kingdom</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R_v_Brown" title="R v Brown">R v Brown</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutherland_v_United_Kingdom" title="Sutherland v United Kingdom">Sutherland v United Kingdom</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_and_Grady_v_United_Kingdom" title="Smith and Grady v United Kingdom">Smith and Grady v United Kingdom</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodwin_%26_I_v_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Goodwin & I v United Kingdom">Goodwin & I v United Kingdom</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HJ_and_HT_v_Home_Secretary" title="HJ and HT v Home Secretary">HJ and HT v Home Secretary</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_AIDS_Trust_v_NHS_Service_Commissioning_Board" title="National AIDS Trust v NHS Service Commissioning Board">National AIDS Trust v NHS Service Commissioning Board</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_v_Tavistock" title="Bell v Tavistock">Bell v Tavistock</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_v_Tavistock#AB_v_CD_and_others" title="Bell v Tavistock">AB v CD and others</a> (2021)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;"> <big>Culture</big></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">By city</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_community_of_Brighton_and_Hove" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community of Brighton and Hove">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Cardiff" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in Cardiff">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Liverpool" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in Liverpool">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Leeds" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in Leeds">Leeds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_Manchester" title="Timeline of LGBT history in Manchester">Manchester</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Gay_village#UK_Gay_villages" title="Gay village">Gay villages</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Gay_Village" title="Birmingham Gay Village">Birmingham Gay Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Calls" title="The Calls">The Calls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(Manchester)" title="Canal Street (Manchester)">Canal Street (Manchester)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Compton_Street" title="Old Compton Street">Old Compton Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Quarter,_Liverpool" title="Pride Quarter, Liverpool">Pride Quarter, Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall" title="Vauxhall">Vauxhall</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Gay male</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polari" title="Polari">Polari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_bathhouses_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Gay bathhouses in the United Kingdom">Saunas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_cruising_in_England_and_Wales" title="Gay cruising in England and Wales">Cruising</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;"> <big>Organisations</big></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">LGBT advocacy and support</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93Carpenter_Archives" title="Hall–Carpenter Archives">Hall–Carpenter Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Gay_Men%27s_Advisory_Group" title="Black Gay Men's Advisory Group">Black Gay Men's Advisory Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akt_(charity)" title="Akt (charity)">Akt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naz_and_Matt_Foundation" title="Naz and Matt Foundation">Naz and Matt Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Families_and_Friends_of_Lesbians_and_Gays" title="Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays">FFLAG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Foundation" title="LGBT Foundation">LGBT Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Network" title="LGBT Network">LGBT Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outright_Scotland" title="Outright Scotland">Outright Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switchboard_(UK)" title="Switchboard (UK)">Switchboard (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NUS_LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="NUS LGBT">NUS LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Liberal_Democrats" title="LGBT+ Liberal Democrats">LGBT+ Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Conservatives" title="LGBT+ Conservatives">LGBT+ Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Labour" title="LGBT+ Labour">LGBT+ Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Campaign_for_Trans_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Campaign for Trans Rights">Labour Campaign for Trans Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mermaids_(charity)" title="Mermaids (charity)">Mermaids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Press_for_Change" title="Press for Change">Press for Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gender_Trust" title="The Gender Trust">The Gender Trust</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Pride_parade#United_Kingdom" title="Pride parade">Pride events</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BiCon_(UK)" title="BiCon (UK)">BiCon (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Gay_Out_(London)" title="Big Gay Out (London)">Big Gay Out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Pride" title="Birmingham Pride">Birmingham Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourne_Free" title="Bourne Free">Bourne Free</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_Pride" title="Brighton Pride">Brighton Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Pride" title="Bristol Pride">Bristol Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Pride" title="Doncaster Pride">Doncaster Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GFest_%E2%80%93_gayWise_LGBT_Arts_Festival" title="GFest – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival">GFest – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgay!_Festival" title="Glasgay! Festival">Glasgay! Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homotopia_(festival)" title="Homotopia (festival)">Homotopia (Liverpool)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_Pride" title="Leeds Pride">Leeds Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Pride" title="Leicester Pride">Leicester Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_History_Month" title="LGBT History Month">LGBT History Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BFI_Flare:_London_LGBT_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival">BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Pride" title="Manchester Pride">Manchester Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_UK" title="Mr Gay UK">Mr Gay UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_Wales" title="Mr Gay Wales">Mr Gay Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Pride_(festival)" title="Northern Pride (festival)">Northern Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_Pride" title="Nottinghamshire Pride">Nottinghamshire Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Cymru" title="Pride Cymru">Pride Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Glasgow" title="Pride Glasgow">Pride Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_Hull" title="Pride in Hull">Pride in Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_Liverpool" title="Pride in Liverpool">Pride in Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">Pride in London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Scotia" title="Pride Scotia">Pride Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Pride" title="Reading Pride">Reading Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Pride" title="Swansea Pride">Swansea Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worthing_Pride" title="Worthing Pride">Worthing Pride</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Former groups</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OutRage!" title="OutRage!">OutRage!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality" title="Campaign for Homosexual Equality">Campaign for Homosexual Equality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Society" title="Homosexual Law Reform Society">Homosexual Law Reform Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front" title="Gay Liberation Front">Gay Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_Rights_Working_Party" title="Gay Rights Working Party">Gay Rights Working Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Chaeronea" title="Order of Chaeronea">Order of Chaeronea</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="text-align:center;"> <big>History</big></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)">Topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_politicians_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom">List of politicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_first_LGBT_holders_of_political_offices_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom">First LGBT officeholders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom">Violence against LGBT people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom">HIV/AIDS crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_penalty_for_homosexuality" class="mw-redirect" title="Death penalty for homosexuality">Death penalty</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:#eee;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom">Timeline</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 342</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <abbr title="Men who have sex with men">MSM</abbr> activity <a href="/wiki/Codex_Theodosianus" title="Codex Theodosianus">made illegal</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1533</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">Death penalty introduced</a> for MSM activity</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1543</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Buggery Act extended to Wales</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1828 </td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1828" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1828">Offences Against the Person Act 1828</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1835</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/James_Pratt_and_John_Smith" title="James Pratt and John Smith">James Pratt and John Smith</a> executed</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1861</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1861" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1861">Death penalty for buggery abolished</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1885</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Labouchere_Amendment" title="Labouchere Amendment">Labouchere Amendment</a> introduced</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1889</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Street_scandal" title="Cleveland Street scandal">Cleveland Street scandal</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1895</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a> found guilty of gross indecency</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1912</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/The_Cave_of_the_Golden_Calf" title="The Cave of the Golden Calf">The Cave of the Golden Calf</a> opens</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1921</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Plans to make lesbian activity illegal defeated</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1936</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Weston_(athlete)" title="Mark Weston (athlete)">Mark Weston</a> transitions</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1952</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/John_Nott-Bower" title="John Nott-Bower">John Nott-Bower</a> begins crackdown</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1954</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pitt-Rivers" title="Michael Pitt-Rivers">Pitt-Rivers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Douglas-Scott-Montagu,_3rd_Baron_Montagu_of_Beaulieu" title="Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu">Montagu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Wildeblood" title="Peter Wildeblood">Wildeblood</a> imprisoned</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1954</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a> commits suicide</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1957</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">Wolfenden report</a> released</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1967</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">MSM activity made legal (England & Wales)</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1972</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> First British <a href="/wiki/Pride_parade" title="Pride parade">Gay Pride Rally</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1976</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_affair" title="Thorpe affair">Jeremy Thorpe resigns</a> as Liberal leader</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1981</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> MSM activity <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">made legal (Scotland)</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1981</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> First case of <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="HIV/AIDS in the United Kingdom">AIDS reported in the UK</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1982</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> MSM activity <a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">made legal (<abbr title="Northern Ireland">NI</abbr>)</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1983</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Gay men <a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom">barred from donating blood</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1984</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury" title="Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury">Chris Smith</a> elected as first openly gay MP</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1987</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Operation_Spanner" title="Operation Spanner">Operation Spanner</a> begins</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1988</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a> comes into force</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1989</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall UK</a> forms</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1994</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Age of consent for MSM becomes 18</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1997</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Angela_Eagle" title="Angela Eagle">Angela Eagle</a> becomes first openly lesbian MP</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1998</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Bolton_7" title="Bolton 7">Bolton 7</a> found guilty</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1998</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Lord_Alli" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Alli">Lord Alli</a> becomes first openly gay Lord</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 1999</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/1999_London_nail_bombings" title="1999 London nail bombings">Admiral Duncan bombing</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Gay men allowed in HM Armed Forces</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2001</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Age of consent equalised to 16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2001</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> MSM activity involving multiple men legal</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2002</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Same sex couples granted <a href="/wiki/Adoption_and_Children_Act_2002" title="Adoption and Children Act 2002">equal rights to adopt</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2003</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Section 28 repealed</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2004</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Civil partnerships introduced</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2004</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act 2004</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2006</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Discrimination <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2006" title="Equality Act 2006">made illegal</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2008</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Human_Fertilisation_and_Embryology_Act_2008" title="Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008">Equalised access to IVF</a> for lesbian couples</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2008</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Incitement to homophobic hatred made a crime</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2009</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Public apology to <a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2010</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2011</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Gay men allowed to donate blood (1 yr deferral)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2013</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sinclaire" title="Nikki Sinclaire">Nikki Sinclaire</a> becomes first openly trans MEP</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2013</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2014</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> First <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex marriage in the UK">same-sex marriages</a> take place</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2016</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> MSM activity not grounds for military discharge</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2017</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Turing_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Turing law">Turing law</a> implemented</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2017</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Blood donation deferral 3 months (excl. NI)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2019</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> MPs <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">legislate</a> for <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland">gay marriage in NI</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2020</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> <a href="/wiki/Gay_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay marriage">Gay marriage</a> legal across UK, incl. NI</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> 2020</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> Blood donation deferral 3 months (incl. 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Same-sex male sexual activity was characterised as "sinful" but not illegal. Under the <a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">Buggery Act 1533</a> male anal sex was outlawed and made punishable by death. LGBT rights first came to prominence following the decriminalisation of sexual activity between men, <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">in 1967</a> in <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>, and later in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. Sexual activity between women was never subject to the same legal restriction. Since the turn of the 21st century, <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ" title="LGBTQ">LGBTQ</a> rights have increasingly strengthened in support. Some discrimination protections have been in place for LGBT people since 1999, but they were then extended to all areas under the <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010</a>. A ban on LGBT individuals serving openly in <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">the armed forces</a> was officially lifted in 2016, though a policy of non-enforcement had been in place since 2000.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent" title="Age of consent">age of consent</a> was <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000" title="Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000">equalised</a> at 16,<a href="#cite_note-9">[a]</a> regardless of <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation" title="Sexual orientation">sexual orientation</a>, in 2001. Having been introduced in the 1980s, <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a>, which prohibited the "promotion of homosexuality" by schools and local authorities, was repealed in 2003. Transgender people have had the ability to apply to change their legal gender <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">since 2005</a>. The same year, same-sex couples were granted the right to enter into a <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">civil partnership</a>, a similar legal structure to marriage, and also to <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex adoption in the United Kingdom">adopt</a> in England and Wales. Scotland later followed on adoption rights for same-sex couples in 2009, and Northern Ireland in 2013. <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage</a> was legalised in England and Wales, and Scotland in 2014,<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a> and in Northern Ireland in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-nimarriage2-12">[11]</a> In <a href="/wiki/ILGA-Europe" title="ILGA-Europe">ILGA-Europe</a>'s 2015 review of LGBTI rights, the UK received the highest score in Europe, with 86% progress toward "respect of human rights and full equality" for LGBT people and 92% in Scotland alone.<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a> However, by 2020, the UK had dropped to ninth place in the ILGA-Europe rankings with a score of 66% and the executive also expressed concern about a "hostile climate on <a href="/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transgender rights in the United Kingdom">trans rights</a> fuelled by opposition groups".<a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a> By 2023, the UK's ranking had fallen further to 17th place, with a score of 53%, falling behind Ireland, Germany and Greece.<a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a> Anti-trans rhetoric has been described as "rife" in the UK media landscape.<a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-CoE-20">[19]</a> Meanwhile, 86% of the UK agreed that homosexuality should be accepted by society, according to a 2019 <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a> poll,<a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> and a 2017 poll showed that 77% of British people support same-sex marriage.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> The 2021 census found that 3.2% of people in England and Wales identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other, and 262,000 people identified as transgender.<a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> However, <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall (UK)">Stonewall</a> have argued that polling and census results are likely influenced by under-reporting, and estimate that the actual figure is between 5 and 7%.<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-YouGov-25">[24]</a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights organization">LGBT rights organisations</a> and very large LGBT communities have been built across the UK, most notably in <a href="/wiki/LGBT_community_of_Brighton_and_Hove" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT community of Brighton and Hove">Brighton</a>, which is widely regarded as the UK's unofficial "gay capital", with other large communities in <a href="/wiki/Old_Compton_Street" title="Old Compton Street">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canal_Street_(Manchester)" title="Canal Street (Manchester)">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Gay_Village" title="Birmingham Gay Village">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Market,_Bristol" title="Old Market, Bristol">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Cardiff" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Calls" title="The Calls">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Liverpool" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT culture in Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> which all have <a href="/wiki/Gay_villages" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay villages">gay villages</a> and host annual <a href="/wiki/Pride_parade" title="Pride parade">pride festivals</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Same-sex_sexual_activity">Same-sex sexual activity</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Same-sex sexual activity">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Homosexuality_as_an_offence"> Homosexuality as an offence</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Homosexuality as an offence">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atherton,_John_(1598-1640)_%26_Childe,_John_(16_-1640)_-_1641.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Atherton%2C_John_%281598-1640%29_%26_Childe%2C_John_%2816_-1640%29_-_1641.jpg/220px-Atherton%2C_John_%281598-1640%29_%26_Childe%2C_John_%2816_-1640%29_-_1641.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Atherton%2C_John_%281598-1640%29_%26_Childe%2C_John_%2816_-1640%29_-_1641.jpg/330px-Atherton%2C_John_%281598-1640%29_%26_Childe%2C_John_%2816_-1640%29_-_1641.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Atherton%2C_John_%281598-1640%29_%26_Childe%2C_John_%2816_-1640%29_-_1641.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="493" /></a><figcaption>English bishop <a href="/wiki/John_Atherton" title="John Atherton">John Atherton</a>, who helped extend the applicability of the Buggery Act to Ireland, was himself executed under the Act in 1640.