Sexual Freedom

Home Office Sex Offences Review Inadequate

ALL CONSENSUAL OFFENCES SHOULD BE REPEALED “The Home Office Sex Offences reform proposals do not go far enough”, according to Peter Tatchell of OutRage!. “All consenting, victimless sexual offences –homosexual and heterosexual– should be abolished, including the criminalisation of consensual adult pornography and sadomasochism. “The law on the age of consent should take into account Home Office Sex Offences Review Inadequate

Grotesque Violation of Human Rights

Terry Connell and supporters, defiant after the appeal. ©1999 John Hunt/OutRage! London Bolton 7 – Terry Connell to appeal to Europe Today, Friday, 5th March, the Court of Appeal dismissed Terry Connell’s appeal against sentence for consensual gay sex in private: behaviour that would be legal elsewhere in Europe. If he were heterosexual, he would Grotesque Violation of Human Rights

Abuse of Trust Proposals don’t go far enough

OutRage! calls for better quality sex education to tackle abuse The Government’s abuse of trust clause in the new age of consent Bill is “inadequate, misguided and oppressive”, says OutRage!. “It fails to give young people sufficient protection against sexual abuse and unjustifiably criminalises consenting and loving relationships”, according to OutRage! spokesperson, Peter Tatchell. OutRage! Abuse of Trust Proposals don’t go far enough