ALL CONSENSUAL OFFENCES SHOULD BE REPEALED “The Home Office Sex Offences reform proposals do not go far enough”, according to Peter Tatchell of OutRage!.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
Su McLean-Tooke, Sex Offence Review Team, Room 253, Home Office, 50, Queen Anne’s Gate, LONDON. SW1H 9AT 19th March 1999 Dear Ms. McLean-Tooke, Herewith our contribution to the Home Office Review of Sex Offences. Please do not hesitate to contact us via any of the addresses above if we can be of further assistance. We … Submission to the Home Office Sex Offences Review Team
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
Call for support outside the Court of Appeal The Bolton 7 have appealed against the verdicts and sentences handed out in February 1998. Five of the sentences were reduced on 11th February 1999: but the appeal of Terry Connell has been postponed until 10:30 Friday, 5th March, [Court 8, Court of Appeal, The Strand, London … Bolton 7 – Support Terry Connell’s Appeal
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
A gay sex “zone of toleration” in London’s Russell Square is being proposed by OutRage! as a way of reducing public complaints and police harassment arising from gay cruising and sex in the Square at night. The idea is modelled on the “tolerance zone for gay sex” that operates in parks in Copenhagen and Amsterdam … ‘Zone of Toleration’ for Gay Sex in Russell Square?
Response to the Home Office Consultation Paper Mr. K. Hopley, Action Against Crime Unit, Home Office, 50 Queen Anne’s Gate, London. SW1H 9AT Dear Mr. Hopley, Consultation Paper: Sentencing and Supervision of Sex Offenders In our view the Home Office is right to take action to protect children from sexual abuse. However, the new proposals … Sentencing and Supervision of Sex Offenders