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a></figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a> identified <a href="/wiki/Anal_sex" title="Anal sex">anal sex</a> as an offence punishable by hanging as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">Buggery Act 1533</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:1-27">[26]</a> which was pioneered by <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a> The Act was the country's first civil <a href="/wiki/Sodomy_law" title="Sodomy law">sodomy law</a>, such offences having previously been dealt with by the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_court" title="Ecclesiastical court">ecclesiastical courts</a>. While it was repealed in 1553 on the accession of <a href="/wiki/Mary_I_of_England" title="Mary I of England">Mary I</a>, it was re-enacted in 1563 under <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I</a>. <a href="/wiki/James_Pratt_and_John_Smith" title="James Pratt and John Smith">James Pratt and John Smith</a> were the last two to be executed for sodomy in 1835.<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-27">[26]</a> Although section 61 of the <a href="/wiki/Offences_Against_the_Person_Act_1861" title="Offences Against the Person Act 1861">Offences Against the Person Act 1861</a> removed the death penalty for homosexuality, male homosexual acts remained illegal and were punishable by imprisonment. In 1862, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Penal_Code" title="Indian Penal Code">Indian Penal Code</a>, created by the colonial authorities of the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>, came into force. The code included <a href="/wiki/Section_377" title="Section 377">Section 377</a>, which effectively criminalized same-sex activity in India. The Code was used as the basis for law in Britain's other colonies, therefore exporting anti-homosexuality laws throughout the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> Today, anti-homosexuality laws still exist in a total of <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Commonwealth of Nations">34 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Labouchere_Amendment" title="Labouchere Amendment">Labouchere Amendment</a>, section 11 of the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Amendment_Act_1885" title="Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885">Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885</a>, extended the laws regarding homosexuality to include any homosexual act between males, even when there were no witnesses. This meant that people could be convicted for private acts, and often a letter between two people expressing affection was enough evidence to convict.<a href="#cite_note-British_Library-31">[30]</a> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a> was convicted under this law and sentenced to 2 years of <a href="/wiki/Penal_labour" title="Penal labour">penal labour</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-27">[26]</a> Conversely, lesbians were never acknowledged or targeted by legislation.<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> In Scotland, although there were no statutes making sex between men unlawful between 1424 and 1707,<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> homosexual acts were punishable. One example is the commission for trial of Gavin Bell.<a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a> In the early 1950s, the police actively enforced laws prohibiting sexual behaviour between men. By the end of 1954, there were 1,069 homosexual men in prison in England and Wales, with an average age of 37.<a href="#cite_note-pinknews.co.uk-35">[34]</a> There were a number of high-profile arrests and trials, including that of scientist, mathematician, and war-time code-breaker <a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a>, convicted in 1952 of "<a href="/wiki/Gross_indecency" title="Gross indecency">gross indecency</a>". He accepted treatment with female hormones (<a href="/wiki/Chemical_castration" title="Chemical castration">chemical castration</a>) as an alternative to prison. Turing committed suicide in 1954. In 2009, then Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>, in response to a petition, issued an apology on behalf of the British Government for "the appalling way he was treated".<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> In 1954, the trial and eventual imprisonment of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Douglas-Scott-Montagu,_3rd_Baron_Montagu_of_Beaulieu" title="Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu">Edward Montagu</a> (the 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pitt-Rivers" title="Michael Pitt-Rivers">Michael Pitt-Rivers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Wildeblood" title="Peter Wildeblood">Peter Wildeblood</a> for committing acts of "homosexual indecency" caused uproar and led to the establishment of a committee to examine and report on the law covering "homosexual offences" appointed by <a href="/wiki/David_Maxwell_Fyfe,_1st_Earl_of_Kilmuir" title="David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir">Sir David Maxwell Fyfe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lucas-Tooth" title="Hugh Lucas-Tooth">Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wolfenden">Wolfenden</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Wolfenden">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">Wolfenden report</a></div> The Wolfenden Committee was set up on 24 August 1954 to consider UK law relating to "homosexual offences"; the Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (better known as the <a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">Wolfenden report</a>) was published on 3 September 1957. It recommended that "homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private should no longer be a criminal offence", finding that "homosexuality cannot legitimately be regarded as a disease, because in many cases it is the only symptom and is compatible with full mental health in other respects."<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> In October 1957, the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Fisher" title="Geoffrey Fisher">Geoffrey Fisher</a>, spoke in support of the Wolfenden Report, saying that "There is a sacred realm of privacy... into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude. This is a principle of the utmost importance for the preservation of human freedom, self-respect, and responsibility." The first parliamentary debate on the Wolfenden Report was initiated on 4 December 1957 by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Pakenham,_7th_Earl_of_Longford" title="Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford">Lord Pakenham</a>. Of the seventeen peers who spoke in the debate, eight broadly supported the recommendations in the Wolfenden Report. <a href="/wiki/David_Maxwell_Fyfe,_1st_Earl_of_Kilmuir" title="David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir">Maxwell Fyfe</a>, by then ennobled as Lord Kilmuir and serving as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a>, speaking for the Government, doubted that there would be much public support for implementing the recommendations and stated that further research was required. The <a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Society" title="Homosexual Law Reform Society">Homosexual Law Reform Society</a> was founded on 12 May 1958, mainly to campaign for the implementation of the Wolfenden Committee's recommendations.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decriminalisation_of_homosexual_acts">Decriminalisation of homosexual acts</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decriminalisation of homosexual acts">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Demonstration_in_support_of_LGBT_in_London,_December_1975_02(js).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Demonstration_in_support_of_LGBT_in_London%2C_December_1975_02%28js%29.jpg/220px-Demonstration_in_support_of_LGBT_in_London%2C_December_1975_02%28js%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Demonstration_in_support_of_LGBT_in_London%2C_December_1975_02%28js%29.jpg/330px-Demonstration_in_support_of_LGBT_in_London%2C_December_1975_02%28js%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Demonstration_in_support_of_LGBT_in_London%2C_December_1975_02%28js%29.jpg/440px-Demonstration_in_support_of_LGBT_in_London%2C_December_1975_02%28js%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5342" data-file-height="3569" /></a><figcaption>1975 demonstration in London against continued legal inequality</figcaption></figure> In 1965, Conservative peer <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Gore,_8th_Earl_of_Arran" title="Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran">Lord Arran</a> proposed the decriminalisation of male homosexual acts (lesbian acts had never been illegal) in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>. This was followed by <a href="/wiki/Humphry_Berkeley" title="Humphry Berkeley">Humphry Berkeley</a> in the House of Commons a year later, though Berkeley ascribed his defeat in the <a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966 general election</a> to the unpopularity of this action. However, in the newly elected Parliament, <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Leo_Abse" title="Leo Abse">Leo Abse</a> took up the issue and the Sexual Offences Bill was put before Parliament in order to implement some of the Wolfenden Committee's recommendations after almost ten years of campaigning.<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">Sexual Offences Act 1967</a> was accordingly passed and received <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> on 27 July 1967 after an intense late-night debate in the House of Commons. It maintained general prohibitions on <a href="/wiki/Buggery" class="mw-redirect" title="Buggery">buggery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Decency" class="mw-redirect" title="Decency">indecency</a> between men, but provided for a limited decriminalisation of homosexual acts where three conditions were fulfilled: 1) the act had to be consensual, 2) the act had to take place in private and 3) the act could involve only people that had attained the age of 21. This was a higher age of consent than that for <a href="/wiki/Heterosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Heterosexual">heterosexual</a> acts, which was set at 16. Further, "in private" limited participation in an act to two people. This condition was interpreted strictly by the courts, which took it to exclude acts taking place in a room in a hotel, for example, and in private homes where a third person was present (even if that person was in a different room). These restrictions were overturned by the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> in 2000.<a href="#cite_note-pinknews.co.uk-35">[34]</a> The 1967 Act extended only to <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>. Organisations, therefore, continued to campaign for the goal of full equality in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> where all homosexual behaviour remained illegal. Same-sex sexual activities were legalised in Scotland on the same basis as in the 1967 Act, by section 80 of the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980</a>, which came into force on 1 February 1981.<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> An analogous amendment was also made to the law of Northern Ireland, following the determination of a case by the European Court of Human Rights (see <a href="/wiki/Dudgeon_v._United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudgeon v. United Kingdom">Dudgeon v. United Kingdom</a>); since Northern Ireland was subject to <a href="/wiki/Direct_rule_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Direct rule (Northern Ireland)">direct rule</a> at the time, the relevant legislation was an <a href="/wiki/Order_in_Council" title="Order in Council">Order in Council</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982</a>,<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> which came into force on 8 December 1982. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Equal_age_of_consent">Equal age of consent</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Equal age of consent">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ages of consent in Europe">Ages of consent in Europe</a></div> In 1977, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Gore,_8th_Earl_of_Arran" title="Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran">Lord Arran</a> introduced the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, which would have lowered the age of consent for homosexual acts to 18. The Bill ended up being rejected by 146 votes to 25. In 1979, the Home Office Policy Advisory Committee's Working Party report, "Age of Consent in Relation to Sexual Offences", recommended that the age of consent for same-sex sexual activities be reduced from 21 to 18, but no such legislation was enacted as a result. In February 1994, Parliament considered reform of the law on <a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">rape</a> and other sexual offences during the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994" title="Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994">Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill</a>. <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Edwina_Currie" title="Edwina Currie">Edwina Currie</a> proposed an amendment to equalise the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent" title="Age of consent">age of consent</a> of same-sex sexual activities to 16. Currie's amendment was defeated by 307 votes to 280. Those who supported it included <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Blair1996-43">[42]</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(Labour_Party_leader)" title="John Smith (Labour Party leader)">John Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Ashdown" title="Paddy Ashdown">Paddy Ashdown</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>. Those against included Labour MPs <a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ann_Taylor,_Baroness_Taylor_of_Bolton" title="Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton">Ann Taylor</a>. There were angry scenes outside the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Palace of Westminster</a> at the defeat of the amendment, when those involved in a demonstration organised by the group <a href="/wiki/OutRage!" title="OutRage!">OutRage!</a> clashed with police. Another amendment proposed by Sir <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Durant" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Durant">Anthony Durant</a> suggested lowering the age of consent to 18, which passed by 427 votes to 162, and Tory supporters included <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a>. It was opposed by such MPs as <a href="/wiki/John_Redwood" title="John Redwood">John Redwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Heseltine" title="Michael Heseltine">Michael Heseltine</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Gummer" title="John Gummer">John Gummer</a>. An amendment proposed by <a href="/wiki/Simon_Hughes" title="Simon Hughes">Simon Hughes</a> which was intended to equalise the age of consent for homosexuals and heterosexuals to 17 was not voted upon. The bill as a whole was given a second reading in the House of Lords by 290 votes to 247. The <a href="/wiki/Miles_Fitzalan-Howard,_17th_Duke_of_Norfolk" title="Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk">Duke of Norfolk</a> then sought to reintroduce 21 as the minimum age, but the House of Lords rejected his proposal by 176 votes to 113. An amendment by the Deputy Labour Leader in the House of Lords, <a href="/wiki/Lord_McIntosh_of_Haringey" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord McIntosh of Haringey">Lord McIntosh of Haringey</a>, that would have equalised the age of consent to 16 also failed, being rejected by 245 votes to 71.<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> In its decision of 1 July 1997, in the case of <a href="/wiki/Sutherland_v._United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Sutherland v. United Kingdom">Sutherland v. United Kingdom</a>, the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission_of_Human_Rights" title="European Commission of Human Rights">European Commission of Human Rights</a> found that Articles 8 and 14 of the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a> were violated by a discriminatory age of consent, on the ground that there was no objective and reasonable justification for maintaining a higher minimum age for male homosexual acts. On 13 October 1997, the Government submitted to the European Court of Human Rights that it would propose a bill to Parliament for a reduction of the age of consent for homosexual acts from 18 to 16. On 22 June 1998, the Crime and Disorder Bill was put before Parliament. <a href="/wiki/Ann_Keen" title="Ann Keen">Ann Keen</a> proposed amendments to lower the age of consent to 16. The House of Commons accepted these provisions with a majority of 207, but they were rejected by the House of Lords with a majority of 168. Subsequently, the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill was introduced on 16 December 1998 and, again, the equalisation of the age of consent was endorsed on 25 January 1999 by the House of Commons, but was rejected on 14 April 1999 by the House of Lords. Those campaigning against the amendment claimed they were simply acting to protect children. <a href="/wiki/Janet_Young,_Baroness_Young" title="Janet Young, Baroness Young">Baroness Young</a>, the leader of the campaign against the amendment, said, "Homosexual practices carry great health risks to young people." The Government reintroduced the bill in 1999. With the prospect of it being passed by the Commons in two successive sessions of Parliament, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949" title="Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949">Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949</a> were available to enact the bill should the Lords have rejected it a third time. The Lords passed the bill at second reading, but made an amendment during committee stage to maintain the age of consent for buggery at 18 for both sexes. However, as the bill had not completed its passage through the Lords at the end of the parliamentary session on 30 November 2000, then <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Martin,_Baron_Martin_of_Springburn" title="Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn">Michael Martin</a> certified that the procedure specified by the Parliament Acts had been complied with. The bill received <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> a few hours later, and was enacted as the <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000" title="Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000">Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000</a>. The provisions of the Act came into force throughout the UK on 8 January 2001, lowering the age of consent to 16.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> This Act also introduced, for the first time, an age of consent for lesbian sexual acts, as previously there had been no legislation concerning this.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> On 1 May 2004, the <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_2003" title="Sexual Offences Act 2003">Sexual Offences Act 2003</a> entered into force, which swept away all of the previous sex-specific legislation, including the 1967 Act, and introduced instead neutral offences. Thus, the previous conditions relating to privacy were removed, and sexual acts were viewed by the law without regard to the sex of the participants (except that the definition of rape includes use of the defendant's penis). With the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_2008" title="Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008">Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008</a>, Northern Ireland, which had an age of consent of 17 regardless of one's sexual orientation, lowered the age to 16 in 2009 so it would match that of England, Wales, and Scotland.<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annulment_of_convictions">Annulment of convictions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Annulment of convictions">edit</a>]</div> On 31 January 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Policing_and_Crime_Act_2017" title="Policing and Crime Act 2017">Policing and Crime Act 2017</a> went into effect after being given royal assent. A section of the Act known as the <a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing_law" title="Alan Turing law">Alan Turing law</a> officially gave posthumous pardons to the thousands of homosexual men from England and Wales who had been convicted under those regions' old sodomy laws, and gave those still living the possibility to apply to have their conviction erased. Disregards have been available since 2012, removing the conviction from the person's criminal records.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> Scotland passed a more comprehensive law in June 2018, with pardons being automatic for those still living.<a href="#cite_note-scotland_pardon-51">[50]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> passed a similar law in 2016, with it taking effect on 28 June 2018.<a href="#cite_note-northern_ireland_pardon-52">[51]</a> Applications for pardons must be made with the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Justice_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Department of Justice (Northern Ireland)">Northern Irish Department of Justice</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/PinkNews" title="PinkNews">PinkNews</a>, fewer than 200 pardons had been issued in England and Wales by July 2018.<a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> In June 2019, it was revealed that only two men had sought pardons for historic gay sex offences in Northern Ireland and that they both failed to have their convictions overturned. Across the UK, over half of those who applied for a pardon did not have their convictions overturned.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> In January 2022, it was reported that all same-sex criminal convictions in the past across the UK are to be "formally fully pardoned immediately" by the government under a new scheme.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merchant_shipping_repeal">Merchant shipping repeal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Merchant shipping repeal">edit</a>]</div> In April 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> passed the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Shipping_(Homosexual_Conduct)_Act_2017" title="Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017">Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Act 2017</a>.<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> This <a href="/wiki/Private_member%27s_bill" title="Private member's bill">private member's bill</a> was drafted by <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP <a href="/wiki/John_Glen_(politician)" title="John Glen (politician)">John Glen</a>. It repealed sections 146(4) and 147(3) of the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994" title="Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994">Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994</a>, which was labelled as the UK's "last anti-gay law". It went into effect immediately after <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Female_pardons">Female pardons</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Female pardons">edit</a>]</div> In June 2023, it was formally announced by the UK government that pardons would become available for women "convicted of homosexuality". Female homosexuality had never been a civilian offence in the United Kingdom, but lesbian women serving in the military could still suffer penalties under provisions contained in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_Act_1955&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Army Act 1955 (page does not exist)">Army Act 1955</a>, in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Force_Act_1955&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Force Act 1955 (page does not exist)">Air Force Act 1955</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Discipline_Act_1957" title="Naval Discipline Act 1957">Naval Discipline Act 1957</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recognition_of_same-sex_relationships">Recognition of same-sex relationships</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Recognition of same-sex relationships">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_partnership">Civil partnership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Civil partnership">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnership in the United Kingdom</a></div> There was no legal recognition of same-sex relationships in Britain until 2005, following the legalisation of <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnerships_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil partnerships in the United Kingdom">civil partnerships</a> under the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">Civil Partnership Act 2004</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: Deddf Partneriaeth Sifil 2004; <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: Achd Com-pàirteachasan Sìobhalta 2004) on 18 November 2004. Civil partnerships are a separate union which give most (but not all) of the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage, but there are recognition issues in other countries and with the use of <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_title" title="Courtesy title">courtesy titles</a>. Civil partnerships can take place on any approved premise in the UK and in approved religious venues in England and Wales since 2011 (though religious venues are not compelled), but cannot include religious readings, music or symbols.<a href="#cite_note-equalities-62">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a> The Civil Partnership Act came into effect on 5 December 2005. The first civil partnership ceremony took place at 11:00 (GMT) on 5 December 2005 between Matthew Roche and Christopher Cramp at St Barnabas Hospice, <a href="/wiki/Worthing" title="Worthing">Worthing</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a>.<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> The usual 14-day waiting period was waived as Roche was suffering from a terminal illness. He died the next day.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> The first civil partnership ceremonies after the statutory waiting period then took place in Northern Ireland on 19 December, with ceremonies following the next day in Scotland and the day after that in England and Wales. