What are British laws about homosexuality?
- The age of consent is the youngest age at which sex is legal. Homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967, and in Scotland in 1980, and the homosexual age of consent has been lowered from 21 to 18 in 1994 and now to 16 in the year 2000 (the same age as for sex between men and women).
For updates on the laws and homosexuality and other issues see:
The equality
network website. www.equality-network.org
The Equality Network campaigns for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
equality in Scotland.
Beyond Barriers
website. www.beyondbarriers.org.uk
Beyond barriers challenges discrimination and prejudice against lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender people and other excluded groups?
