Librarians Against Clause 28
Section 28 legislation [Clause 27/28] was introduced in 1988 to ban the "promotion of homosexuality" in the UK. Schools and councils were unable to provide young LGBTQ+ people with help.
This homophobic legislation was partly introduced following the outcry over "Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin" being available to schoolchildren in Haringey. This picture book described the life of five-year-old Jenny, her father Martin, and his boyfriend Eric who lives with them.
There was also increasing homophobia in the mainstream press due to the AIDS crisis and, when Margaret Thatcher spoke at the 1987 Conservative Party Conference, she declared how children were "being taught that they have an inalienable right to be gay" and "all of those children are being cheated of a sound start in life".
Section 28 was finally repealed on 21 June 2001 in Scotland and on 18 November 2003 in the rest of the UK.
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Gay Mike Wheeler Posts
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Mike’s Figuring Out What Romantic Love Actually Is/Feels Like (x)
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Women and Bullshit Media Propaganda (x)
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More Gay Mike Ranting (x)
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Another Rant About Elmike and Gay Mike (x)
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Reblog Regarding Mike’s Lack Of Attraction To Girls (x)
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Yet Another Gay Mike and Elmike Rant: Gay Mike Is Actually The Best/Most Amicable Ending For Mileven (x)
We’ve Been Seeing Gay Mike This Whole Time and It Doesnt Need Any Extra Long Winded Explanation (x)
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