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Same-sex_marriage">Same-sex marriage</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Same-sex marriage">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matrimonio_nel_Regno_Unito_del_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Matrimonio_nel_Regno_Unito_del_2015.jpg/220px-Matrimonio_nel_Regno_Unito_del_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Matrimonio_nel_Regno_Unito_del_2015.jpg/330px-Matrimonio_nel_Regno_Unito_del_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Matrimonio_nel_Regno_Unito_del_2015.jpg/440px-Matrimonio_nel_Regno_Unito_del_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> in the United Kingdom</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom</a> has been the subject of wide debate since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Britain. Previous legislation in England and Wales had prevented same-sex marriage, including the <a href="/wiki/Marriage_Act_1949" title="Marriage Act 1949">Marriage Act 1949</a> which defined marriage as between a man and a woman, the <a href="/wiki/Nullity_of_Marriage_Act_1971" title="Nullity of Marriage Act 1971">Nullity of Marriage Act 1971</a> which explicitly banned same-sex marriages, and the <a href="/wiki/Matrimonial_Causes_Act_1973" title="Matrimonial Causes Act 1973">Matrimonial Causes Act 1973</a> which reiterated the provisions of the Nullity of Marriage Act. While civil partnerships were established nationwide, marriage law is a devolved matter in the United Kingdom and therefore the legislative procedure of same-sex marriage differs by jurisdiction. The <a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a>, which allows same-sex marriage in England and Wales, was passed by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a> in July 2013 and came into force on 13 March 2014, with the first same-sex marriages taking place on 29 March 2014.<a href="#cite_note-wrecker-66">[65]</a><a href="#cite_note-england-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014" title="Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014">Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014</a>, allowing same-sex marriage in Scotland, was passed by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> in February 2014 and came into effect on 16 December 2014.<a href="#cite_note-scotland-69">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> Same-sex marriages in the UK give all the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage and can be performed on approved premises. This also includes religious venues, providing the religious or belief body has opted-in. However, no religious or belief body is compelled to perform same-sex marriages; the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a> are explicitly banned from doing so. For the purposes of the divorce of a same-sex marriage, the common law definition of adultery remains as sexual intercourse between a man and a woman only, although infidelity with a person of the same sex can be grounds for a divorce as "unreasonable behaviour."<a href="#cite_note-legislation.gov.uk-71">[70]</a> Non-<a href="/wiki/Consummation" title="Consummation">consummation</a> is also excluded as a ground for the annulment of a same-sex marriage.<a href="#cite_note-legislation.gov.uk-71">[70]</a> Between 2012 and 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> voted five times on same-sex marriage; it was passed by a slim majority on the fifth attempt. It was then vetoed by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Unionist_Party" title="Democratic Unionist Party">Democratic Unionist Party</a> using the <a href="/wiki/Petition_of_concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Petition of concern">petition of concern</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mortimer-72">[71]</a> Following the inconclusive <a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election</a> and failure to form a <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a> by the deadline of 21 October 2019, provisions in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019</a>, which was passed by the UK Parliament on 18 July 2019 and received royal assent on 24 July, mandated the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a> to pass regulations legalising same-sex marriage by 13 January 2020.<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> The Secretary of State, <a href="/wiki/Julian_Smith_(politician)" title="Julian Smith (politician)">Julian Smith</a> signed the regulations on 19 December 2019.<a href="#cite_note-bt-signed-2019-74">[73]</a> Same-sex marriage therefore became legal in Northern Ireland on 13 January 2020, with couples free to register their intent to marry and couples who had previously married elsewhere having their unions recognised from that date.<a href="#cite_note-legalrecognition-75">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> The first same-sex marriage ceremony took place in <a href="/wiki/Carrickfergus" title="Carrickfergus">Carrickfergus</a> on 11 February 2020.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_same-sex_marriages">Religious same-sex marriages</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Religious same-sex marriages">edit</a>]</div> In March 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Judaism_(United_Kingdom)" title="Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)">Liberal Judaism</a> movement became the first Jewish movement in the UK to recognise same-sex marriage as fully equal to that of heterosexual couples.<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a> On 30 June 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Great_Britain" title="Methodist Church of Great Britain">Methodist Church</a> voted 254 to 46 in favour of changing the definition of marriage to allow same-sex marriage, thus becoming the largest religious denomination in Britain to permit same-sex marriages.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a> In September 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a> voted to "formally bless same-sex couples" (by way of <a href="/wiki/Debate" title="Debate">debate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Compromise" title="Compromise">compromise</a>) - but not legally recognising <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> within titles of the Church officially.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> Effective from midnight January 1, 2024 the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> will formally perform "blessings to same-sex couples" - after passing through by just one voice vote.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adoption_and_family_planning">Adoption and family planning</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Adoption and family planning">edit</a>]</div> Under the <a href="/wiki/Adoption_and_Children_Act_2002" title="Adoption and Children Act 2002">Adoption and Children Act 2002</a> Parliament provided that an application to adopt a child in England and Wales could be made by either a single person or a couple. The previous condition that the couple be married was dropped, thus allowing a same-sex couple to apply. The Lords rejected the proposal on one occasion before it was passed. Supporters of the move in Parliament stressed that adoption was not a "gay rights" issue but one of providing as many children as possible with a stable family environment rather than seeing them kept in care. Opponents raised doubts over the stability of relationships outside marriage, and how instability would impact on the welfare of adopted children. However, the law was successfully passed and went into effect on 30 December 2005.<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a> Similar legislation was adopted in Scotland, which came into effect on 28 September 2009.<a href="#cite_note-scotlandadoption-88">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> Northern Ireland followed suit in December 2013.<a href="#cite_note-northernirelandadoption-90">[89]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Human_Fertilisation_and_Embryology_Act_2008" title="Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008">Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008</a> was given <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> on 13 November 2008.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> The legislation allows for lesbians and their partners (both civil and de facto) equal access to legal presumptions of parentage in cases of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or assisted/self insemination (other than at home) from the moment the child is born. The law also allows both partners to be identified on the child's birth certificate by the words "parent". <a href="#cite_note-ivf-2009-03-93">[92]</a> The law came into force on 6 April 2009 and is not retroactive (it does not apply before that date).<a href="#cite_note-birthcert-2009-04-94">[93]</a> On 6 April 2010 Parental orders for gay men and their partners came into force. A Parental Order is an order issued by the Court to the intended parents of a surrogate child which extinguishes the legal parenthood of the surrogate mother and, if she has one, her partner and reassigns legal parenthood and parental responsibility to the intended parents.<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> Since 31 August 2009, legislation granting lesbians equal birth rights in England and Wales came into effect, meaning both can now be named on a child's birth certificate, amending the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987.<a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lesbian_partners_to_be_named_on_birth_certificates-98">[97]</a> The legislation was criticised by those who believe it was "damaging the traditional notion of a <a href="/wiki/Family" title="Family">family</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Children_can_now_have_two_lesbian_mothers_and_no_father_on_birth_certificate-99">[98]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall (UK)">Stonewall</a> Head of Policy and Research Ruth Hunt said the new law makes life easier for lesbian families and stated "Now lesbian couples in the UK who make a considered decision to start a loving family will finally be afforded equal access to services they help fund as taxpayers".<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> Home Office Minister <a href="/wiki/William_Brett,_Baron_Brett" class="mw-redirect" title="William Brett, Baron Brett">Lord Brett</a> was full of praise in his comments: <blockquote>This positive change means that, for the first time, female couples who have a child using fertility treatment have the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts to be shown as parents in the birth registration. It is vital that we afford equality wherever we can in society, especially as family circumstances continue to change. This is an important step forward in that process.<a href="#cite_note-Lesbian_partners_to_be_named_on_birth_certificates-98">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-Children_can_now_have_two_lesbian_mothers_and_no_father_on_birth_certificate-99">[98]</a></blockquote> <a href="/wiki/Iain_Duncan_Smith" title="Iain Duncan Smith">Iain Duncan Smith</a>, who led efforts to oppose the change, said that "The absence of fathers generally has a detrimental effect on the child."<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> In 2016, 9.6% of all adoptions in England involved same-sex couples, an increase from 8.4% in 2015.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> In 2018, 450 of the 3,820 adoptions in England (approximately 12%) involved same-sex couples.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NHS_UK_lawsuit">NHS UK lawsuit</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: NHS UK lawsuit">edit</a>]</div> In November 2021, a lesbian couple launched a <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> against Frimley <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">NHS</a> <a href="/wiki/Clinical_commissioning_group" title="Clinical commissioning group">Clinical commissioning group</a> over a "discriminatory" fertility policy.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> The majority of heterosexual couples are only required to "try to conceive" for 2 years before becoming eligible for NHS-funded treatment, whilst same-sex female couples are required to undergo 12 rounds of private IVF treatment before becoming eligible.<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transgender_rights">Transgender rights</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transgender rights">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transgender rights in the United Kingdom">Transgender rights in the United Kingdom</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Candlelit_Vigil_for_Brianna_Ghey_in_George_Square,_Glasgow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Candlelit_Vigil_for_Brianna_Ghey_in_George_Square%2C_Glasgow.jpg/220px-Candlelit_Vigil_for_Brianna_Ghey_in_George_Square%2C_Glasgow.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Candlelit_Vigil_for_Brianna_Ghey_in_George_Square%2C_Glasgow.jpg/330px-Candlelit_Vigil_for_Brianna_Ghey_in_George_Square%2C_Glasgow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Candlelit_Vigil_for_Brianna_Ghey_in_George_Square%2C_Glasgow.jpg/440px-Candlelit_Vigil_for_Brianna_Ghey_in_George_Square%2C_Glasgow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3729" data-file-height="2797" /></a><figcaption>Vigil in Glasgow for <a href="/wiki/Brianna_Ghey" class="mw-redirect" title="Brianna Ghey">Brianna Ghey</a>, a transgender teenager murdered in 2023</figcaption></figure> In 1970, the decision of the court case <a href="/wiki/Corbett_v_Corbett" title="Corbett v Corbett">Corbett v Corbett</a> made it legally impossible for transgender people to change the sex marker on their birth certificate, rendering them legally unable to marry people of the other gender, as this would legally be considered a (then unrecognized) "same-sex" marriage. The ruling was subsequently used as precedent by many courts in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> In the 2002 <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> case <a href="/wiki/Goodwin_v_United_Kingdom" title="Goodwin v United Kingdom">Goodwin v United Kingdom</a>, the UK was found to be in breach of Articles 8 and 12 of the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a> under this status quo. The ruling would lead to the passing of the <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act</a> in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> In December 2002, the Lord Chancellor's office published a "Government Policy Concerning <a href="/wiki/Transsexual" title="Transsexual">Transsexual</a> People" document that categorically states that transsexualism "is not a mental illness."<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> Since 4 April 2005, as per the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: Deddf Cydnabod Rhywedd 2004; <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: Achd Aithneachadh Gnè 2004), it has been possible for transgender people to change their legal gender in the UK, allowing them to acquire a new <a href="/wiki/Birth_certificate" title="Birth certificate">birth certificate</a>, affording them full recognition of their acquired sex in law for all purposes. Transgender people must present evidence to a <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Panel" title="Gender Recognition Panel">Gender Recognition Panel</a>, which considers their case and issues a <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Certificate" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender Recognition Certificate">Gender Recognition Certificate</a> (GRC); they must have <a href="/wiki/Transitioning_(transgender)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transitioning (transgender)">transitioned</a> two years before a GRC is issued. It is not a requirement for <a href="/wiki/Sex_reassignment_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex reassignment surgery">sex reassignment surgery</a> to have taken place, although such surgery will be accepted as part of the supporting evidence for a case where it has taken place. There is formal approval of medical gender reassignment available either on the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> (NHS) or privately. However, there have been concerns regarding marriages and civil partnerships. Under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, transgender people who are married have been required to divorce or annul their marriage in order for them to be issued with a GRC. The Government chose to retain this requirement in the Act as effectively it would have legalised a small category of same-sex marriages. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 allowed the creation of civil partnerships between same-sex couples, but a married couple that includes a transgender partner cannot simply re-register their new status. They must first have their marriage dissolved, gain legal recognition of the new gender and then register for a civil partnership. This is like any divorce with the associated paperwork and costs. With the legalisation of same-sex marriage in England and Wales, existing marriages will continue where one or both parties change their legal gender and both parties wish to remain married. The legislation does not restore any of the marriages of transgender people that were previously forcibly annulled as a precondition for them securing a GRC and states that a GRC will not be issued unless the spouse of the transgender person has consented. If the spouse does not consent, the marriage must be terminated before a GRC may be issued.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> Since 1 January 2021, UK telecommunications regulator <a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> explicitly includes "gender reassignment" (alongside race, disability, religion, sex and sexual orientation) within its <a href="/wiki/Hate_speech" title="Hate speech">hate speech</a> legal policies and procedures.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> In April 2021, it was reported that the fee for a Gender Recognition Certificate would be reduced to £5 in early May 2021.<a href="#cite_note-grcbbc-114">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-grcinews-115">[114]</a> In September 2021, a report from the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a> on anti-LGBTI sentiment in Europe described anti-trans rhetoric in the United Kingdom as having gained "baseless and concerning credibility, at the expense of both trans people's <a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties" title="Civil liberties">civil liberties</a> and women's and children's rights", citing an increase in anti-trans hate crimes since 2015 and statements made at the 2021 <a href="/wiki/IDAHOT" class="mw-redirect" title="IDAHOT">IDAHOT</a> forum by Minister of Equalities, <a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a>.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-CoE-20">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transgender_youth">Transgender youth</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transgender youth">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: Requires update regarding GIDS and Cass Review. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2024)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/Transgender_youth" title="Transgender youth">Transgender youth</a> are equally covered by the <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010</a>, and therefore protected from discrimination as with adult trans people. Children who wish to medically transition are referred to the <a href="/wiki/NHS_Gender_Identity_Development_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="NHS Gender Identity Development Service">NHS Gender Identity Development Service</a>, the only <a href="/wiki/Gender_identity_clinic" title="Gender identity clinic">gender identity clinic</a> for people under eighteen in the UK. There, no surgical options are available for transition, per <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_for_Health_and_Care_Excellence" title="National Institute for Health and Care Excellence">National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</a> guidance. In October 2019, the service was subject to a legal case, <a href="/wiki/Bell_v_Tavistock" title="Bell v Tavistock">Bell v Tavistock</a>,<a href="#cite_note-judgment-117">[116]</a> and in December 2020 the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a> ruled that children under 16 cannot independently consent to the use of puberty blockers.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> This was widely condemned by LGBT rights groups, such as <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a>,<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Consortium_of_LGBT_Voluntary_and_Community_Organisations_UK" title="The Consortium of LGBT Voluntary and Community Organisations UK">The Consortium</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mermaids_(charity)" title="Mermaids (charity)">Mermaids</a>,<a href="#cite_note-pink-judgment-121">[120]</a> as well as human rights organisations, including <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberty_(advocacy_group)" title="Liberty (advocacy group)">Liberty</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Paediatrics_and_Child_Health" title="Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health">Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health</a> issued a statement hoping for further clarity,<a href="#cite_note-:2-123">[122]</a> and leave to appeal was granted in January 2021.<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> This appeal was successful, with the original ruling being overturned in September 2021.<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a> In September 2020, the NHS launched a review of gender identity services for young people,<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> which as of July 2021 is still ongoing.<a href="#cite_note-:2-123">[122]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single-sex_education_institutions">Single-sex education institutions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Single-sex education institutions">edit</a>]</div> In January 2022, it was reported that single-sex education institutions could potentially "completely lose UK government funding and grants altogether" - if they enrolled admissions of any transgender or intersex pupils and students under the UK-wide <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_England_policy">Rugby England policy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rugby England policy">edit</a>]</div> In July 2022, Rugby England formally announced a policy that bans transgender individuals playing rugby on cisgender female teams for under 12s.<a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_Airways">British Airways</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: British Airways">edit</a>]</div> From 14 November 2022 individuals can wear makeup, uniforms and earrings under a new employee policy implementation by <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> under jobs and/or careers. Equal opportunity policies was also immediately extended to - "gender, gender identity and sexual identity" throughout <a href="/wiki/British_Airways" title="British Airways">British Airways</a> airspace.<a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transgender_immigrants">Transgender immigrants</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transgender immigrants">edit</a>]</div> In November 2023, it was revealed that 50 countries and U.S. states could be blacklisted from British Gender-Recognition Certificates and would have to go through current British laws to legally have their gender changed. Some places in the potential blacklist include Sweden, New York State, and Belgium. The reasoning for this is because of other nations/states allowing people to transition "too easily".<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> The cited reasons of transitioning too easily is because of other jurisdictions allowing transgender people to <a href="/wiki/Gender_self-identification" title="Gender self-identification">self-id</a>. Women and Equalities Minister, <a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a>, supported the blacklist, stating the changes were "long overdue". She stated the belief for this as she stated the UK does not allow self-identification for gender.<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Puberty_blockers">Puberty blockers</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Puberty blockers">edit</a>]</div> In March 2024, it was reported that NHS England gender identity clinics will no longer prescribe <a href="/wiki/Puberty_blockers" class="mw-redirect" title="Puberty blockers">puberty blockers</a> to children.<a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bathrooms_and_toilets_in_England">Bathrooms and toilets in England</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bathrooms and toilets in England">edit</a>]</div> In May 2024, it was announced that legislation would be introduced on gendered bathrooms and toilets within England. Schools and prisons would be exempted from the gendered legislation.<a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intersex_rights">Intersex rights</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Intersex rights">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Intersex_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intersex rights in the United Kingdom">Intersex rights in the United Kingdom</a></div> <a href="/wiki/Intersex" title="Intersex">Intersex</a> people in the United Kingdom face significant gaps, particularly in protection from non-consensual medical interventions, and protection from discrimination. Actions by <a href="/wiki/Intersex_civil_society_organizations" title="Intersex civil society organizations">intersex organisations</a> aim to eliminate unnecessary medical interventions and harmful practices, promote social acceptance, and equality in line with Council of Europe and United Nations demands.<a href="#cite_note-coe-134">[133]</a><a href="#cite_note-un-2016-135">[134]</a> The Gender Recognition Act 2004 does not allow a person to legally identify as anything other than male or female.