Uk age of consent gay

[7] The male homosexual age of consent in the England and Wales was set at 21 in the Sexual Offences Act for "consenting adults in private" (following the recommendations of the Wolfenden Report). In The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act () legalised homosexual acts at age

On 8 January , the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act finally came into force, reducing the age of consent for gay and bisexual men to 16 in England, Scotland and Wales, and 17 in Northern.

The legal age of sexual consent for heterosexuals in the UK is Consent means agreeing to something, in this case to having sexual intercourse. Homosexuality used to be illegal in the UK.

The legal Age of Consent varies from 11 to 21 years old from country to country around the world. In some countries, there is no legal age of consent but all sexual relations are forbidden outside of marriage.