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Housing Act defines overcrowding

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1985 – New act provides legal definition of overcrowding

First out MP

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1984 – Chris Smith comes out

Gays The Word raided

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1984 – Charged with obscenity

Bermondsey by-election

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1983 – Peter Tatchell ran for parliament, and struggled against open homophobia in the campaign against him.

Homosexuality legalised in Northern Ireland

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1982 – legalised in line with the rest of UK

Terry Higgins dies

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1982 – Terry Higgins died of AIDS, and the THT was formed is his memory.

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