<a href="#cite_note-British_Library-31">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Passports_court_case">Passports court case</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Passports court case">edit</a>]</div> In December 2021, an individual lost in the UK high court for the UK government to introduce a gender X option on UK <a href="/wiki/Passports" class="mw-redirect" title="Passports">passports</a>. The case is awaiting an <a href="/wiki/Appeal" title="Appeal">appeal</a> to the <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> in <a href="/wiki/Strasbourg,_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Strasbourg, France">Strasbourg</a>. Both Denmark and Malta in Europe have gender X options on their passports recognised and implemented.<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discrimination_protections">Discrimination protections</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Discrimination protections">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2003" title="Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003">Regulations were introduced</a> for discrimination protections on sexual orientation in employment on 1 December 2003, following the adoption of <a href="/wiki/Directive_establishing_a_general_framework_for_equal_treatment_in_employment_and_occupation" class="mw-redirect" title="Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation">an EC Directive</a> in 2000, providing for the prohibition of discrimination in employment on the grounds of sexual orientation.<a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> The Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999 created certain legal protections for transgender people for the first time in British history. The Regulations banned discrimination against individuals undergoing "gender reassignment" in employment and vocational training. Similar legislation, the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, was passed in Northern Ireland. The Sex Discrimination (Amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008 extended these protections to cover discrimination in goods, facilities and services. On 30 April 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations" class="mw-redirect" title="Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations">Sexual Orientation Regulations</a> came into force, following the introduction of similar provisions in Northern Ireland in January 2007. They provided a general prohibition of discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the grounds of sexual orientation. Similar legislation had long previously been in force in respect of discrimination on the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Sex_Discrimination_Act_1975" title="Sex Discrimination Act 1975">sex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Race_Relations_Act_1976" title="Race Relations Act 1976">race</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disability_Discrimination_Act_1995" title="Disability Discrimination Act 1995">disability</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marital_status" title="Marital status">marital status</a>. The introduction of the Regulations was controversial and a dispute arose between the Government and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales">Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales</a> over exemptions for Catholic adoption agencies.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Nichols" title="Vincent Nichols">Vincent Nichols</a> of Birmingham declared his opposition to the Act, saying that the legislation contradicted the Catholic Church's moral values. Several Catholic <a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">adoption</a> agencies requested exemption from sexual orientation regulations, and the adoption charity Catholic Care obtained a judgement on 17 March 2010 instructing the <a href="/wiki/Charity_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Charity Commission">Charity Commission</a> to reconsider its case.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> The Charity Commission again found no grounds to make an exception for Catholic Care, a decision upheld on appeal.<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> In August 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Tribunal" title="Upper Tribunal">Upper Tribunal</a> agreed to hear the charity's fourth appeal in the case.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a> In November 2012, the appeal was dismissed by the Upper Tribunal, with the Tribunal ruling in favour of the Charity Commission. Catholic Care stated its intention to appeal the judgement.<a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> In October 2007, the Government announced that it would seek to introduce an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act to create a new offence of incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> This followed the creation of an offence on religious hatred that had proved controversial in 2006 (see <a href="/wiki/Racial_and_Religious_Hatred_Act_2006" title="Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006">Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006</a>). Incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation was already illegal in Northern Ireland. Scotland[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify">clarification needed</a>] enacted similar legislation in 2009, which also includes gender identity as a protected ground.<a href="#cite_note-rainbow-145">[144]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: Deddf Cydraddoldeb 2010; <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Gaelic language">Scottish Gaelic</a>: Achd na Co-ionannachd 2010; <a href="/wiki/Cornish_language" title="Cornish language">Cornish</a>: Reyth Parder 2010)<a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> received <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> on 8 April 2010.<a href="#cite_note-equality_act-147">[146]</a> The primary purpose of the Act was to codify the complicated and numerous array of Acts and Regulations, which formed the basis of <a href="/wiki/Anti-discrimination_law" title="Anti-discrimination law">anti-discrimination law</a> in the UK including the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_1970" title="Equal Pay Act 1970">Equal Pay Act 1970</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Sex_Discrimination_Act_1975" title="Sex Discrimination Act 1975">Sex Discrimination Act 1975</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Race_Relations_Act_1976" title="Race Relations Act 1976">Race Relations Act 1976</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Disability_Discrimination_Act_1995" title="Disability Discrimination Act 1995">Disability Discrimination Act 1995</a> and three major <a href="/wiki/Statutory_instruments" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory instruments">statutory instruments</a> protecting discrimination in employment on grounds of <a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Religion_or_Belief)_Regulations_2003" title="Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003">religion or belief</a>, <a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2003" title="Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003">sexual orientation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Age)_Regulations_2006" title="Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006">age</a>. This legislation has the same goals as the US <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_1964" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Act 1964">Civil Rights Act 1964</a> and four major <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> equal treatment directives, whose provisions it mirrors and implements.<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> It requires equal treatment in access to employment as well as private and public services, regardless of <a href="/wiki/Gender" title="Gender">gender</a>, <a href="/wiki/Race_(classification_of_human_beings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (classification of human beings)">race</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disability" title="Disability">disability</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation" title="Sexual orientation">sexual orientation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender status</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belief" title="Belief">belief</a> and age.<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a> The Act amended the Approved Premises (Marriage and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2005 to allow civil partnership ceremonies on religious premises in England and Wales.<a href="#cite_note-equalities-62">[61]</a> It also extended transgender rights, banning discrimination by schools on the grounds of gender reassignment.<a href="#cite_note-150">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a> Other initiatives have included the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights on 1 October 2007 which is tasked with working for equality in all areas and replaced the previous commissions dedicated to sex, race and disability alone; the setting up of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Advisory Group within the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Health">Department of Health</a>;<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> a provision of the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_Act_2003" title="Criminal Justice Act 2003">Criminal Justice Act 2003</a> that a court must treat hostility based on sexual orientation as an aggravating factor for sentencing a person;<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a> guidance from the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Prosecution_Service" title="Crown Prosecution Service">Crown Prosecution Service</a> on dealing with <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">homophobic</a> crimes;<a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a> and a commitment from the Government to work for LGBT rights at an international level.<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Section_28">Section 28</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Section 28">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Landelijke_demonstratie_in_Amsterdam_tegen_Britse_Anti-homowet,_Bestanddeelnr_934-2309.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Landelijke_demonstratie_in_Amsterdam_tegen_Britse_Anti-homowet%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-2309.jpg/220px-Landelijke_demonstratie_in_Amsterdam_tegen_Britse_Anti-homowet%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-2309.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Landelijke_demonstratie_in_Amsterdam_tegen_Britse_Anti-homowet%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-2309.jpg/330px-Landelijke_demonstratie_in_Amsterdam_tegen_Britse_Anti-homowet%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-2309.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Landelijke_demonstratie_in_Amsterdam_tegen_Britse_Anti-homowet%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-2309.jpg/440px-Landelijke_demonstratie_in_Amsterdam_tegen_Britse_Anti-homowet%2C_Bestanddeelnr_934-2309.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3739" data-file-height="2481" /></a><figcaption>"Sexual Apartheid" - demonstration against Section 28 and British homophobia in <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, 1988</figcaption></figure> The 1980s saw a setback for LGBT rights. The availability in the <a href="/wiki/Library" title="Library">libraries</a> of schools run by the <a href="/wiki/Inner_London_Education_Authority" title="Inner London Education Authority">Inner London Education Authority</a> of a book considered by some to "promote" homosexuality led to protests and a campaign for new legislation.<a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> Consequently, the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1988" title="Local Government Act 1988">Local Government Act 1988</a> included a provision prohibiting "the intentional promotion of homosexuality" by any <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Local government in the United Kingdom">local authority</a> and "the teaching in any <a href="/wiki/State_school" title="State school">maintained school</a> of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship."<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a> The provision was known as <a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a>, and amended section 2A of the earlier Local Government Act 1986. Changes in the structure of local government since that date led to some confusion over the precise circumstances in which the new law applied, including the question of whether or not it applied at all in state schools. Section 28 (called Section 2A in Scotland) was repealed in Scotland within the first two years of the existence of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, by the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000.<a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> A move to remove the provision in England and Wales was prevented following opposition in the House of Lords, led by <a href="/wiki/Janet_Young,_Baroness_Young" title="Janet Young, Baroness Young">Baroness Young</a>. Following her death in 2002, it was repealed by the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> Government in the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_2003" title="Local Government Act 2003">Local Government Act 2003</a>, which took effect on 18 November 2003. During the passage of the bill, no attempt was made to retain the section and an amendment seeking to preserve it using ballots was defeated in the House of Lords. In June 2009, <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> Party Leader, formally apologised for his party introducing the law, stating that it was a mistake and offensive to gay people.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_Order_Act_1986">Public Order Act 1986</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Public Order Act 1986">edit</a>]</div> Section 29AB of the Public Order Act 1986 states:<a href="#cite_note-publicorder-160">[159]</a> <dl><dd>In this Part "hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation" means hatred against a group of persons defined by reference to sexual orientation (whether towards persons of the same sex, the opposite sex or both)</dd></dl> Section 29JA, titled "Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation)", of the Act states the following:<a href="#cite_note-publicorder-160">[159]</a> <dl><dd>(1) In this Part, for the avoidance of doubt, the discussion or criticism of sexual conduct or practices or the urging of persons to refrain from or modify such conduct or practices shall not be taken of itself to be threatening or intended to stir up hatred.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>(2) In this Part, for the avoidance of doubt, any discussion or criticism of marriage which concerns the sex of the parties to marriage shall not be taken of itself to be threatening or intended to stir up hatred.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Homophobic_chanting_at_football_matches">Homophobic chanting at football matches</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Homophobic chanting at football matches">edit</a>]</div> In July 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport">Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</a> announced they wished to amend the <a href="/wiki/Football_(Offences)_Act_1991" title="Football (Offences) Act 1991">Football (Offences) Act 1991</a> to explicitly ban homophobic chanting at football matches.<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> Currently, those accused of homophobic chanting are prosecuted for "indecent" chanting.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> An earlier effort was made in 2018 to ban homophobic chanting by <a href="/wiki/Damian_Collins" title="Damian Collins">Damian Collins</a>, at the time chair of the <a href="/wiki/Digital,_Culture,_Media_and_Sport_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee">Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee</a>, and former Wales rugby player <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_(rugby,_born_1974)" title="Gareth Thomas (rugby, born 1974)">Gareth Thomas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bias-motivated_violence_and_abuse">Bias-motivated violence and abuse</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Bias-motivated violence and abuse">edit</a>]</div> Recorded reports of homophobic abuse in the UK increased from 5,807 in 2014–15 to 13,530 in 2018–19. The number of prosecutions fell from 1,157 to 1,058, which the National Police Chiefs' Council attributed to many cases with a lack of witnesses and evidence, including whether the assault was motivated by the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity or not. "Many of these non-violent offences present less evidential opportunities and victims often feel that there is a barrier between bringing the matter to court and prefer to make police aware of each offence", said a spokesman for the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Police Service">Metropolitan Police Service</a>. <a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a> saw their reports increase from 172 to 961 and 73 to 375, respectively. The West Yorkshire Police said this increase was in part due to "improvements in the way we record crime and the fact that many victims have the confidence to come forward".<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a> In 2019, the Ministry of Justice revealed that 11 <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> prisoners were sexually assaulted in prisons in England and Wales.<a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Military service">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pride_in_London_2016_-_KTC_(46).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pride_in_London_2016_-_KTC_%2846%29.jpg/220px-Pride_in_London_2016_-_KTC_%2846%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pride_in_London_2016_-_KTC_%2846%29.jpg/330px-Pride_in_London_2016_-_KTC_%2846%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Pride_in_London_2016_-_KTC_%2846%29.jpg/440px-Pride_in_London_2016_-_KTC_%2846%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Members of His Majesty's Armed Forces marching at the 2016 Pride in London parade</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_the_military_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sexual orientation and the military of the United Kingdom">Sexual orientation and the military of the United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smith_and_Grady_v_United_Kingdom" title="Smith and Grady v United Kingdom">Smith and Grady v United Kingdom</a></div> LGBT people have been allowed to serve openly in <a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">His Majesty's Armed Forces</a> since 2000, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation has been forbidden since 2010.<a href="#cite_note-equality_act-147">[146]</a> It is also forbidden for someone to pressure LGBT people to <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">come out</a>. All personnel are subject to the same rules against intolerance, bullying and <a href="/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">sexual harassment</a>, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation. The British military also recognises <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnerships" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil partnerships">civil partnerships</a> and grants same-sex couples the same rights to allowances and housing as opposite-sex couples. The British military actively recruits LGBT people and have deployed recruiting teams to many Pride events: the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> advertises for recruits in gay magazines and has allowed gay sailors to hold civil partnership ceremonies on board ships and, since 2006, to march in full naval uniform at <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">gay pride</a> marches; <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> personnel could march but had to wear civilian clothes until 2008, now all military personnel are permitted to attend such marches in uniform.<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> The current policy was accepted at the lower ranks first, with many senior officers worrying for their troops without a modern acceptance of homosexuality that their personnel had grown up with. One <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier</a> resigned but with little impact. Since the change, support at the senior level has grown. General Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dannatt,_Baron_Dannatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt">Richard Dannatt</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the General Staff</a> (head of the Army), told members of the Army-sponsored Fourth Joint Conference on LGBT Matters that homosexuals were welcome to serve in the Army. In a speech to the conference in 2008, the first of its kind by any Army chief, General Sir Richard said that respect for LGBT officers and soldiers was now "a command responsibility" and was vital for "operational effectiveness."<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a> The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> now require all recruits to undergo Equality and Diversity training as part of their Military Annual Training Tests and stress tolerance, specifically citing <a href="/wiki/Homosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexual">homosexual</a> examples in training videos,<a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> in line with Army, Navy and RAF Core Values and Standards,<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a><a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> including "Respect for Others" and "Appropriate Behaviour." In 2009, on the tenth anniversary of the change of law that permitted homosexuality in the Armed Forces, newspapers reported that the lifting of the ban had no perceivable impact on the operational effectiveness on the military. The anniversary was widely celebrated, including in the Army's in-house publication <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Magazine" title="Soldier Magazine">Soldier Magazine</a>, with a series of articles including the July 2009 cover story and newspapers articles.<a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a> In 2015, following the fifteenth anniversary, the Ministry of Defence announced changes to its monitoring process for new recruits and added sexuality to their equal opportunities monitoring process.<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_pardons">Military pardons</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Military pardons">edit</a>]</div> In February 2021, the Ministry of Defence introduced the Armed Forces Bill 2021<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a> that automatically <a href="/wiki/Pardon" title="Pardon">pardons</a> all gay sex <a href="/wiki/Criminal_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal records">criminal records</a> within the UK military.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> It was also announced that military personnel dismissed on grounds of homosexuality will be able to have their service medals restored if they had been taken away.<a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conversion_therapy">Conversion therapy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Conversion therapy">edit</a>]</div> In 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Psychiatrists" title="Royal College of Psychiatrists">Royal College of Psychiatrists</a>, the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in Britain, issued a report stating that: "Evidence shows that LGBT people are open to seeking help for mental health problems. However, they may be misunderstood by therapists who regard their homosexuality as the root cause of any presenting problem such as depression or anxiety. Unfortunately, therapists who behave in this way are likely to cause considerable distress. A small minority of therapists will even go so far as to attempt to change their client's sexual orientation. This can be deeply damaging. Although there are now a number of therapists and organisations in the US and in the UK that claim that therapy can help homosexuals to become heterosexual, there is no evidence that such change is possible."<a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a> A paper written in 2007 by Elizabeth Peel, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Clarke_(psychologist)" title="Victoria Clarke (psychologist)">Victoria Clarke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Drescher" title="Jack Drescher">Jack Drescher</a> stated that only one organisation in Britain could be identified with <a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">conversion therapy</a>, a religious organisation called "The Freedom Trust"<a href="#cite_note-group_nb-179">[178]</a> (part of <a href="/wiki/Exodus_International" title="Exodus International">Exodus International</a>): "whereas a number of organisations in the US (both religious and scientific/psychological) promote conversion therapy, there is only one in the UK of which we are aware". The paper reported that practitioners who did provide these sorts of treatments between the 1950s and 1970s now view homosexuality as healthy, and the evidence suggests that 'conversion therapy' is a historical rather than a contemporary phenomenon in Britain, where treatment for homosexuality has always been less common than in the US.<a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a> In 2008, the Royal College of Psychiatrists stated: "The Royal College shares the concern of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association that positions espoused by bodies like the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_Research_and_Therapy_of_Homosexuality" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality">National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality</a> (NARTH) in the United States are not supported by science. There is no sound scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed. Furthermore, so-called treatments of homosexuality as recommended by NARTH create a setting in which prejudice and discrimination can flourish."<a href="#cite_note-rcpsych.ac.uk-181">[180]</a> In 2009, a research survey into mental health practitioners in the United Kingdom concluded that "a significant minority of mental health professionals are attempting to help lesbian, gay and bisexual clients to become heterosexual. Given lack of evidence for the efficacy of such treatments, this is likely to be unwise or even harmful."