The table below provides a chronological list of decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg organs in respect of applications by individuals against the United Kingdom relating to discrimination on the grounds of homosexual sexual orientation
Year of final decision/judgment | Name | Key issue | Decision/judgment |
1979 | X. v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | No violation |
1981 | Dudgeon v UK | Criminalization of private sexual activity | Violation Article 8
No violation Article 14 Articles 10 and 11 inadmissible |
1982 | X. Ltd. and Y. v UK | Freedom of expression | Inadmissible |
1983 | X. and Y. v UK | Discrimination in immigration law | Inadmissible |
1983 | B. v UK | Criminalization of private sexual activity | Inadmissible |
1984 | R.D. v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | Inadmissible |
1986 | S. v UK | Discrimination in housing provision | Inadmissible |
1986 | Johnson v UK | Criminalization of private sexual activity | Inadmissible |
1987 | W.J. and D.P. v UK | Discrimination in immigration law | Inadmissible |
1989 | C. and L.M. v UK | Discrimination in immigration law | Inadmissible |
1990 | Z.B. v UK | Discrimination in immigration law | Inadmissible |
1995 | Wilde, Greenhalgh and Parry v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | Struck off list |
1995 | V., W., X., Y., and Z. v UK | Criminalization of private sexual activity (sado-masochism) | Inadmissible |
1996 | Wingrove v UK | Censorship of homoerotic imagery on grounds of blasphemy | No violation |
1997 | Fleming v UK | Discrimination due to partner’s employment | Inadmissible |
1997 | Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v UK | Criminalization of private sexual activity (sado-masochism) | No violation |
1999 | Smith and Grady v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Violation Article 8 |
1999 | Lustig-Prean and Beckett v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Violation Article 8 |
2000 | Craig v UK | Discrimination in parental rights | Inadmissible |
2000 | A.D.T. v UK | Criminalization of private sexual activity | Violation Article 8 |
2000 | Cardoso and Johansen v UK | Discrimination in immigration law | Struck off list |
2001 | Young v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2001 | Sutherland v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | Struck off list |
2001 | Morris v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | Struck off list |
2002 | Connell and Others v UK | Criminalization of private sexual activity | Struck off list |
2002 | Goddard v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2002 | Beck, Copp and Bazeley v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Violation Article 8
Violation Article 13 |
2002 | Perkins and R. v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Violation Article 8 |
2002 | Waite v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | No violation (in respect of sexual orientation discrimination complaint) |
2003 | Brown v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2004 | B.B. v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | Violation Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 |
2004 | F. v UK | Deportation of asylum seeker | Inadmissible |
2005 | Love and Others v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Inadmissible |
2006 | R. and F. v UK | Recognition of same-sex marriage following gender reassignment | Inadmissible |
2006 | Parry v UK | Recognition of same-sex marriage following gender reassignment | Inadmissible |
2007 | MacDonald v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2007 | Leathart v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2007 | Ford v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2007 | Boden v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Chambers v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Garnham v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | MacDonald v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | de La Maziere v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Fitzgerald v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Day v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Griggs v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Anderson v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Wheeler v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Self v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Blakemore and 41 Others v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2007 | O’Keefe v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Walton v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Stinton v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2007 | Garford v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Partly inadmissible and partly struck off list |
2008 | Greig v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2008 | Hocking v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2008 | Courten v UK | Discrimination in taxation | Inadmissible |
2009 | Small v UK | Minimum age of sexual consent | Struck off list |
2009 | Hunt and Miller v UK | Prohibition on homosexuality in armed forces | Struck off list |
2009 | M.W. v UK | Discrimination in social security benefit | Inadmissible |
2010 | J.M. v UK | Discrimination in payment of child maintenance | Violation Article 14 in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol 1 |
2011 | D.B.N. v UK | Deportation of asylum seeker | Struck off list |