Homosexuality

Question 1

In recent decades, Western liberal democracies have witnessed a radical change in the legal frameworks relating to ?

Answer 1

Homosexuality.

Question 2

Sex between men was a crime in the UK in the first half of the 20th Century, and homosexuality was considered a mental ?

Answer 2

Illness.

Question 3

The Wolfenden Report passed the Sexual Offences Act which decriminalised homosexuality for men aged ? or ofer to have sex, lowered to 18 in 1994 and lowered to 16 in 2001.

Answer 3

21.

Question 4

The first same-sex marriage’s in England and Wales took place on 29th March ?

Answer 4

2014.

Question 5

Equality and human rights laws also protest people on the grounds of their sexual orientation. In recent years, this more tolerant approach has been extended to transsexual and transgender people, and people who seek not to be defined by ? ? ?

Answer 5

Binary gender distinctions.

Question 6

The 1999 nail-bombing of a gay bar in Soho, London, illustrated the extent of the hostility felt by some towards the homosexual community (? ?), reflecting an underlying cultural prejudice against homosexuality.

Answer 6

Hate crimes.