No Age Of Consent For Lesbians ?

[ZombieCrunch]

I got this passage from the channel 4 website -

"The Labour government spent two years of its first term in government trying to get a law passed that would equalise the age of consent. Although the House of Commons voted for the change, the House of Lords voted against it. This meant the bill had to go back to the Commons to be voted on again. In December 2000, after the Lords had thrown the bill out for the third time, Prime Minister Tony Blair invoked the Parliament Act – a rarely used mechanism used to override the House of Lords. On 8 January 2001 the age of consent was finally equalised at 16 for everyone, whether gay, heterosexual (straight) or bisexual. No age is specified for lesbians."

So Girls can have sex with each other at any age ?

I think Im rather pleased with myself to have found this :D

[ShatteredWings]

*snickers*

nice try there.

HOWEVER, 'gay' applys to females too

[ZombieCrunch]

Damn, For a moment there, I felt smart.
:D
The bit about " No age is specified for lesbians " Confused me.
If anyone is curious, the site is here -
http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/sex/lgb_comingout.html

[mr.sexy_bomb]

yeah so lesbians r include in it

[ShatteredWings]

yeah, funny though.

you could try that to get around the law, but idk if it'ed work

[Kiros]

Well, that sounds like something the reporter was mentioning. Being gay refers to being homosexual which is independent of a person's gender. Being lesbian refers to being homosexual, but it may only be used for females.

In short, it's like how guys and girls can where pants, but guys can't where dresses.
(Not literally can't but you know what I mean).

But, at least this article shows that the age of consent is legally 16 years old - no matter the gender or orientation.