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Wolfenden Report

British  
/ ˈwʊlfəndən /

noun

  1. a study produced in 1957 by the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Britain, which recommended that homosexual relations between consenting adults be legalized

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Etymology

Origin of Wolfenden Report

C20: named after Baron John Frederick Wolfenden (1906–85), who chaired the Committee

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The programme was mothballed for several years before eventually being broadcast at around the time of the Wolfenden Report which recommended a partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2022

When the Wolfenden Report on homosexual law reform was published on 4 September 1957, Feather and Chesterman bought newspapers and went into Dean's Park and sat on the grass to read them.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2013

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