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Sexual Health & Wellbeing
Sexual Health & Wellbeing
Sexuality Rights

Sexuality encompasses the whole way an individual goes about expressing themselves as a sexual being.  It illustrates how important sexual expression is in a person’s life; how they choose to convey that sexuality and any preference they may have towards the type of sexual partner they choose.  Sexuality should not be viewed in a restrictive way but is inclusive of a person’s psychological, physical, spiritual and social well-being.



Same Sex Partnerships
From December 2005, Same sex couples in Scotland, and the rest of the UK, have been able to register a civil partnership. This gives the couple the same legal rights and obligations as marriage.
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Trans
It is legal in the UK for someone to change his or her personal details to live as a member of the Opposite sex to that recorded at their birth.
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In Public
There are a number of sexually-related public order charges.  Basically there will be a chance of prosecution whenever someone does something of a sexual nature where a member of the public is likely to be offended.
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In The Workplace
From December 2003, new laws came into place that made it illegal for an employer to discriminate because of an employee’s sexuality (laws already existed in relation to Transgendered people).
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Homophobia
Homophobia is contempt for LGBT people or behaviour based on these feelings.
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