Catalogue Number
NMLH.2004.41.7.36
Object Name
poster
Title
Support the Bolton 7
People
OutRage!, Bolton 7
Events
Bolton 7
Date
1998
Description
OutRage! was a queer direct action group formed in May 1990 and active until 2011. Its aims were to assert the human rights of LGBTQIA people; to fight homophobia, discrimination and violence; and to affirm rights to sexual freedom and self-determination. This is a plain white poster with black text reading "Equal laws, equal rights, equal treatment, support the Bolton 7." The Bolton 7 were a group of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of gross indecency in 1998 as, even though homosexual sex had been legalised in 1967, it was still illegal for more than two men to have sex at any one time. One of the 7 was 17 at the time when the age of consent for gay men was set at 18, two years higher than for straight men, which added weight to the convictions.
