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iamBullivant<p>"We will ensure that sex education values family and marriage as the foundation of a civilised society, and a firm basis for the nurturing of children". 3/3</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
iamBullivant<p>On 24 May 1988 the Local Government Act 1988 including Section 28 came into effect. Section 28 was a legislative designation for a series of laws across Britain that prohibited the "promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities. It caused many organisations such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student support groups to close, limit their activities or self-censor. It was taken off the statute book in 18 September 2003. 1/</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 23 May 1988, four women storm the BBC news studio whilst the news is live on air, protesting the introduction of Section 28. Section 28 banned the “promotion of homosexuality” by local government in the UK, and was intended to stop LGBT+ campaigns for equal rights.</p><p>It was not repealed until 2003.</p><p>Watch footage from the time: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZdpNjJakiI&amp;ab_channel=BBCStories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wZdpNjJaki</span><span class="invisible">I&amp;ab_channel=BBCStories</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LGBTHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>I cant wait for Kneecap to burn a picture of Margaret "Section 28" Thatcher during their Performance at Glastonbury.</p><p>As a minority Ive long passsd carying what Westminster and Oligarch Press has to say, Im their enemy as much as Kneecap are.</p><p>And they fucking hate me, despite never meeting me. I'm a queer man, I dont belong in their new world order </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kneecap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kneecap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerfIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerfIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlastonburyFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlastonburyFestival</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@staringatclouds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>staringatclouds</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@androcat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>androcat</span></a></span> it is, to scare people off like Section 28 did to me. <br> I felt I had to fit in and be Straight, for an easier life.</p><p>It was a cruel, poisonous lie. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerfIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerfIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>The British State hates Queers, always has, always will</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_</span><span class="invisible">28</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKSupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKSupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terfIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terfIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JKRowling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JKRowling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tofugolem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tofugolem</span></a></span> ...now remembering how Section 28 and toxic 90s masculinity told me "you must not enjoy playing as Chun li, and if you do, it's because you want to fuck her" </p><p>Sigh. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicMasculinity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StreetFighterII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetFighterII</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Jem_of_Oz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jem_of_Oz</span></a></span> Thatcher gave this Queer kid Section 28 and stole my Queer youth. I will never forgive her for what she did and I am wary of anyone who does. </p><p>I see them as homophobes. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Thatcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thatcher</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a></p>
Prism & Pen<p>I was nine years old when U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gave her infamous speech on family values at the 1987 Conservative Party conference. She expressed outrage that children were being taught that they had “an inalienable right to be gay.”<br><a href="https://buff.ly/5XhVUqq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/5XhVUqq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/QueerHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerHistory</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"Teacher not supportive of Queer students, UK wants to bring back Section 28 to make the Queers suffer"</p><p>You only have to look to America to see where the Just Asking Questions narrative goes, genital inspections for sports kids. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/12/sacking-of-christian-school-worker-kristie-higgs-lgbtq-critical-posts-unlawful-court-of-appeal-rules" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2025</span><span class="invisible">/feb/12/sacking-of-christian-school-worker-kristie-higgs-lgbtq-critical-posts-unlawful-court-of-appeal-rules</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>So what you're saying is, Section31 is to Star Trek what Skrillex is to Dubstep?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dubstep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dubstep</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kibcol1049</span></a></span> kinda how the amount of Queer kids exploded when we were allowed to be Queer kids. That was after me unfortunately, Section 28 told me I was sick and wrong for being Bi. I look at queer kids being themselves now (when they aren't being attacked online) and see what was stolen from me by bigotry. </p><p>I don't see Britain ever apologising for that, which is why I don't feel British, I'm the 'Other'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a></p>
I Am Not A Taboo! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>Floating the idea of cross-posting the website blogs on a platform such as <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medium</span></a>. Potentially, there's more engagement there than simply on a blog. Thoughts?</p><p>(And not behind a paywall or members only either)</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ELT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ELT</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ESOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESOL</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ESL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESL</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@iamnotataboo/36-years-section-28-viciously-enacted-19e919c0ac2f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@iamnotataboo/36-ye</span><span class="invisible">ars-section-28-viciously-enacted-19e919c0ac2f</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>If Americans can take Abortions away from Women after 40 years the Brits will surely reinstate Section 28 after 21 years. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WesStreeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesStreeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>They'll reply to the problem of Trans kid suicides by saying it's Queer People's fault for giving them 'bad ideas' and the way to solve that is to ban Queer people talking to Queer Youth, ie Section 28 again.</p><p>And it'll happen with barely a squeak in the Press, because they've always hated Queers. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WesStreeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesStreeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>They get a Queer to harm trans youth, then he uses is own experience of institutionalized bigotry with Section 28 to justify doing the same to Trans Youth, then proclaiming his is the fountain of all knowledge on trans matters and everyone else is being political. </p><p> This is what Britain looks like to me, a bitter hateful lie and if you want to progress in this awful culture you must become a bigot, you MUST </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Upolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Upolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WesStreeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesStreeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norfolk.social/@rachel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rachel</span></a></span> I hate that man, I lived through Section 28 like he did and to see him twist that experience and use it to harm trans kids is to me the act of an evil man and I hope bad things happen to this guy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Fuck this Queer traitor cunt</p><p>using the pain of our lives under Section 28 to justify doing the same to Trans Children</p><p>I wish the Cancer had killed Wes Streeting, he is so disgusting to me I would like to see him suffer and die </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WesStreeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesStreeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PubertyBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PubertyBlockers</span></a></p>
Electropict<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@marisa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marisa</span></a></span> </p><p>Susanne Bösche, Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin</p><p>— the English translation of which was the primary excuse given for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> , which banned an entire class of books, other materials, and verbal discussion in schools for over a decade.</p>
Peter J Fullagar 🌈<p>I missed the anniversary of the repeal of <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Section28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section28</span></a> - well, in the majority of the UK - Kent, where I grew up being the exception. </p><p>I thought I’d share this <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BlogPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlogPost</span></a> I wrote about the effects of Section 28 on me personally, and why I do what I do in <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/ELT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ELT</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>.<br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Queer</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://peterjfullagar.co.uk/36-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">peterjfullagar.co.uk/36-years/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>