On the #HistParl blog back in 2020 we heard from guest blogger Caroline Derry, who discussed the legal and parliamentary status of lesbian sexuality following the 1957 Wolfenden Report. Read it here 👇 #LGBTHM23 #LGBTplusHM http://ow.ly/dTOh50DiLFD

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Born #OTD 1894, Harold MacMillan, PM 1957-1963. In his first year the Wolfenden Report was published, which recommended that homosexual acts between 2 consenting adults should no longer be a criminal offence, but debates soon stalled progress. #LGBTHM http://ow.ly/RDLH50DpZ8V

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