the Wolfenden Report
/ðə ˈwʊlfndən rɪpɔːt/
/ðə ˈwʊlfndən rɪpɔːrt/
- a British government report, completed in 1957, on homosexuality . It was responsible for homosexual acts between consenting (= agreeing) adults becoming legal in Britain. All homosexual acts had been illegal until then.
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