[3] Between 40 and 60 people attended the first meeting, set up by Keith Alcorn, Chris Woods and Simon Watney, including many such as Peter Tatchell who had been active in the Gay Liberation Front and other campaigns.

action was on 7 June at Hyde Park Public Toilets to protest against Metropolitan Police entrapment of gay men cruising, and attracted some media attention.

actions was taken in September 1990 when the group organised a "kiss-in" at Piccadilly Circus to protest against arrests of gay men for kissing in public.

They were given intentionally obscene and insulting names: the Policing Intelligence Group (PIG), the Whores of Babylon[8] (tackling religious homophobia), Perverts Undermining State ScrutinY[9] (PUSSY - tackling censorship), QUeers Asserting the Right to Ride Every Line Safely[10] (QUARRELS - on safety on London Underground), Expanding The Non-Indigenous Contingent (ETHNIC),[11] and Lesbians Answer Back In Anger[12] (LABIA).

Those who favoured the tactic then established their own group outside OutRage called "Faggots Rooting Out Closeted Sexuality" (FROCS) which was committed to outing.

This decision was accepted by most but not by LABIA, and many of its members left, eventually to form the London chapter of the Lesbian Avengers.

Lord Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, reacted to the 1993 discovery by Dean Hamer of possible genetic connections to homosexuality.

held an action outside a synagogue in London where it handed out leaflets comparing Lord Jakobovits's remarks to those of Hitler.

had organised a series of actions over the issue in previous years and it was prominent in the crowd outside Parliament on the night of the vote, where it had called for a peaceful presence.

Consenting sex involving partners under 16 should not be prosecuted, providing they are of similar ages and there is no evidence of pressure, manipulation or exploitation.

In contrast, a 19 year old heterosexual man who has unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged 13 does not have to sign the register.

It was revealed in the press that the new Bishop of Durham Michael Turnbull had a conviction for a gay sex offence, and OutRage!

On 20 March the Belfast Telegraph carried the story that one of the MPs was from Northern Ireland, widely assumed to be James Kilfedder.

Despite their convictions, none of them received custodial sentences possibly as a result of a high-profile campaign led by gay human rights group OutRage!.

The letters urged the judge not to impose a custodial sentence, with one group, Amnesty International, pledging to declare the men prisoners of conscience should they be imprisoned.

As the remaining seventh man of the original group was not part of the litigation, he was not deemed eligible by the Home Office for the compensation.

[21] Legislation subsequently introduced by the Labour Government broadly equalised the treatment of homosexual and heterosexual behaviours in criminal law.

The offences of gross indecency and buggery were repealed and sexual activity between more than two men was no longer a crime in the United Kingdom.