| It's been 50 years since homosexuality was partially decriminalised in England and Wales. In 2015 around 1.7% of the UK population aged 16+ identified as LGB, that's around 920,000 people. More males identified as LGB than females. The Civil Partnership Act was passed in 2004, allowing same-sex couples to form civil partnerships providing legal recognition of their relationships. The Marriage (same sex couples) Act was passed in 2013 making equal marriage legal. According to ONS, 68% of those who identify as LGB were single (never married or civil partnered) while 13% were married to someone of the opposite sex and 3% were married to someone of the same sex. The remaining population were in civil partnerships (11%), divorced (4%) or widowed (1%) from a previous marriage or civil partnership. (Source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/sexuality/bulletins/sexualidentityuk/2015) | 
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