#UK #expands #pardonscheme for #historical #gay #convictions

In some #instances, #people were #convicted of #offences such as ‘#solicitationbymen’, which might have been used to #criminalise #gay #men for #behaviour that would have been considered no more than “#chattingup” if it had occurred between a #man and a #woman

https://thethaiger.com/news/world/uk/uk-expands-pardon-scheme-for-historical-gay-convictions