Catalogue Number
NMLH.2004.41.8.18
Object Name
poster
Title
Are you a sex criminal?
People
OutRage!
Date
1990-2003
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 poster with text reading "ARE YOU A SEX CRIMINAL?" advertising a protest against Clause 25. Clause 25 in the proposed 1990 Criminal Justice Bill lumped consensual acts between gay men into the the same category as non-consensual sexual and violent crimes; queer rights groups like OutRage! organised protests to fight back against the criminalisation of non-straight sex and sexuality.
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