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Until 1967, buggery/sodomy was illegal, meaning any men caught performing same-sex sexual activity would In 1967, this was changed so that sex between men over the age of 21 and "in private" was legal. Section 32 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 states, "it is an offence for a man persistently to solicit Terry Stuart was arrested in 1981 for importuning under Section 32 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, and Richard (not his real name) was arrested and issued a caution for importuning in the mid-1990s.

This is largely attributable to the tar sands as, between 1990 and 2018, production has risen by 456% , environmental activists, and regional landowners, “Alberta has seen 28,666 crude oil spills since 1975

In 1956, President Eisenhower’s Federal-Aid Highway Act introduced the latest development of urban renewal institutional racism in US history were the redlining policies under the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s While such policies were prohibited in the Fair Housing Act of 1968, redlining continues to occur today

After covering one-off expenses and staffing costs, this could leave approximately £193 million remaining

For years, policymakers continued voting to keep same-sex relationships illegal, and it wasn’t until 1998

the Voting Rights Act, one of the fundamental laws against racial segregation, which was passed in 1965

The Glasgow Pact, which was agreed upon and adopted by the 197 nations in attendance at the UN conference

LGBTQ+ rights in Switzerland Consensual, same-sex relationships have been legal in Switzerland since 1942 For example, the Swiss Constitution was amended in 1999 to add human rights protections for LGBTQ+ people

Greenwashing is a term that was coined in the 1980s but existed long before.

In 1998, a referendum was held which granted devolution, or outsourcing, of some powers from Westminster

The record for the longest filibuster was set in 1957, when Strom Thurmond spoke for 24 hours and 18

It has supported the Labour party in every election since 1945.