Timeline of LGBT history in the United Kingdom

This is a timeline of notable events in the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the United Kingdom.

1st century

4th century

8th century

12th century

14th century

16th century

17th century

18th century illustration of a "Molly" (Contemporary term for an effeminate homosexual)

18th century

19th century

20th century

Christopher Isherwood (left) and W. H. Auden (right), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939

1950s

1960s

The book Homosexual Behavior Among Males by Wainwright Churchill breaks ground as a scientific study approaching homosexuality as a fact of life and introduces the term "homoerotophobia", a possible precursor to "homophobia".[57] The courts decided that transsexuals could not get married; Justice Ormerod found that in the case of Talbot (otherwise Poyntz) v. Talbot where one spouse was a post-operative transsexual their marriage was not permitted. Justice Ormerod stated that Marriage is a relationship which depends on sex, not on gender.[58][59]

1970s

1970s poster used by the GLF

1980s

The red ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS

1990s

London gay pub bombing in 1999 killed three and injured 70

21st century

2000s

Tony Blair's Labour government enacted the Civil Partnership Act 2004

2010s

See also

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