United Kingdom
Event
- GFest - Gaywise LGBT Arts Festival 2008
- Sexual Orientation Equality, Human Rights and Our Shared Future Conference
- Critical Sexology Seminar 'International Approaches to Bisexuality'
- GLP September - Circa Drinks Party
- GLP August - Circa Drinks Party
- GLP JULY - Circa Drinks party
- Faith and homophobia conference: securing legal protection and managing conflicts
- Protest at the Russian consulate, Edinburgh
Articles and news
- Scotland allows same-sex adoption (11/12/2006)
- Equality win for trans woman (28/04/2006)
- Civil Partnership Act comes into force in the UK (05/12/2005)
Resources
- Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people
- Equality Human Rights Commission Reports and Research
- Everyone IN; Working towards equality for minority ethnic LGBT people
- Religion and belief and sexual orientation. How to manage relations in the workplace’
- LGBT youth Charter of Rights
- GUIDANCE ON DEALING WITH HOMOPHOBIC INCIDENTS
- Rights in Gibraltar
- On Safe Ground
International human rights documents:
United Kingdom has not yet signed Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. United Kingdom was a signatory to the 2007 UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Criminal law:
Consenting same-sex sexual acts are legal.
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Anti-discrimination:
Discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation is prohibited in areas of social security, health care, social advantages, education, good and services and housing.
Partnership recognition:
In United Kingdom same-sex couples are able to enter into a registered partnership. It also provides registered cohabiting same-sex couples with a set of limited rights.
Parenting rights:
Same-sex couples are eligible to jointly apply for a child adoption and each other’s biological children.
Medically assisted insemination is available to lesbian couples.
Law on hate and violence:
Sexual orientation and gender identity (only in Scotland) is included in the law on hate and violence, and is recognised as aggravating factor.