<a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a> <a href="/wiki/Scientific_American" title="Scientific American">Scientific American</a> reported on this: "One in 25 British psychiatrists and psychologists say they would be willing to help homosexual and bisexual patients try to convert to heterosexuality, even though there is no compelling scientific evidence a person can willfully become straight", and explained that 17% of those surveyed said they had tried to help reduce or suppress homosexual feelings, and 4% said they would try to help homosexual people convert to heterosexuality in the future.<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a> Conversion therapy in the UK has been described by the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> as "a fiercely contested topic" and part of a larger "<a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture war</a>" within the UK.<a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> In July 2017, the Church of England's General Synod passed a motion which criticised conversion therapy as "unethical, potentially harmful and having no place in the modern world" and called for "a ban on the practice of conversion therapy aimed at altering sexual orientation."<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a><a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> In February 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Memorandum_of_Understanding_on_Conversion_Therapy" title="Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy">Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy</a> which had been issued by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Council_for_Psychotherapy" title="United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy">United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy</a> (UKCP) in October 2017 to provide "protection of the public through a commitment to ending the practice of 'conversion therapy' in the UK" was approved by the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service_(England)" title="National Health Service (England)">National Health Service</a> (NHS).<a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a><a href="#cite_note-188">[187]</a><a href="#cite_note-189">[188]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> has stated that all major counselling and psychotherapy bodies in the UK have joined the NHS in signing the Memorandum condemning conversion therapy.<a href="#cite_note-stonewallreport-190">[189]</a> In October 2017, a church in Anfield in <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> was exposed by a <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Echo" title="Liverpool Echo">Liverpool Echo</a> investigation for offering to "cure" gay people through a three-day starvation programme.<a href="#cite_note-191">[190]</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP <a href="/wiki/Dan_Carden" title="Dan Carden">Dan Carden</a> raised the issue in Parliament, calling for a legislative ban on conversion therapies, which "have no place in 21st Century Britain".<a href="#cite_note-192">[191]</a> In March 2018, a majority of representatives in the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> passed a resolution in a 435–109 vote condemning conversion therapy and urging <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> member states to ban the practice.<a href="#cite_note-193">[192]</a><a href="#cite_note-194">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[194]</a> A report released by the European Parliament's Intergroup on LGBT Rights stated that the UK was one of a few areas in the EU which "explicitly banned LGBTI conversion therapies."<a href="#cite_note-eurecognzies-196">[195]</a> In July 2018, the UK Government announced as part of their LGBT Action Plan that they will "bring forward proposals" to ban conversion therapy at the legislative level.<a href="#cite_note-:0-197">[196]</a> In a 2018 survey of LGBT people commissioned by the Government, 5 per cent of respondents said they had been offered therapy, with 2 per cent saying they had undergone it.<a href="#cite_note-conversTimes1-198">[197]</a> On 20 July 2020, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> announced his support for banning conversion therapy throughout the UK, stating "On the gay conversion therapy thing, I think that's absolutely abhorrent. It has no place in civilized society. It has no place in this country."<a href="#cite_note-banconvtrans-199">[198]</a> In September 2020, religious leaders from every major faith came together in "a rare show of unity" to urge the UK government to legislate a ban on conversion therapy.<a href="#cite_note-200">[199]</a><a href="#cite_note-201">[200]</a> In February 2021, gay actor and broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fry" title="Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a> called upon the UK government to "stop dithering" and ban conversion therapy.<a href="#cite_note-202">[201]</a> On 11 May 2021, as part of the <a href="/wiki/2021_State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="2021 State Opening of Parliament">State Opening of Parliament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth</a> stated that the UK planned to ban conversion therapy. In her 10-minute <a href="/wiki/Speech_from_the_throne" title="Speech from the throne">Queen's Speech</a>, which is prepared by the UK Government, she stated that "measures will be brought forward to address racial and ethnic disparities and ban conversion therapy."<a href="#cite_note-203">[202]</a> However, the Government's plans involve a consultation before any ban is put in place, which led to criticism by campaigners including <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> that such delay leaves LGBT groups "at further risk of abuse." This delay will further extend the current three-year wait from when the government first pledged to ban conversion therapy in 2018 and four years since multiple health organisations and patient groups signed a document in 2017 warning all forms of conversion therapy were "unethical and potentially harmful".<a href="#cite_note-204">[203]</a> On 1 July 2021, it was reported that the UK Methodist Church canon law legally bans conversion therapy and also called upon the UK government to legally ban conversion therapy.<a href="#cite_note-205">[204]</a> In October 2021, the government began a six-week consultation on how to end conversion therapy, described as "an attempt to change or suppress someone's sexual orientation or gender identity".<a href="#cite_note-:5-206">[205]</a> Minister <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> said "There should be no place for the abhorrent practice of coercive conversion therapy in our society."<a href="#cite_note-:5-206">[205]</a> In December 2021, the government extended the consultation by eight weeks, following criticism and the threat of legal action by the gender-critical group <a href="/wiki/Fair_Play_For_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair Play For Women">Fair Play for Women</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:6-207">[206]</a> Critics of the proposed legislation say it could criminalise the act of helping someone with <a href="/wiki/Gender_dysphoria" title="Gender dysphoria">gender dysphoria</a> to feel at ease with their birth sex.<a href="#cite_note-:6-207">[206]</a><a href="#cite_note-208">[207]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nikki_da_Costa" title="Nikki da Costa">Nikki da Costa</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Special_adviser_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special adviser (UK)">special adviser</a> to <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>, said the timing of the consultation was "driven" by an intent to "get a good new story" ahead of an LGBTQ conference in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-:6-207">[206]</a> Nancy Kelley, CEO of <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a>, described conversion therapy as "abhorrent" and welcomed the extension.<a href="#cite_note-:6-207">[206]</a> In late March 2022, the UK Government announced its intention to ban conversion therapy for sexual orientation but not for transgender people,<a href="#cite_note-209">[208]</a> despite previously describing all conversion therapy as "abhorrent".<a href="#cite_note-conversTimes2-210">[209]</a> As a result, over 100 organisations pulled out of a planned Government-backed equality conference, which was subsequently abandoned.<a href="#cite_note-211">[210]</a> Johnson defended his decision, citing "complexities and sensitivities" regarding gender conversion therapy, with particular attention given to children with gender dysphoria whose parents and counsellors might wish to openly discuss gender without fear of prosecution.<a href="#cite_note-conversTimes1-198">[197]</a><a href="#cite_note-conversTimes2-210">[209]</a> On 10 May 2022, the <a href="/wiki/2022_State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="2022 State Opening of Parliament">Queen's speech</a> included an announcement of legislation within the coming Parliamentary session to ban conversion therapy within the UK for sexual orientation.<a href="#cite_note-212">[211]</a> In the King's Speech marking the <a href="/wiki/State_Opening_of_Parliament" title="State Opening of Parliament">State Opening of Parliament</a> on 7 November 2023, the ruling Conservative government failed to include a ban on conversion therapy in its future plans.<a href="#cite_note-213">[212]</a> In July 2024, the new Labour Party Government at Westminster made a formal announcement - that will establish community consultation and an inquiry on a bill to officially ban conversion therapy within the UK.<a href="#cite_note-214">[213]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sex_education">Sex education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Sex education">edit</a>]</div> The Public Sector Equality Duty provision of the Equality Act 2010 requires that information regarding bullying based on, among other things, LGBT identity be published and that solutions be found concerning how to counter this issue.<a href="#cite_note-ref2010-215">[214]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref20101-216">[215]</a> The first information regarding schools and pupils located in England and English-governed public authorities in Scotland and Wales were published on 6 April 2012.<a href="#cite_note-ref2010-215">[214]</a><a href="#cite_note-ref20101-216">[215]</a> In 2013, <a href="/wiki/Ofsted" title="Ofsted">Ofsted</a> published guidelines concerning how to counter homophobic and transphobic bullying at schools in England.<a href="#cite_note-ofsted2013-217">[216]</a> Part of these guidelines included sex and relationships education for LGBT pupils.<a href="#cite_note-ofsted2013-217">[216]</a> On 12 February 2018, the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>'s Education Office published a policy endorsing sex education which includes, among other things, LGBT education.<a href="#cite_note-churchendorse-218">[217]</a> Concerning sexuality, the policy states "sex education should include an understanding that all humans are sexual beings and that sexual desire is natural. Pupils should be taught that humans express their sexuality differently and that there is diversity in sexual desire".<a href="#cite_note-churchendorse-218">[217]</a> The policy also states that "pupils must be allowed to explore questions of identity and how we value our own identity and the uniqueness of other people. PSHE [Personal, Social, Health and Economic education] must help pupils recognise their true identity, and teach them that our media-framed, market-driven culture that often leads to body image anxiety can be challenged. This issue is the focus of the <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Treweek" title="Rachel Treweek">Bishop of Gloucester</a>'s #liedentity campaign which aims to challenge negative body image and encouraging young people to look within to discover true value and beauty."<a href="#cite_note-churchendorse-218">[217]</a> In July 2018, Education Minister <a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a> announced new government regulations concerning sex education. Topics such as mental wellbeing, consent, keeping safe online, physical health and fitness, and LGBT issues will be covered under the new guidelines, which are the first changes to sex education regulations since 2000, and which will be mandatory in all primary and secondary schools in England from September 2020 onward. The move was welcomed by LGBT groups in particular, who cited statistics showing that only 13% of LGBT youth had been taught about healthy same-sex relationships in schools. In addition, parents will retain certain rights to veto sex education lessons, but by the age of 16, the child may attend the lessons regardless of the parents' wishes.<a href="#cite_note-219">[218]</a> The draft guidance states: "By the end of primary school, pupils should know that others' families, either in school or in the wider world, sometimes look different from their family, but that they should respect those differences and know that other children's families are also characterised by love and care for them." The guidance for secondary schools adds: "Pupils should be taught the facts and the law about sex, sexuality, sexual health and gender identity in an age-appropriate and inclusive way... All pupils should feel that the content is relevant to them and their developing sexuality." This followed reports of some religious schools deliberately avoiding the issue, most notably an Orthodox Jewish school in north <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> which in 2018 had removed all references to the homosexual victims of <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazi</a> persecution throughout their textbooks.<a href="#cite_note-220">[219]</a> According to the Department of Education, faith-based schools would no longer have a right to opt-out of sex education lessons.<a href="#cite_note-221">[220]</a> In September 2018, the UK's Chief Rabbi, <a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Mirvis" title="Ephraim Mirvis">Ephraim Mirvis</a>, agreed to comply with this new policy and published guidelines on how to teach LGBT sex education in British Jewish schools.<a href="#cite_note-222">[221]</a> In October 2018, <a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a> reported that the British Government had decided to grant exemptions to private schools from LGBT-inclusive education.<a href="#cite_note-223">[222]</a> In November 2018, however, both the PSHE Association and Sex Education Forum published a policy road-map which stated,<a href="#cite_note-nahtnews-224">[223]</a> among other things, that "the law requires that Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) is to be taught in all secondary schools in England, and that Relationships Education is to be taught in all primary schools in England."<a href="#cite_note-sexednov2018-225">[224]</a> The road-map also detailed 10 steps which will be used to enforce the policy, and also stated that "Health Education will also be mandatory in all government funded schools, which includes content on puberty."<a href="#cite_note-sexednov2018-225">[224]</a><a href="#cite_note-nahtnews-224">[223]</a> In February 2019, the Department of Education enacted a statutory guidance policy which will assist schools in England with PSHE when it becomes compulsory in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-226">[225]</a><a href="#cite_note-227">[226]</a> A measure to make <a href="/wiki/Personal,_Social,_Health_and_Economic_(PSHE)_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education">PSHE</a> compulsory received approval from the House of Lords in April 2019.<a href="#cite_note-228">[227]</a> The Department for Education (DfE) published final statutory guidance for teaching Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education in June 2019.<a href="#cite_note-lgbtrightsgreat-229">[228]</a> The guidelines, which were also published by the House of Commons,<a href="#cite_note-houseofcommonsacknowledges-230">[229]</a> require, among other things, acknowledgement of England's laws concerning LGBT rights, including the legalisation of same-sex marriage, and the protection of the "physical and mental well-being" of LGBT children.<a href="#cite_note-lgbtrightsgreat-229">[228]</a><a href="#cite_note-houseofcommonsacknowledges-230">[229]</a> Despite not mandatory until September 2020, schools in England were encouraged to enact the new PSHE curriculum starting in September 2019.<a href="#cite_note-lgbtrightsgreat-229">[228]</a> In September 2020, the PSHE curriculum went into effect in England's high schools and elementary schools. with high schools also adapting LGBT PSHE sex education.<a href="#cite_note-231">[230]</a> Wales similarly announced new regulations about sex education in May 2018, which will also discuss LGBT issues in schools. The regulations, expected to come into force in 2022, will be mandatory from Year 7 (age 11–12).<a href="#cite_note-232">[231]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>'s 2016 manifesto supports sex education classes, as well as "equality training" for teachers, that would cover LGBT issues.<a href="#cite_note-233">[232]</a> In November 2018, the Scottish Government announced the implementation of LGBT-inclusive education in the Scottish school curriculum. The move was welcomed by LGBT activists who cited studies that have found that about 9 in 10 LGBT Scots experience homophobia at school, and 27% reported they had attempted suicide after being bullied.<a href="#cite_note-scotlandsexed-234">[233]</a> In December 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>'s Relationships and Sexuality Education Code was criticised by <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Conservatives" title="Welsh Conservatives">Welsh Conservatives</a>, who claimed that the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Labour-led</a> government was following a "woke ideology" and attempting an "indoctrination of children in gender identity ideology".<a href="#cite_note-235">[234]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ofsted" title="Ofsted">Ofsted</a> (Office for Standards in Education Children's Services and Skills) assesses the inclusion of LGBT people in policies and the curriculum. In May 2024, it was formally announced that children under the age of 9 years old within England - would be explicitly banned from sex education classrooms and schools, under new released guidelines and policies.<a href="#cite_note-236">[235]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="LGBT_rights_movement">LGBT rights movement</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: LGBT rights movement">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advocacy_organisations">Advocacy organisations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Advocacy organisations">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Law_Reform_Society" title="Homosexual Law Reform Society">Homosexual Law Reform Society</a> (HLRS) was established on May 12, 1958, in response to the <a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">Wolfenden Report</a>'s findings and the <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a>'s lack of action in light of the report.<a href="#cite_note-:02-237">[236]</a> HLRS lobbied parliament to act upon the <a href="/wiki/Wolfenden_report" title="Wolfenden report">Wolfenden Report</a> findings and for the complete <a href="/wiki/Decriminalization_of_homosexuality" title="Decriminalization of homosexuality">decriminalisation of homosexuality</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:02-237">[236]</a> Their multiple campaigns led to the passing of the <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">Sexual Offences Act 1967</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:02-237">[236]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality" title="Campaign for Homosexual Equality">Campaign for Homosexual Equality</a> (CHE) started in Manchester as the North Western Homosexual Law Reform Committee (NWHLRC).<a href="#cite_note-:12-238">[237]</a> CHE is a democratic voluntary organisation founded in 1964 with the aim of achieving full legal and social equality for LGBT people in England and Wales.<a href="#cite_note-:12-238">[237]</a><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stonewall_at_London_Pride_2013_(9697006810).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stonewall_at_London_Pride_2013_%289697006810%29.jpg/220px-Stonewall_at_London_Pride_2013_%289697006810%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stonewall_at_London_Pride_2013_%289697006810%29.jpg/330px-Stonewall_at_London_Pride_2013_%289697006810%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Stonewall_at_London_Pride_2013_%289697006810%29.jpg/440px-Stonewall_at_London_Pride_2013_%289697006810%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="2432" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> at the 2013 Pride in London parade</figcaption></figure>The <a href="/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front" title="Gay Liberation Front">Gay Liberation Front</a> notably raised awareness of gay rights, particularly during the 1971 <a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Festival_of_Light" title="Nationwide Festival of Light">Festival of Light</a> protests.<a href="#cite_note-239">[238]</a> Unlike LGBT movements before it, the GLF shifted focus from primarily advocating for legal reform to actively pursuing a revolutionary transformation in society for LGBT people.<a href="#cite_note-240">[239]</a><a href="#cite_note-241">[240]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> is an LGBT equality organisation and is currently the largest in the UK and Europe.<a href="#cite_note-242">[241]</a> On 5 April 1993, Stonewall backed Hugo Greenhalgh, William Parry and Ralph Wilde at the European Court.<a href="#cite_note-243">[242]</a> They argued that the law banning ‘homosexual acts’ for anyone under 21 was a breach of their human rights, as it interfered with their private lives.<a href="#cite_note-244">[243]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> continued to challenge the unequal age of consent for homosexual and bisexual men until the equal age of consent of 16-years-old was finally secured in 2001.<a href="#cite_note-245">[244]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> continues to fight for LGBT equality, particularly in sport, education and the workplace.<a href="#cite_note-246">[245]</a> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gay_Black_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gay Black Group (page does not exist)">Gay Black Group</a> were founded in 1981 in London. Formed of Black and Asian gay men and lesbians, the group existed to create 'a supportive environment where black gays and lesbians can meet and share their experiences without fear.'<a href="#cite_note-247">[246]</a> The Gay Black Group went on to found the first <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Lesbian_and_Gay_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="The Black Lesbian and Gay Centre">Black Lesbian and Gay Centre</a>, which ran from 1985 to 2000 at various venues in London.<a href="#cite_note-248">[247]</a> This organisation is an example of a number of historic and contemporary groups designed to cater to Black LGBTQ+ people, such as <a href="/wiki/UK_Black_Pride" title="UK Black Pride">UK Black Pride</a> today. LGBT people are allowed to serve openly in the <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> and, in 1990 the <a href="/wiki/Gay_Police_Association" title="Gay Police Association">Lesbian and Gay Police Association</a> (LAGPA) was founded to represent the interests of gay, lesbian and bisexual police officers and police staff in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<a href="#cite_note-249">[248]</a> The LAGPA was replaced by the National LGBT Police Network in 2014.<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pride_in_London_2018_21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Pride_in_London_2018_21.jpg/220px-Pride_in_London_2018_21.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Pride_in_London_2018_21.jpg/330px-Pride_in_London_2018_21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Pride_in_London_2018_21.jpg/440px-Pride_in_London_2018_21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">Pride in London</a> 2018</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pride_in_London_2016_-_Bisexual_people_in_the_parade.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A group of men and women, dressed in purple, pink and blue, marching down a street with a banner which reads "Out and proud – Bisexuals! – Fighting for equality"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pride_in_London_2016_-_Bisexual_people_in_the_parade.png/220px-Pride_in_London_2016_-_Bisexual_people_in_the_parade.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pride_in_London_2016_-_Bisexual_people_in_the_parade.png/330px-Pride_in_London_2016_-_Bisexual_people_in_the_parade.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Pride_in_London_2016_-_Bisexual_people_in_the_parade.png/440px-Pride_in_London_2016_-_Bisexual_people_in_the_parade.png 2x" data-file-width="4557" data-file-height="3038" /></a><figcaption>Bisexual people in the parade at Pride in London 2016</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pride_parades">Pride parades</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Pride parades">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Gay_villages_in_the_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay villages in the UK">Gay villages in the UK</a></div>Pride parades have been used by the LGBT community to publicly assert their identity, resist discrimination, and demand social and legal changes to end LGBTQ+ oppression.<a href="#cite_note-250">[249]</a> On 1 July 1972, the UK's first Pride march was held in London. The date was chosen as the closest Saturday to the anniversary of the Stonewall riots of 28 June 1969.<a href="#cite_note-:03-251">[250]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front" title="Gay Liberation Front">GLF</a> and <a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality" title="Campaign for Homosexual Equality">Campaign for Homosexual Equality</a> were key organisers.<a href="#cite_note-:03-251">[250]</a> <a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">Pride in London</a> is the largest and oldest march, and has been organised annually since. Pride Parades are popular summer events in most large cities, and have expanded to smaller cities and towns in recent years.