NBC: Queen Elizabeth II never supported LGBT people

Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952 when same-sex sexual activity was criminalized in the UK. By the time of her death, the situation with the rights of the queer community was very different. Including because she approved the laws adopted in their defense, the channel reported. NBC.

This support has led some to argue that the Queen was a quiet LGBT supporter. However, Charles Upchurch, professor of British history at Florida State University, believes that this is not the case and that she was “just doing her job.”

The Queen approved laws in 1967 and 2013 that decriminalized homosexuals and allowed same-sex marriage. In 2021, with her consent, the practice of conversion therapy, which allegedly helped to change sexual preferences, was canceled in the UK.

Some have taken the Queen’s support for these measures as an expression of her personal views. But Upchurch emphasized that Elizabeth gave her consent to any bill passed by Parliament. This is the policy of the government, not her personal choice.

The expert recalled that as a constitutional monarch, she should be a symbol of what unites the country, and does not divide.

“It should not resist at all and try to impose its imprint on the legislation or initiatives of the government that wins the elections,” said the professor.

Elizabeth II purposefully distanced herself from politics all her life, and it is wrong to attribute her participation in the adoption of laws protecting LGBT people. Given the royal family’s aloof stance on many political issues, this is why many people around the world have been so touched by Princess Diana’s struggle with AIDS.

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