Events tagged with "Civil Partnership"
Civil Partnerships introduced
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005 in the UK, the first day couples could give notice of their intention to form a civil partnership. The Civil Partnership Act enables same-sex couples aged 16 and over to obtain legal r...
Legislation impacting on gay men and lesbians
A summary of the legislation impacting on gay men and lesbians follows. More detail can be found in related events and memories.1900At the turn of the century, the 1885 Act which included the offence of ‘gross indecency’ was being used to arrest and...
Michael Cashman elected MEP for West Midlands
Michael Cashman is Labour Party MEP for the West Midlands region representing Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Coventry, Warwickshire & Staffordshire in the European Parliament. Michael was a founding member of Stonewall and was its Chair from 1988. ...
Memories tagged with "Civil Partnership"
Civil partnership after 26 years together
After 26 years together, Barbara and Bridget became civil partners. They had their Civil Partnership ceremony on 29th September 2007 at Birmingham Register Office. ...
Meeting through a friend in 2003
Meridy was working in Hereford when she met Abba, who is a chef, through a straight friend who knew that they were both lesbian. “We were chatting and there was a connection, Abba stole my phone number from my friend’s phone and we were texting back ...
Training the registrar's team 2005
“When they were introducing the Civil Partnership Act (2005) the registration service came to talk to us (the LGB staff group at Staffordshire County Council) about how they should advertise, what sort of leaflets they should prepare and so on. We ha...
Will and Chris sign London Partnership Register
Will mentioned the Civil Partnership Law, and how it affected him personally, as he and his partner Chris were partnered in this way in September 2006. Prior to this, when living in the capital, they had chosen to inscribe their relationship in the L...