<a href="#cite_note-252">[251]</a> Other notable pride parades include: <a href="/wiki/Brighton_Pride" title="Brighton Pride">Brighton Pride</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pride_in_Liverpool" title="Pride in Liverpool">Liverpool Pride</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Pride" title="Manchester Pride">Manchester Pride</a>, and Cardiff Pride.<a href="#cite_note-253">[252]</a> In May 2020, on the 5th anniversary of the passing of the same-sex marriage referendum in Ireland, <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a>, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_Project" title="Rainbow Project">the Rainbow Project</a> announced plans for mass demonstration in Belfast.<a href="#cite_note-254">[253]</a> This protest was in response to the UK government's failure to allow people to convert their <a href="/wiki/Civil_union" title="Civil union">civil unions</a> into marriages despite the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland through the Northern Ireland Act 2019.<a href="#cite_note-255">[254]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_of_the_Council_of_Europe">Role of the Council of Europe</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Role of the Council of Europe">edit</a>]</div> According to Juris Lavrikovs from <a href="/wiki/ILGA-Europe" title="ILGA-Europe">ILGA-Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights" title="European Court of Human Rights">European Court of Human Rights</a> has been a positive force for LGBT rights, especially with regards to decriminalising same-sex consensual activity, barring discrimination against transgender individuals in employment, equalising the age of consent, enabling LGBT people to serve openly in the military, allowing transgender people the right to marry, employment equality and the including pension right for transgender individuals.<a href="#cite_note-256">[255]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Demographics">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_sexual_orientation#United_Kingdom" title="Demographics of sexual orientation">Demographics of sexual orientation § United Kingdom</a></div> According to the Office of National Statistics, the Percentage of the UK population identifying as Gay, lesbian or bisexual increased from 1.5% in 2012 to 2.0% in 2017. There are 1.1 million people identifying as LGB in UK. The 16 to 24 age group were the most likely to identify as LGB in 2017 (4.2%).<a href="#cite_note-257">[256]</a> A 2010 Integrated Household Survey estimated 1.5% of people in the UK identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual – far lower than previous estimates of 5–7%.<a href="#cite_note-ons2010-258">[257]</a> Interpreting the statistics, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) spokesperson said, "Someone may engage in sexual behaviour with someone of the same sex but still not perceive themselves as gay."<a href="#cite_note-259">[258]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a>, however, studies such as that of the Integrated Household Survey underestimate the true proportion of the population that is LGBT as they use a face-to-face methodology, and non-heterosexual people are less willing to disclose their sexual orientation to an interviewer.<a href="#cite_note-260">[259]</a> YouGov itself estimates, based on its panel, which was inquired via an online questionnaire, that the proportion of LGBT people in the UK is 7%.<a href="#cite_note-YouGov-25">[24]</a> Estimates of the size of the trans population in the UK is between 65,000 and 300,000. The size of the transsexual population or people experiencing gender dysphoria was estimated at between 2,400 and 10,500.<a href="#cite_note-TransReport-261">[260]</a> <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_(charity)" title="Stonewall (charity)">Stonewall</a> concludes that it is hard to define the LGBT population of the UK because some LGBT people are not <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">out</a>.<a href="#cite_note-262">[261]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Representation">Representation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Representation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census">Census</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Census">edit</a>]</div> In 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Equality_and_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Equality and Human Rights Commission">Equality and Human Rights Commission</a> called for the inclusion of a question on sexual orientation in the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_census" title="2011 United Kingdom census">2011 census</a>, but this was rejected by the <a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a> who run the census.<a href="#cite_note-263">[262]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021 census</a> questions on gender, gender identity and sexual orientation were included for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-264">[263]</a> Stonewall supported the move, stating "gathering data on LGBT communities in the UK is a vital step towards building a society where LGBT people are truly accepted, everywhere and by everyone."<a href="#cite_note-265">[264]</a> These provisions were made in the <a href="/wiki/Census_(Return_Particulars_and_Removal_of_Penalties)_Act_2019" title="Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Act 2019">Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Act 2019</a> for England and Wales, and in the <a href="/wiki/Census_(Amendment)_(Scotland)_Act_2019" title="Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019">Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019</a> for Scotland. The guidance to the question "What is your sex?" was subject to <a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census#sex_controversy" title="2021 United Kingdom census">a High Court case</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Fair_Play_For_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="Fair Play For Women">Fair Play For Women</a>, which found that sex should only be declared per the sex recorded on either a <a href="/wiki/Birth_certificate" title="Birth certificate">birth certificate</a> or <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Certificate" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender Recognition Certificate">Gender Recognition Certificate</a>, rather than any official document.<a href="#cite_note-266">[265]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Media">edit</a>]</div> As a national broadcaster, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> has been associated with LGBT+ people through its history. In 1938, the BBC broadcast "female impersonator" <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Byng" title="Douglas Byng">Douglas Byng</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">closeted</a> at the time of broadcast. In 1957, following the release of the Wolfenden Report, BBC Radio broadcast a special programme titled "The Homosexual Condition" and the subject was discussed on Lifeline and <a href="/wiki/Any_Questions%3F" title="Any Questions?">Any Questions?</a> television programmes. In 1965 the BBC postponed the broadcast of <a href="/wiki/The_Wednesday_Play" title="The Wednesday Play">The Wednesday Play</a>: Horror of Darkness due to the inclusion of a gay love triangle.<a href="#cite_note-:3-267">[266]</a> Following the <a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">Sexual Offences Act 1967</a>, BBC television representation increased. In 1970, the first ever gay kiss was shown on television, between <a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Laurenson" title="James Laurenson">James Laurenson</a> in a performance of <a href="/wiki/Edward_II_(play)" title="Edward II (play)">Edward II</a>. The first lesbian kiss was shown later in 1974, between <a href="/wiki/Alison_Steadman" title="Alison Steadman">Alison Steadman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Myra_Frances" title="Myra Frances">Myra Frances</a> on the TV show Girl, part of <a href="/wiki/Second_City_Firsts" title="Second City Firsts">Second City Firsts</a>. In 1987, <a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a> showed the first same-sex kiss on a British <a href="/wiki/Soap_opera" title="Soap opera">soap</a>. In 1995, the show <a href="/wiki/Gaytime_TV" title="Gaytime TV">Gaytime TV</a> was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a>, the first to be primarily targeted at queer audiences.<a href="#cite_note-:3-267">[266]</a> Music continued to be censored by the BBC throughout the 1970s and 80s. In 1978, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Robinson" title="Tom Robinson">Tom Robinson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Glad_to_Be_Gay" title="Glad to Be Gay">Glad to be Gay</a> was banned by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a>. In 1984, <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood" title="Frankie Goes to Hollywood">Frankie Goes to Hollywood</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Relax_(song)" title="Relax (song)">Relax</a> was similarly banned from daytime and chart shows.<a href="#cite_note-:3-267">[266]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm/220px--LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="138" data-mwtitle="LGBT+_History_Month_2021.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm/LGBT%2B_History_Month_2021.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a>, First Minister at the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a> with his annual message to mark the beginning of LGBT+ History Month 2021.</figcaption></figure> In 2005, the first <a href="/wiki/LGBT_History_Month" title="LGBT History Month">LGBT History Month</a> took place, with broadcast on the BBC generally sceptical.<a href="#cite_note-:3-267">[266]</a> The BBC has continued to cover LGBT History Month. In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Trust" title="BBC Trust">BBC Trust</a> produced a report calling for increased representation of LGBT minorities, including more "incidental homosexuality" in TV programming.<a href="#cite_note-268">[267]</a> In March 2019, the first LGBT+ correspondent for <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hunte" title="Ben Hunte">Ben Hunte</a> was hired.<a href="#cite_note-:3-267">[266]</a> In November 2020, it was announced that staff working in news and current affairs at the BBC were banned from attending UK pride marches, so as not to be seen as politically biased (even in a "personal" individual capacity).<a href="#cite_note-269">[268]</a> The BBC later clarified that whilst it was not a blanket ban, staff should seek permission before attending events.<a href="#cite_note-270">[269]</a> In July 2020, the first same-sex kiss on the children's TV channel <a href="/wiki/CBBC_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="CBBC (TV channel)">CBBC</a> was aired, following a long-running romantic arc between two female characters on the Canadian teen drama series <a href="/wiki/The_Next_Step_(2013_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Next Step (2013 TV series)">The Next Step</a>.<a href="#cite_note-271">[270]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Politics">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_politicians_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom">List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_first_LGBT_holders_of_political_offices_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom">List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United Kingdom</a></div> LGBT people have been serving openly in UK politics since the 1970s. In 1972, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Green_(councillor)" title="Sam Green (councillor)">Sam Green</a>, an openly gay man and member of the Gay Liberation Front, was elected as a member of <a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham City Council</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a>. He has since been described as the first openly gay political candidate in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-272">[271]</a><a href="#cite_note-273">[272]</a> The first openly LGBT MP was <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Colquhoun" title="Maureen Colquhoun">Maureen Colquhoun</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>, MP 1974–79), who was outed as a Lesbian in 1976.<a href="#cite_note-274">[273]</a> Colquhoun was a left-wing feminist and sought to combat gender inequality. Colquhoun was deselected due to her sexuality and her <a href="/wiki/Feminist_movement" title="Feminist movement">feminist</a> views in 1977, but this decision was later overturned.<a href="#cite_note-275">[274]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Smith,_Baron_Smith_of_Finsbury" title="Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury">Chris Smith</a>, an MP since 1983 and out since 1984, became the first openly gay secretary of state for culture, media and sport in 1997.<a href="#cite_note-:04-276">[275]</a> Later that year, <a href="/wiki/Angela_Eagle" title="Angela Eagle">Angela Eagle</a> came out: the first openly lesbian MP since Maureen Colquhoun.<a href="#cite_note-:04-276">[275]</a> 46 openly LGB MPs were elected at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 General Election</a>. This was one less than in 2017, an increase of five from the 2015 General Election. Of those 46 LGB MPs, 20 were Conservative, 15 Labour, 10 SNP and one independent. Of the main parties, the SNP had the highest proportion of LGB MPs (21%).<a href="#cite_note-277">[276]</a> No openly trans or non-binary MP's were elected in the 2019 general elections.<a href="#cite_note-278">[277]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sinclaire" title="Nikki Sinclaire">Nikki Sinclaire</a> (<a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a>, 2009 - 2014) was the first ever trans British parliamentarian as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">MEP</a> for <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a> from 2009 to 2014.<a href="#cite_note-279">[278]</a> <a href="/wiki/Layla_Moran" title="Layla Moran">Layla Moran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>, 2017–Present) became the first ever openly <a href="/wiki/Pansexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Pansexual">pansexual</a> MP in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-280">[279]</a><a href="#cite_note-:452-281">[280]</a> In 2021 <a href="/wiki/Owen_Hurcum" title="Owen Hurcum">Owen Hurcum</a>, 23, became the world's first openly non-binary mayor after they were chosen by fellow councillors on Bangor City Council in Gwynedd, Wales. Owen identifies as queer and agender. On 30 March 2022, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Wallis" title="Jamie Wallis">Jaime Wallis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a>, 2019–Present) came out as transgender, becoming the first openly transgender MP in the House of Commons.<a href="#cite_note-282">[281]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Wallis" title="Jamie Wallis">Jamie Wallis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP for Bridgend since 2019, is the first openly transgender MP.<a href="#cite_note-wallisMPsky-283">[282]</a><a href="#cite_note-wallisMPbbc-284">[283]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sinclaire" title="Nikki Sinclaire">Nikki Sinclaire</a> was the first ever trans British parliamentarian as the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">MEP</a> for <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Midlands (European Parliament constituency)">West Midlands</a> from 2009 to 2014.<a href="#cite_note-285">[284]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Currency">Currency</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Currency">edit</a>]</div> In March 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a> announced that the next <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England_%C2%A350_note" title="Bank of England £50 note">£50 note</a> would have <a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a> displayed on the reverse; it entered circulation on 23 June 2021, reflecting Turing's birth date.<a href="#cite_note-286">[285]</a> Britains Royal Mint released a 50 pence coin to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pride. It was designed by Dominique Holmes, an LGBTQ+ activist.<a href="#cite_note-287">[286]</a> One side features Queen Elizabeth II, and the other side showcases a rainbow design symbolising Pride. The rainbow includes "pride" in the centre and represents Pride in London's values: protest, visibility, unity, and equality.<a href="#cite_note-288">[287]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_opinion">Public opinion</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Public opinion">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towards_homosexuality">Towards homosexuality</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Towards homosexuality">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom#Public_opinion" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom § Public opinion</a></div> <div class="thumb tright" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; width:fit-content;"><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Historical attitudes to same-sex sexual relations in Britain (1983–2012)<a href="#cite_note-289">[288]</a></div></div><div class="thumbimage noresize" style="width:auto;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> In 1993, Stonewall conducted a survey of gay men and lesbians at work where they found two-thirds of respondents hid their sexuality at work and only 11% of respondents never hid their sexual orientation in the workplace. A follow-up survey done in 2008 found that 20% of gay and lesbian people had experienced bullying at work.<a href="#cite_note-TaylorEmir2012-290">[289]</a> Attitudes towards homosexuality amongst the British public have become more tolerant over time; according to the British Social Attitudes Survey, in 1983 approximately 50% to 70% of respondents of the three major political parties (Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat) regarded homosexuality as "always wrong" or "mostly wrong" and in 1993 opposition to homosexuality was reported to have slightly increased amongst all parties. However, by 2003 attitudes had become more tolerant, with 25% to 50% of respondents regarding homosexuality as always or mostly wrong and by 2013, only around 20% to 35% of respondents in each party felt the same way. Liberal Democrat respondents tended to be less likely to regard homosexuality as wrong than Labour or Conservative respondents across each survey.<a href="#cite_note-291">[290]</a> In 2015, a poll carried out by <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a> found that nearly twice as many residents in London believed homosexuality to be "morally wrong" compared to the rest of the UK (29% compared to 15 to 17%).<a href="#cite_note-292">[291]</a> Londoners were also over five times more likely to reject support for a gay child compared to the rest of the UK.<a href="#cite_note-293">[292]</a> A face-to-face survey conducted in 2015 by <a href="/wiki/ICM_Research" title="ICM Research">ICM Research</a> for <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> found that 18% of <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Islam in the United Kingdom">British Muslims</a> agreed with the statement that homosexuality should be legal in Britain, while 52% disagreed, and 22% neither agreed or disagreed.<a href="#cite_note-294">[293]</a><a href="#cite_note-295">[294]</a> This was an improvement from a <a href="/wiki/Gallup,_Inc." title="Gallup, Inc.">Gallup</a> poll conducted in 2009 which found that British Muslims had zero tolerance towards homosexuality.<a href="#cite_note-296">[295]</a><a href="#cite_note-297">[296]</a> An illustration of social attitudes towards homosexuality in the UK was provided in May 2007 in a survey by <a href="/wiki/YouGov" title="YouGov">YouGov</a>. The poll indicated that legislation outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was supported by 90% of British citizens. It also showed positive public perceptions of gay people in particular, but recognised the extent to which prejudice still exists.<a href="#cite_note-298">[297]</a> A poll in June 2009 conducted by Populus for <a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a> reported that the majority of the public supported same-sex marriage; 61% of respondents agreed that "Gay couples should have an equal right to get married, not just to have civil partnerships".<a href="#cite_note-299">[298]</a><a href="#cite_note-300">[299]</a> There were few differentials by partisanship.<a href="#cite_note-301">[300]</a> A more recent opinion poll, conducted in 2017 by <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a>, found that 77% of the British public were in favour of same-sex marriage.<a href="#cite_note-302">[301]</a> Support had increased to 85% according to the 2019 Eurobarometer, which polled all members states of the European Union on the question. The EU average was 69%.<a href="#cite_note-303">[302]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towards_transgender_people">Towards transgender people</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Towards transgender people">edit</a>]</div> A June 2020 survey by YouGov found that British people tended to support people identifying as the gender of their choice, but did not support making the legal process easier. YouGov's analysis also remarked that British "[p]eople tend to be fine with transgender people using facilities for their new gender, but not if they have not undergone gender reassignment surgery". The survey found women and younger respondents to be more trans-friendly than men and older respondents.<a href="#cite_note-:4-304">[303]</a> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>2018–2022 YouGov Survey<a href="#cite_note-:4-304">[303]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="3">Dec 2018 (%) </th> <th colspan="3">June 2020 (%) </th> <th colspan="3">May 2022 (%)<a href="#cite_note-305">[304]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Agree </th> <th>Disagree </th> <th>Not sure </th> <th>Agree </th> <th>Disagree </th> <th>Not sure </th> <th>Agree </th> <th>Disagree </th> <th>Not sure </th></tr> <tr> <td>"A transgender man is a man" </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">43 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>25 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 41 </td> <td><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 36 </td> <td>23 </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 39 </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 39 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"A transgender woman is a woman" </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">43 </td> <td>32 </td> <td>25 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 40 </td> <td><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 36 </td> <td>23 </td> <td><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 38 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 40 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"It should be made easier for transgender people to change their legal gender" </td> <td>28 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">48 </td> <td>24 </td> <td><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 28 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 47 </td> <td>25 </td> <td><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 26 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 50 </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Transgender women should be allowed to participate in women's sport" </td> <td>27 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">48 </td> <td>25 </td> <td><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 20 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 55 </td> <td>25 </td> <td><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 16 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 61 </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Transgender men should be allowed to participate in men's sport" </td> <td>37 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">39 </td> <td>25 </td> <td><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 31 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 44 </td> <td>24 </td> <td><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 29 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 48 </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Transgender women should be able to use the women's toilet" </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">46 </td> <td>30 </td> <td>23 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 46 </td> <td><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 30 </td> <td>23 </td> <td><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 38 </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 41 </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>"Transgender men should be allowed to use the men's toilet" </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">48 </td> <td>27 </td> <td>25 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 49 </td> <td><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 28 </td> <td>23 </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 42 </td> <td><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /> 34 </td> <td>23 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_experience">LGBT experience</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: LGBT experience">edit</a>]</div> In 2017, 108,000 people participated in the National LGBT Survey, making it one of the biggest survey of LGBT people in the world. LGBT people were found to be less satisfied with life compared to the wider UK population, with trans satisfaction notably lower. 68% of respondents said they avoided holding hands with their same-sex partner in public. 5% of respondents had been offered <a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">conversion therapy</a>, with 2% undergoing such therapies.<a href="#cite_note-306">[305]</a> The findings from the National LGBT Survey have been used to inform a 75-point LGBT Action Plan to address the key issues identified, including bringing forward proposals to ban conversion therapy in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-:0-197">[196]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Right_of_asylum">Right of asylum</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Right of asylum">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/HJ_and_HT_v_Home_Secretary" title="HJ and HT v Home Secretary">HJ and HT v Home Secretary</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs expansion. