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THE 13 GAYT MIC VIOS OF THE '80S

While there have, undoubtedly, been signifint ton LGBT history earlier s, I believe the Eighti was a particularly important perd. That saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay culture. The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the * gay 80s *

That saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay culture.

The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the media…and polics…and the arts…). For example, the US, the Court of Appeal led that there was no ‘fundamental right’ to be gay.

In the UK, the Thatcher ernment created Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act, makg illegal for lol thori to support anythg that might promote homosexual relatnships as a viable alternative to heterosexual ‘fay life’.

AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY

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And, unsurprisgly, the Catholic Church ntued ’s attack on gays.

HOW THE EARLY ’80S CHANGED GAY WRG FOREVER

In 1986 Pope John Pl II labelled “evil” and orred the Church to whdraw all support om gay Catholic anisatns.

16 MT-SEE CLASSIC GAY MOVI FROM BEFORE YOU WERE BORN

And even the US Army, who had clared homosexualy to be “patible wh ary service” 1982, were forced to adm 1989 that gay recs were “jt as good or better” than heterosexuals. “Straight people were clumsy and had no rhythm, whereas gay men were right on.

Manco’s crowd, which clud many gay men of lor, bellowed out the chos, refigurg the song’s addrsee as a new kd of Shore Commissn, ‘Free Man’ (1975)D.

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16 Mt-See Classic Gay Movi From Before You Were Born.

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