Homosexual age of consent
- Title
- Homosexual age of consent
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 12 Jan 1994
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:03:54
- Description
- David Kermode reports on the campaign by an all-party group of MPs to lower the age of consent for homosexual sex to 16 (currently 21), a free vote will be taken on the proposed amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill later this month. Includes interviews with campaign leader Edwina Currie; openly gay MP Chris Smith; Angela Mason and Ian McKellen of Stonewall gay rights group who says it will allow sex education for gay men and so reduce the incidence of AIDS.
- Contributors
- Edwina Currie; Chris Smith; David Kermode; Ian McKellen; Angela Mason
- Keywords
- Human rights; Gay rights; Sexual consent; Homosexual law reform; AIDS; Sex education; Gays
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