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The home secretary, David Blunkett, today announced the most radical overhaul of sex crime legislation for more than 100 years, aimed at sweeping away the "archaic" laws governing homosexuality, while tightening protections against rapists, paedophiles and other sex offenders.
Sandra Laville. British laws on homosexual sex were ruled unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights yesterday. The judgment strikes at the heart of legislation regulating sex between homosexuals and obliges the Government to liberalise the gross indecency laws that date back to the 1800s.
Clare Dyer, legal correspondent. Transsexuals are to be given the right to change their birth certificates and marry in their adopted sex, after a 30-year legal battle.
