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1954 |
Wolfenden Committee setup |
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1957 |
Wolfenden report publish |
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1957 |
“Towards a Quaker View of Sex” writing group formed |
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1963 |
“Towards a Quaker View of Sex” published |
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1967 |
Wolfenden report past into law |
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1973 |
“Homosexuality from the Inside” (by David Blamires) published |
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1973 |
Manchester Hulme Hall Conference |
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1982 |
“Meeting Gay Friends” (anthology of essays by FHF members) published |
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1988 |
Sue Hartshorne raises topic of same-sex marriage with Religious Society of Friends |
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1988 |
Publication of “Same Sex Relations” study pack |
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1988 |
“A Minority of One” (by Harvey Gillman) Swarthmore Lecture |
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1988 |
Meeting for Sufferings affirms celebration of same-sex relationships |
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1988 |
Section 28 comes into law (Amendment to the local government act stating that a local authority “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”) |
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1991 |
“Friends Homosexual Fellowship” changes its name to “Quaker Gay and Lesbian Fellowship” |
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1993 |
QLGF publishes “Speaking our Truth” explaining the reality of LGB lives |
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1995 |
“This We Can Say: Talking Honestly About Sex” published by a group of 9 Friends (updated version of TQVS) |
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1995 |
Chapter 22 of Quaker Faith and Practice on “Close Relationships” accepted |
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1995/6 |
First meetings for worship to celebrate same-sex relationships |
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1996 => |
More meetings for worship to celebrate same-sex relationships |
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2000 |
Section 28 repealed in Scotland; the rest of Britain follows in 2003 |
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2004 |
“Past the Rainbow: a Plain Quaker Look at Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Lives” (an updated version of “Speaking our Truth”) |
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2005 |
Civil Partnership Act comes into effect |
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2007 |
Quaker Life group on recognition of same-sex partnerships |
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2009 |
York Yearly Meeting affirms the right to celebrate same-sex marriage |
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2010 |
“We Are But Witnesses” on marriage equality published |
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2013 |
QLGF wins the Stonewall Community Group award |
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2014 |
The Future begins here… |
