title: Kent Pride
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  Timeline 342 MSM activity made illegal 1533 Death penalty introduced for MSM activity 1543 Buggery Act extended to Wales 1828 Offences Against the Person Act 1828 1835 James Pratt and John Smith executed 1861 Death penalty for buggery abolished 1885 Labouchere Amendment introduced 1889 Cleveland Street scandal 1895 Oscar Wilde found guilty of gross indecency 1912 The Cave of the Golden Calf opens 1921 Plans to make lesbian activity illegal defeated 1936 Mark Weston transitions 1952 John Nott-Bower begins crackdown 1954 Pitt-Rivers, Montagu, Wildeblood imprisoned 1954 Alan Turing commits suicide 1957 Wolfenden report released 1967 MSM activity made legal (England & Wales) 1972 First British Gay Pride Rally 1976 Jeremy Thorpe resigns as Liberal leader 1981 MSM activity made legal (Scotland) 1981 First case of AIDS reported in the UK 1982 MSM activity made legal (NI) 1983 Gay men barred from donating blood 1984 Chris Smith elected as first openly gay MP 1987 Operation Spanner begins 1988 Section 28 comes into force 1989 Stonewall UK forms 1994 Age of consent for MSM becomes 18 1997 Angela Eagle becomes first openly lesbian MP 1998 Bolton 7 found guilty 1998 Lord Alli becomes first openly gay Lord 1999 Admiral Duncan bombing 2000 Gay men allowed in HM Armed Forces 2001 Age of consent equalised to 16 2001 MSM activity involving multiple men legal 2002 Same sex couples granted equal rights to adopt 2003 Section 28 repealed 2004 Civil partnerships introduced 2004 Gender Recognition Act 2004 2006 Discrimination made illegal 2008 Equalised access to IVF for lesbian couples 2008 Incitement to homophobic hatred made a crime 2009 Public apology to Alan Turing 2010 Equality Act 2010 2011 Gay men allowed to donate blood (1 yr deferral) 2013 Nikki Sinclaire becomes first openly trans MEP 2013 Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 2014 First same-sex marriages take place 2016 MSM activity not grounds for military discharge 2017 Turing law implemented 2017 Blood donation deferral 3 months (excl. NI) 2019 MPs legislate for gay marriage in NI 2020 Gay marriage legal across UK, incl. NI 2020 Blood donation deferral 3 months (incl. NI) 2021 Blood donation deferral equalised :
  
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  Kent Pride is an LGBTQ community group which organises an annual LGBTQ+ pride event held each July in Kent in the United Kingdom and provides a community support network to the LGBTQ community.
  
  ## Events
  
  Kent Pride has announced plans for two annual events, a live-streamed event in January 2022 and a Pride Festival event in summer 2022. The venue for the 2022 Pride Festival event has not been announced, but is confirmed as being in West Kent.
  
  ## Community work
  
  As well as an annual event, Kent Pride is an LGBTQ community support organisation, which advocates for equality for the LGBTQ community.
  
  In June 2021, Kent Pride sent a message of support to Kent County Council to thank them for raising the Pride flag above County Hall, Maidstone. In response, The Chairman of Kent County Council, Ann Allen MBE said "“I am grateful to colleagues in Kent Pride, who have sent messages of support that go some way to show how much the Pride Flag means to their members."
  
  In April 2021, Kent Pride wrote to Kent Police with concerns about a rise in LGBTQ hate crime. As a result, Kent Pride created a guide to reporting hate crime and getting victim support.
  
  