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It is 19 years today sce the ntroversial and homophobic legislatn known as Sectn 28, troduced unr Margaret Thatcher, was repealed England and Wal. The clse – an amendment to the Lol Government Act 1988 – banned lol thori and schools om promotg homosexualy and was brought forward by Thatcher’s ernment.
Sectn 28 was troduced by Margaret Thatcher amid renewed anti-gay sentiment. The legislatn meant that uncils were prohibed om fundg of books, plays, leaflets, films, or other materials showg same-sex relatnships, while teachers weren’t allowed to teach about gay relatnships schools.
This clse was the Conservative ernment’s vrlic and tradnalist rponse to lls for equaly om lbian and gay rights activists the late 1980s. The homophobic legislatn Sectn 28 was troduced by Margaret Thatcher 1988.
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Thatcher ptured the venomo anti-gay views her famo speech at the 1987 Conservative Party nference, which was met wh rapturo applse.
“Children who need to be tght to rpect tradnal moral valu are beg tght that they have an alienable right to be gay, ” she said. It also prompted Sir Ian McKellen to e out publicly as gay.
There had been some progrs, but the outbreak of HIV/AIDS led to the wispread monisatn of gay and bisexual men the 1980s. The Conservative Party palised on this anti-gay sentiment.