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. (August 2021)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> Current UK policy around the <a href="/wiki/Right_of_asylum" title="Right of asylum">right of asylum</a> for LGBT people requires that they experience a fear of persecution and violence. It being unlawful to be in a same-sex relationship in an asylum seeker's home country is not considered grounds enough to grant asylum in the UK. Prior to 2010, a 'discretion test' was applied, although this was ruled unlawful in the 2010 Supreme Court case <a href="/wiki/HJ_and_HT_v_Home_Secretary" title="HJ and HT v Home Secretary">HJ and HT v Home Secretary</a>, where the judge ruled that having to hide one's sexuality or gender identity to prevent persecution or violence was enough to meet the threshold for asylum.<a href="#cite_note-307">[306]</a> In August 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> ordered the deportation of a gay man back to his country of birth <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> - which is back under <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> control. <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">Homosexuality</a> is a serious criminal offence within <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> law. A review is being conducted to investigate the situation by the shadow <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> immigration minister in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons" title="House of Commons">House of Commons</a>. A spokesperson for the Home Office later stated that all deportations to Afghanistan had been halted, pending review.<a href="#cite_note-308">[307]</a><a href="#cite_note-309">[308]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_by_legal_jurisdiction_and_territory">Summary by legal jurisdiction and territory</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Summary by legal jurisdiction and territory">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="12.5%">LGBT rights in: </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex sexual activity </th> <th width="12.5%">Gender recognition </th> <th width="12.5%">Recognition of same-sex unions </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex marriage </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex adoption </th> <th width="12.5%">Military service </th> <th width="12.5%">Official pardon </th> <th width="12.5%">Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) </th> <th width="12.5%">Anti-discrimination (gender identity) </th> <th width="12.5%">Other </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales"><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a> England and Wales </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1967; age of consent equalised in 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Under the <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act 2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnership</a> since 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2014<a href="#cite_note-england-67">[66]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2017<a href="#cite_note-310">[309]</a> (Disregards available since 2012)<a href="#cite_note-311">[310]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-opsi.gov.uk-312">[311]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of gender identity<a href="#cite_note-rainbow-145">[144]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28</a> banning "promotion of same-sex relationships as a pretend family relationship" repealed in 2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Scotland" title="LGBT rights in Scotland">Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1981; age of consent equalised in 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Under the <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act 2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnership</a> since 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2014<a href="#cite_note-scotland-69">[68]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2009<a href="#cite_note-scotlandadoption-88">[87]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2019<a href="#cite_note-scotpardon-313">[312]</a><a href="#cite_note-scotland_pardon-51">[50]</a> (Disregards also available) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-opsi.gov.uk-312">[311]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of gender identity<a href="#cite_note-rainbow-145">[144]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 2A</a> banning "promotion of same-sex relationships as a pretend family relationship" repealed in 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Northern_Ireland" title="LGBT rights in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1982; age of consent equalised in 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Under the <a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act 2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnership</a> since 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2020<a href="#cite_note-nimarriage2-12">[11]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2013<a href="#cite_note-northernirelandadoption-90">[89]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2018<a href="#cite_note-northern_ireland_pardon-52">[51]</a> (Disregards also available) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-opsi.gov.uk-312">[311]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a>/<a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans discrimination on the grounds of gender identity in employment and vocational training </td> <td>N/A </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crown_dependencies">Crown dependencies</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Crown dependencies">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="12.5%">LGBT rights in: </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex sexual activity </th> <th width="12.5%">Gender recognition </th> <th width="12.5%">Recognition of same-sex unions </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex marriage </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex adoption </th> <th width="12.5%">Military service </th> <th width="12.5%">Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) </th> <th width="12.5%">Anti-discrimination (gender identity) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey"><img alt="Guernsey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Guernsey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Guernsey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Guernsey" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Guernsey">Guernsey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1983; age of consent equalised in 2012<a href="#cite_note-314">[313]</a><a href="#cite_note-315">[314]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2007, only allows a new birth certificate to be issued. Does not amend or remove records of existing birth certificates, extension to Alderney and Sark unclear<a href="#cite_note-guernsey-316">[315]</a><a href="#cite_note-317">[316]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Since 2012 in Guernsey, 2016 in <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a> and 2020 in Sark<a href="#cite_note-sark-318">[317]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2017 in Guernsey, 2018 in Alderney and 2020 in Sark<a href="#cite_note-sark-318">[317]</a><a href="#cite_note-queenapprovessark-319">[318]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2017<a href="#cite_note-320">[319]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-guernsey-316">[315]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of "gender reassignment"<a href="#cite_note-guernsey-316">[315]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man"><img alt="Isle of Man" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Isle_of_Man" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1992; age of consent equalised in 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Under the Gender Recognition Act 2009<a href="#cite_note-321">[320]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Civil partnership since 2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-isle_of_man-322">[321]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of "gender reassignment"<a href="#cite_note-isle_of_man-322">[321]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey"><img alt="Jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flag_of_Jersey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jersey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Jersey">Jersey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1990; age of consent equalised in 2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Under the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010<a href="#cite_note-323">[322]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Civil partnership since 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2018<a href="#cite_note-324">[323]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-jersey-325">[324]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of "gender reassignment"<a href="#cite_note-jersey-325">[324]</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overseas_Territories">Overseas Territories</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Overseas Territories">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="12.5%">LGBT rights in: </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex sexual activity </th> <th width="12.5%">Recognition of same-sex unions </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex marriage </th> <th width="12.5%">Same-sex adoption </th> <th width="12.5%">Military service </th> <th width="12.5%">Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) </th> <th width="12.5%">Anti-discrimination (gender identity) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anguilla" title="Anguilla"><img alt="Anguilla" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/23px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/35px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Anguilla.svg/46px-Flag_of_Anguilla.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Anguilla" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Anguilla">Anguilla</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2001 (Age of consent discrepancy) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia"><img alt="Akrotiri and Dhekelia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2000;<a href="#cite_note-326">[325]</a><a href="#cite_note-327">[326]</a> age of consent equalised in 2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2014<a href="#cite_note-328">[327]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans some discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-329">[328]</a><a href="#cite_note-330">[329]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda"><img alt="Bermuda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bermuda" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Bermuda">Bermuda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1994;<a href="#cite_note-331">[330]</a> age of consent equalised in 2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Domestic partnership since 2018<a href="#cite_note-332">[331]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> Was legal between November 2018 and March 2022 and between May 2017 and June 2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-333">[332]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Antarctic_Territory" title="British Antarctic Territory"><img alt="British Antarctic Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Antarctic_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_British_Antarctic_Territory" title="Same-sex marriage in the British Antarctic Territory">British Antarctic Territory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2016<a href="#cite_note-334">[333]</a><a href="#cite_note-335">[334]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory"><img alt="British Indian Ocean Territory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Commissioner_of_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="Same-sex marriage in the British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2014<a href="#cite_note-336">[335]</a><a href="#cite_note-337">[336]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands"><img alt="British Virgin Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-338">[337]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cayman_Islands" title="Cayman Islands"><img alt="Cayman Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Cayman_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2001 (Age of consent discrepancy)<a href="#cite_note-339">[338]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Civil Partnership since 2020<a href="#cite_note-340">[339]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands"><img alt="Falkland Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Falkland_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1989; age of consent equalised in 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Civil partnership since 2017<a href="#cite_note-falkland-341">[340]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2017<a href="#cite_note-falkland-341">[340]</a><a href="#cite_note-342">[341]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>] </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-343">[342]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar"><img alt="Gibraltar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 1993; age of consent equalised in 2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Civil partnership since 2014<a href="#cite_note-gibraltar-344">[343]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2016<a href="#cite_note-gibraltar-344">[343]</a><a href="#cite_note-345">[344]</a><a href="#cite_note-346">[345]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-gibraltarlaws-347">[346]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of "gender reassignment"<a href="#cite_note-gibraltarlaws-347">[346]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat"><img alt="Montserrat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Montserrat.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montserrat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Montserrat" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Montserrat">Montserrat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2000 (Age of consent discrepancy) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> (Constitutional ban since 2010)<a href="#cite_note-montserrat-348">[347]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-montserrat-348">[347]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands" title="Pitcairn Islands"><img alt="Pitcairn Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="LGBT rights in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2015<a href="#cite_note-349">[348]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2015<a href="#cite_note-350">[349]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-351">[350]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena"><img alt="Saint Helena" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg/46px-Flag_of_Saint_Helena.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island"><img alt="Ascension Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a><a href="/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha" title="Tristan da Cunha"><img alt="Tristan da Cunha" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Tristan_da_Cunha.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tristan_da_Cunha.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Tristan_da_Cunha.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tristan_da_Cunha.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Tristan_da_Cunha.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tristan_da_Cunha.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Saint_Helena,_Ascension_and_Tristan_da_Cunha" title="LGBT rights in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha">Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2017<a href="#cite_note-352">[351]</a><a href="#cite_note-353">[352]</a><a href="#cite_note-sthelenaonline.org-354">[353]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2017 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defense </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-355">[354]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of "gender reassignment"<a href="#cite_note-356">[355]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands"><img alt="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="375" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands" title="Same-sex marriage in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2014<a href="#cite_note-357">[356]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem-question.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/15px-Emblem-question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/23px-Emblem-question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Emblem-question.svg/30px-Emblem-question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Turks and Caicos Islands"><img alt="Turks and Caicos Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Legal since 2001 (Age of consent discrepancy) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> (Constitutional ban since 2011)<a href="#cite_note-gov.tc-358">[357]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> UK responsible for defence </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> Bans all discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation<a href="#cite_note-gov.tc-358">[357]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_table">Summary table</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Summary table">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div 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Does not include the <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Crown_dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown dependencies">Crown dependencies</a> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Right </th> <th>Yes/No </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Same-sex sexual activity </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sodomy_law" title="Sodomy law">Same-sex sexual activity legal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 1967 (England and Wales) Since 1981 (Scotland) Since 1982 (Northern Ireland) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#United_Kingdom_and_Crown_dependencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Ages of consent in Europe">Equal age of consent</a> (16) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality#Psychology" title="Homosexuality">Homosexuality declassified as an illness</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 1992<a href="#cite_note-359">[358]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Official pardon </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2017 (England and Wales)<a href="#cite_note-360">[359]</a> Since 2018 (Northern Ireland) Since 2019 (Scotland)<a href="#cite_note-scotpardon-313">[312]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Disregards available </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2012 (England and Wales)<a href="#cite_note-361">[360]</a> Since 2018 (Northern Ireland)<a href="#cite_note-362">[361]</a> Since 2019 (Scotland)<a href="#cite_note-scotpardon-313">[312]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Same-sex relationships </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnerships</a> for same-sex couples<a href="#cite_note-cp-UK-363">[note 1]</a><a href="#cite_note-civil-367">[b]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Civil partnerships in religious venues </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2011 (England and Wales) Since 2014 (Scotland) Since 2020 (Northern Ireland)<a href="#cite_note-nimarriage-368">[365]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Civil and religious <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">same-sex marriage</a><a href="#cite_note-SSM-369">[note 2]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2014 (England and Wales, and Scotland)<a href="#cite_note-england-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-scotland-69">[68]</a> Since 2020 (Northern Ireland)<a href="#cite_note-nimarriage-368">[365]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Adoption and family planning </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex adoption in the United Kingdom">Joint and stepchild adoption for LGBT persons and same-sex couples</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2005 (England and Wales) Since 2009 (Scotland)<a href="#cite_note-scotlandadoption-88">[87]</a> Since 2013 (Northern Ireland)<a href="#cite_note-northernirelandadoption-90">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Equal access to <a href="/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation" title="In vitro fertilisation">IVF</a> for all couples and individuals </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Same-sex couples as both parents on a birth certificate </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Altruistic <a href="/wiki/Surrogacy" title="Surrogacy">surrogacy</a> for all couples and individuals </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commercial surrogacy for gay male couples </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Banned for heterosexual couples as well </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Military service </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_military_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual orientation and military service">LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Transgender rights </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Transsexualism" class="mw-redirect" title="Transsexualism">Transsexualism</a> declassified as an illness </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Legal_status_of_transgender_people" title="Legal status of transgender people">Right to change legal gender</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Right to change legal gender without having to end marriage<a href="#cite_note-trans-SSM-CP-370">[note 3]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2014 (England and Wales, and Scotland) Since 2020 (Northern Ireland) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Discrimination protections </th></tr> <tr> <td>Anti-discrimination laws in all areas on sexual orientation and gender identity (including employment, goods and services, housing, etc.) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a>/<a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2010 (England and Wales, and Scotland)<a href="#cite_note-equality_act-147">[146]</a> Only limited protections for gender identity in Northern Ireland </td></tr> <tr> <td>Laws against <a href="/wiki/Hate_speech" title="Hate speech">hate speech</a> based on sexual orientation </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2004 (Northern Ireland) Since 2008 (England and Wales) Since 2009 (Scotland)<a href="#cite_note-rainbow-145">[144]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Laws against hate speech based on gender identity </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a>/<a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2009 (Scotland) No laws exist (England and Wales, and Northern Ireland)<a href="#cite_note-rainbow-145">[144]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Laws against <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">inciting hatred</a> on sexual orientation through an aggravating circumstance </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2004 (Northern Ireland) Since 2008 (England and Wales) Since 2009 (Scotland)<a href="#cite_note-rainbow-145">[144]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Laws against inciting hatred on gender identity through an aggravating circumstance </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a>/<a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2009 (Scotland) No laws exist (England and Wales, and Northern Ireland)<a href="#cite_note-rainbow-145">[144]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LGBT_sex_education" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT sex education">LGBT sex education</a> and relationships taught in schools </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a>/<a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Personal,_Social,_Health_and_Economic_(PSHE)_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education">Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education</a>, which includes sex and relationships, became compulsory for all schools in England in September 2020,<a href="#cite_note-371">[366]</a><a href="#cite_note-372">[367]</a><a href="#cite_note-373">[368]</a> though schools in England were previously encouraged to make it compulsory starting in September 2019.<a href="#cite_note-lgbtrightsgreat-229">[228]</a> Compulsory for all schools in Scotland from 2018,<a href="#cite_note-scotlandsexed-234">[233]</a> and Wales from 2022<a href="#cite_note-374">[369]</a> Schools in England must comply with the Equality Act 2010's Public Sector Equality Duty (2012) which includes LGBT equality Ofsted assesses the inclusion of LGBT people in policies and the curriculum </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Men_who_have_sex_with_men_blood_donor_controversy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Men who have sex with men blood donor controversy in the United Kingdom">MSMs allowed to donate blood</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2021<a href="#cite_note-375">[370]</a><a href="#cite_note-376">[371]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">Conversion therapy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a>/<a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Pending at legislative level since 2018,<a href="#cite_note-377">[372]</a> but was blocked in parliament in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-378">[373]</a> Banned by the <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">NHS</a> and all major counselling and psychotherapy bodies in Great Britain (but not in Northern Ireland).<a href="#cite_note-stonewallreport-190">[189]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Immigration rights </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Immigration_equality#LGBT_immigration_issues" title="Immigration equality">Immigration equality and rights for LGBT individuals and same-sex couples</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Since 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Recognition of sexual orientation and gender identity for asylum requests </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Yes_check.