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You are here: Home>Herts history>People>Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer>Protest and Change: LGBTQ+ History Month 2022>Exhibition: Protest and Progress

Exhibition: Protest and Progress

The path to equal rights for LGBTQ+ people has not been smooth. Here you can read about important legislation that affected LGBTQ+ people, and the protests and charities that set about to change this.

  • 1967 Sexual Offences Act
    1967 Sexual Offences Act
    In 1967, the Sexual Offences Act legalised consensual, private, homosexual acts between two men who were aged 21 or above.
  • Charing Cross Hospital Gender Identity Clinic
    Charing Cross Hospital Gender Identity Clinic
    Charing Cross Hospital has the oldest gender clinic in the country, and relocated to Boxmoor during the Second World War.
  • Operation Spanner
    Operation Spanner
    Operation Spanner was a UK-wide police investigation into male same-sex sadomasochism which impacted a man in Welwyn Garden City.
  • Section 28
    Section 28
    Section 28 was a key piece of legislation that affected the lives of LGBT+ people in Britain.
  • Stonewall Equality Limited
    Stonewall Equality Limited
    Stonewall Equality Limited is a UK LGBT+ rights charity that was co-founded by Peter Ashman from St Albans.
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