Meanwhile, organizers of Stonewall applauded Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Assent and stated that it was a clear and powerful apology to every gay and bi man who had been unjustly criminalized for being who they are.
The approval from Queen Elizabeth is an update from October 2016 when the Turing Law was introduced to include more than Alan Turing and instead be extended to any gay man, living or deceased.
It is estimated that Queen Elizabeth is pardoning up to 100,000 men that committed homosexual so-called offenses between 1885 and 2003.
Regardless, it was also noted that the Turing Law does not cover pardoning all LGBT offenses in police records.
There were also a number of lesbians convicted for kissing under the Public Order Act 1986 that have not received notice from Queen Elizabeth about a pardon.
Other laws that have convicted members of the LGBT community in the UK include the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860.
While it may appear that Queen Elizabeth has more work to do as far as giving Royal Assent to other laws still on the books that discriminate against the LGBT community, the monarch has been extremely active in the past five decades with making these important changes.
The Queen has already given Royal Assent to over 14 laws protecting gay rights besides the Turing Law and the gay marriage law.