1993: On The Record - Consenting Adults
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As revellers join the Gay Pride celebrations in London, the homosexual community is calling for a uniform age of consent for all adults.
In this report, Michael Gove meets a gay couple who are open about their relationship despite the risk of imprisonment.
MP Edwina Currie leads a campaign from within the Conservative Party to equalise the age of consent, but her crusade is facing hostility from inside the organisation. For activist Ian McKellen, it's a frustrating possibility that reform might be delayed by back-bench opposition and government caution.
Aspects of this programme reflect the time when it was made and language may offend.
Originally broadcast on 20 June 1993.