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Yes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/15px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/23px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/30px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a>/<a href="/wiki/File:X_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="No" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/15px-X_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/23px-X_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/X_mark.svg/30px-X_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="600" /></a> </td> <td>Guidelines not applied consistently Some cases recognised since 1999 including that of <a href="/wiki/HJ_and_HT_v_Home_Secretary" title="HJ and HT v Home Secretary">HJ and HT v Home Secretary</a> Plans for guidance on asylum claims brought on by sexual orientation but not gender identity[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cp-UK-363"><a href="#cite_ref-cp-UK_363-0">^</a> Civil partnerships give most (but not all) of the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage, but there are recognition issues in other countries and with the use of <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_title" title="Courtesy title">courtesy titles</a>. Civil partnerships can take place on any approved premise in the UK and in approved religious venues in Great Britain (though religious venues are not compelled), but cannot include religious readings, music or symbols. Adultery and non-consummation are also not grounds for the dissolution of a civil partnership. See: "<a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">Civil Partnership Act 2004</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnership in the United Kingdom</a>" </li> <li id="cite_note-SSM-369"><a href="#cite_ref-SSM_369-0">^</a> Same-sex marriages give all the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage and can be performed on approved premises and religious venues in Great Britain (though no religious or belief body is compelled). Adultery and non-consummation are not grounds for divorce. See: "<a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014" title="Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014">Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom</a>" </li> <li id="cite_note-trans-SSM-CP-370"><a href="#cite_ref-trans-SSM-CP_370-0">^</a> Existing marriages continue where one or both parties change their legal gender and both parties wish to remain married. Civil partnerships continue where only both parties change their gender simultaneously and wish to remain in their civil partnership. See: "<a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014" title="Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014">Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom</a>" </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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Dhekelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Bermuda" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Cayman_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Falkland_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Montserrat" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Pitcairn_Islands" title="LGBT rights in the Pitcairn Islands">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex adoption in the United Kingdom">Adoption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Age of consent reform in the United Kingdom">Age of consent manifestations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Civil partnership in the United Kingdom">Civil partnership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intersex_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intersex rights in the United Kingdom">Intersex rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation_and_the_military_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sexual orientation and the military of the United Kingdom">Military policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">Same-sex marriage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transgender_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transgender rights in the United Kingdom">Transgender rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21st-century_anti-trans_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="21st-century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom">21st-century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000" title="Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000">Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Employment_Equality_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations_2003" title="Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003">Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Partnership_Act_2004" title="Civil Partnership Act 2004">Civil Partnership Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_Recognition_Act_2004" title="Gender Recognition Act 2004">Gender Recognition Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_(Sexual_Orientation)_Regulations" class="mw-redirect" title="Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations">Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_2010" title="Equality Act 2010">Equality Act 2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_and_Civil_Partnership_(Scotland)_Act_2014" title="Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014">Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing_law" title="Alan Turing law">Alan Turing law (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(Executive_Formation_etc)_Act_2019" title="Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019">Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Human rights precedents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dudgeon_v_United_Kingdom" title="Dudgeon v United Kingdom">Dudgeon v United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodwin_%26_I_v_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Goodwin & I v United Kingdom">Goodwin & I v United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutherland_v_United_Kingdom" title="Sutherland v United Kingdom">Sutherland v United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X_v_United_Kingdom" title="X v United Kingdom">X v United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Past laws and superseded precedents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buggery_Act_1533" title="Buggery Act 1533">Buggery Act 1533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(Scotland)_Act_1980" title="Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980">Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law_Amendment_Act_1885" title="Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885">Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexual_Offences_(Northern_Ireland)_Order_1982" title="Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982">Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labouchere_Amendment" title="Labouchere Amendment">Labouchere Amendment (1885)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_28" title="Section 28">Section 28 (1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967" title="Sexual Offences Act 1967">Sexual Offences Act 1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corbett_v_Corbett" title="Corbett v Corbett">Corbett v Corbett</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Standing key precedents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R_v_Brown" title="R v Brown">R v Brown</a> (from related police <a href="/wiki/Operation_Spanner" title="Operation Spanner">Operation Spanner</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_About_Trans" title="All About Trans">All About Trans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaumont_Society" title="Beaumont Society">Beaumont Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Gay_Men%27s_Advisory_Group" title="Black Gay Men's Advisory Group">Black Gay Men's Advisory Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Homosexual_Equality" title="Campaign for Homosexual Equality">Campaign for Homosexual Equality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Families_and_Friends_of_Lesbians_and_Gays" title="Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays">FFLAG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93Carpenter_Archives" title="Hall–Carpenter Archives">Hall–Carpenter Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Campaign_for_Trans_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour Campaign for Trans Rights">Labour Campaign for Trans Rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Foundation" title="LGBT Foundation">LGBT Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Network" title="LGBT Network">LGBT Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Conservatives" title="LGBT+ Conservatives">LGBT+ Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT Labour">LGBT Labour</a></li> <li><a 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Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_Left" title="Gay Left">Gay Left</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front" title="Gay Liberation Front">Gay Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gay_Rights_Working_Party" title="Gay Rights Working Party">Gay Rights Working Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Chaeronea" title="Order of Chaeronea">Order of Chaeronea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OutRage!" title="OutRage!">OutRage!</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BFI_Flare:_London_LGBT_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival">BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BiCon_(UK)" title="BiCon (UK)">BiCon (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Gay_Out_(London)" title="Big Gay Out (London)">Big Gay Out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Pride" title="Birmingham Pride">Birmingham Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourne_Free" title="Bourne Free">Bourne Free</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_Pride" title="Brighton Pride">Brighton Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Pride" title="Bristol Pride">Bristol Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_LGBT_Awards" title="British LGBT Awards">British LGBT Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Pride" title="Doncaster Pride">Doncaster Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gender_Trust" title="The Gender Trust">The Gender Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GFest_%E2%80%93_gayWise_LGBT_Arts_Festival" title="GFest – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival">GFest – gayWise LGBT Arts Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgay!_Festival" title="Glasgay! Festival">Glasgay! Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homotopia_(festival)" title="Homotopia (festival)">Homotopia (festival)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_Pride" title="Leeds Pride">Leeds Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_Pride" title="Leicester Pride">Leicester Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_History_Month" title="LGBT History Month">LGBT History Month</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpool Pride">Liverpool Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Trans%2B_Pride" title="London Trans+ Pride">London Trans+ Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Pride" title="Manchester Pride">Manchester Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_UK" title="Mr Gay UK">Mr Gay UK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr_Gay_Wales" title="Mr Gay Wales">Mr Gay Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Pride_(festival)" title="Northern Pride (festival)">Northern Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_Pride" title="Nottinghamshire Pride">Nottinghamshire Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Press_for_Change" title="Press for Change">Press for Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Cymru" title="Pride Cymru">Pride Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Glasgow" title="Pride Glasgow">Pride Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_Hull" title="Pride in Hull">Pride in Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_in_London" title="Pride in London">Pride in London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Scotia" title="Pride Scotia">Pride Scotia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading_Pride" title="Reading Pride">Reading Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Pride" title="Swansea Pride">Swansea Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans_Media_Watch" title="Trans Media Watch">Trans Media Watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worthing_Pride" title="Worthing Pride">Worthing Pride</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gay_villages_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay villages in England">Gay 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pink_money#In_the_United_Kingdom" title="Pink money">Pink pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Workplace_Equality_Index" title="Stonewall Workplace Equality Index">Stonewall Workplace Equality Index</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boy_Meets_Girl_(2015_TV_series)" title="Boy Meets Girl (2015 TV series)">Boy Meets Girl (2015 TV series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom">History of violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_LGBT_politicians_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom">List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Transology" title="Museum of Transology">Museum of Transology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My_Transsexual_Summer" title="My Transsexual Summer">My Transsexual Summer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PinkNews" title="PinkNews">PinkNews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_plaque" title="Rainbow plaque">Rainbow plaque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_LGBT_history_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom">Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Well_of_Loneliness" title="The Well of Loneliness">The Well of Loneliness</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><link 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Formation_of_the_United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland">Formation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_of_England_and_Scotland_Act_1603" title="Union of England and Scotland Act 1603">Union of England and Scotland Act 1603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Union" title="Treaty of Union">Treaty of Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707" title="Acts of Union 1707">Acts of Union 1707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_with_Scotland_(Amendment)_Act_1707" title="Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707">Union with Scotland (Amendment) Act 1707</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_the_First_World_War" title="History of the United Kingdom during the First World War">First World War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interwar_Britain" title="Interwar Britain">Interwar</a></li> <li>Second World War <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United Kingdom home front during World War II">civilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II">military</a></li></ul></li> <li>Postwar <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postwar_Britain_(1945%E2%80%931979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Postwar Britain (1945–1979)">political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_history_of_Postwar_Britain_(1945%E2%80%931979)" class="mw-redirect" title="Social history of Postwar Britain (1945–1979)">social</a></li></ul></li> <li>Since 1979 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1979%E2%80%93present)" title="Political history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)">political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1979%E2%80%93present)" title="Social history of the United Kingdom (1979–present)">social</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economic history of the United Kingdom">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_foreign_relations_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom">Foreign relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_relations_(1814%E2%80%931919)" title="International relations (1814–1919)">1814–1919</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of law enforcement in the United Kingdom">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_history_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Maritime history of the United Kingdom">Maritime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_mass_surveillance_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of mass surveillance in the United Kingdom">Mass surveillance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Military history of the United Kingdom">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_taxation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of taxation in the United Kingdom">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_women_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="History of women in the United Kingdom">Women's history</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Geography of the United Kingdom">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Administrative geography of the United Kingdom">Administrative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Counties of the United Kingdom">Counties of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Countries of the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="City status in the United Kingdom">City status</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of towns in the United Kingdom">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_that_have_gained_independence_from_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom">Former colonies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Geography of the United Kingdom">Physical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terminology_of_the_British_Isles" title="Terminology of the British Isles">terminology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Climate of the United Kingdom">Climate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Climate change in the United Kingdom">change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastline_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Coastline of the United Kingdom">Coastline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Great_Britain" title="Geology of Great Britain">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_and_lochs_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of lakes and lochs of the United Kingdom">Lakes and lochs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_and_hills_in_the_British_Isles" title="Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of rivers of the United Kingdom">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of volcanoes in the United Kingdom">Volcanoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_renewable_resources_produced_and_traded_by_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom">Resources</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Agriculture in the United Kingdom">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Energy in the United Kingdom">Energy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biodiesel_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Biodiesel in the United Kingdom">biodiesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_mining_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Coal mining in the United Kingdom">coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geothermal_power_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Geothermal power in the United Kingdom">geothermal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom">hydraulic frac.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hydroelectricity in the United Kingdom">hydroelectricity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom#Ocean_power" title="Renewable energy in the United Kingdom">marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sea_oil" title="North Sea oil">North Sea oil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Renewable energy in the United Kingdom">Renewable energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Solar power in the United Kingdom">solar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wind power in the United Kingdom">wind</a></li></ul></li> <li>Fishing <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_England" title="Fishing industry in England">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_Scotland" title="Fishing industry in Scotland">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry_in_Wales" title="Fishing industry in Wales">Welsh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_and_shooting_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom">Hunting</a></li> <li>Materials <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Forestry in the United Kingdom">forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Mining in the United Kingdom">mining</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wildlife <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Great_Britain" title="Fauna of Great Britain">fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="Flora of Great Britain and Ireland">flora</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constitution of the United Kingdom">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Corruption in the United Kingdom">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UK_parliamentary_by-elections" title="UK parliamentary by-elections">By-elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Foreign relations of the United Kingdom">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Human rights in the United Kingdom">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the United 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title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_leaders_of_British_political_parties" title="List of female leaders of British political parties">Female party leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_scandals_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political scandals in the United Kingdom">Political scandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Official_Opposition_Shadow_Cabinet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)">Shadow Cabinet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_governments" title="List of British governments">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_(United_Kingdom)" title="Civil Service (United Kingdom)">Civil service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">Ministers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of government ministers of the United Kingdom">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6.5em;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Naval_Service" title="His Majesty's Naval Service">His Majesty's Naval Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction" title="United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction">Weapons of mass destruction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economy of the United Kingdom">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of banks in the United Kingdom">Banks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Budget of the United Kingdom">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Economic geography of the United Kingdom">Economic geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_trade_agreements_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom">Free trade agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Income in the United Kingdom">Income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Manufacturing in the United Kingdom">Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">Pound sterling (currency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Science and technology in the United Kingdom">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stock_exchanges_in_the_United_Kingdom,_the_British_Crown_Dependencies_and_United_Kingdom_Overseas_Territories" title="List of stock exchanges in the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies and United Kingdom Overseas Territories">Stock exchanges</a> (<a href="/wiki/London_Stock_Exchange" title="London Stock Exchange">London Exchange</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Taxation in the United Kingdom">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telecommunications in the United Kingdom">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tourism in the United Kingdom">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Transport in the United Kingdom">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Air transport in the United Kingdom">Air transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bus_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Bus transport">Bus transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driving_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Driving in the United Kingdom">Driving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Roads in the United Kingdom">Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in the United Kingdom">Rail transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Society of the United Kingdom">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Health_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Health in the United Kingdom">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Homelessness in the United Kingdom">Homelessness</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_England" title="Homelessness in England">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Scotland" title="Homelessness in Scotland">Scotland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Housing in the United Kingdom">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunger_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hunger in the United Kingdom">Hunger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_immigration_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="Modern immigration to the United Kingdom">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_innovations_and_discoveries" title="List of British innovations and discoveries">Innovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Languages of the United Kingdom">Languages</a></li> 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