CAMPAIGNS: Gay victory over age of consent - Lobbying

Lobby group Stonewall was set up in 1989 to promote equality in all aspects of life for gay men and lesbians. In 1994 it campaigned to get the homosexual age of consent lowered from 21 - at that time the highest in Europe - to 16. Despite winning an enormous amount of support, the vote was narrowly defeated, although Parliament compromised, lowering it to the age of 18. This year it pushed for another vote to be held.