Greg Pickup (not pictured) from Derbyshire LGBT+ support group has told Capital the pardoning of 1000's of gay and bi men for sex offences before it was made legal doesn't wipe the slate clean. It follows the so-called Turing Law was brought in.
Feb 01, 2017, 05:22 PM
Greg Pickup (not pictured) from Derbyshire LGBT+ support group has told Capital the pardoning of 1000's of gay and bi men for sex offences before it was made legal doesn't wipe the slate clean.
The so-called 'Turing Law' came in yesterday, after the Second World War code breaker Alan Turing was pardoned in 2013 for a gross indecency offence in 1952. He was medically castrated and ended his own life.
Being gay was made legal in England and Wales in 1967.
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