Historical Calendar - July 27th

• 1967 - Britain decriminalizes homosexuality between consenting adults in private, except for those in the military and police forces. The new law makes the age of consent 21 years old, provided that a homosexual act between two and no more than two men is in private.
• 1978 - New Jersey repeals its sodomy laws.
• 1982 - The Center for Disease Control replaces the acronym GRIDS (Gay Related Immune Deficiency Syndrome) with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
• 1990 - Two New Jersey men are sentenced to jail (one for five years) for having sex in a public park.