UK to pardon all past convictions of consensual homosexual activity

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In a victory for the LGBTQ community, U.K. citizens who in the past were convicted of crimes related to consensual homosexual activity will soon be eligible for pardons.

The pardons will come about through an amendment to the U.K.’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. While certain convictions related to homosexual activity have been eligible for pardons since 2012, only nine specific offenses qualified until now.

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The new amendment will be more comprehensive and pardon any conviction over homosexual activity that is no longer a crime today and that did not involve anyone under the age of 16, according to Pink News. Posthumous pardons will also be granted.

In a statement, British Home Secretary Priti Patel declared, “It is…

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