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Aspects of homosexuality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

D. J. West
D. J. West
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Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
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The Sexual Offences Act, 1967, which made private homosexual behaviour between consenting males over the age of 21 years legal in England, marked a significant stage in the gradual change of social attitudes on this topic. A substantial body of opinion, including perhaps most of those personally affected, now takes the line that homosexuality is a common and relatively minor variant from the normal, that its occurrence is inevitable and that it is about time that the community learned to live and let live, recognizing that many ordinary folk, as well as many outstanding citizens, are unalterably homosexual.

Type
Genetic and environmental aspects
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 2 , supplement S2: Biosocial Aspects of Sex , 1970 , pp. 43 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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