Sexual Offences Act 1967
July 1967
The 'Sexual Offences Act 1967' came into force in England and Wales and decriminalised homosexual acts between two men over 21 years of age and ‘in private.’
The Bill received royal assent on 28 July 1967 after an intense late night debate in the House of Commons.
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