This weekend marks 20 years since the repeal of Section 28 in England and Wales – a devastating law introduced in 1988 by the then Conservative government that barred local authority workers from ...

An exhibition explores the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ+ people in the South West It features material from people who lived under Section 28, which banned the “promotion of homosexuality” by local ...

A move by Tory hardliners to stop the repeal of the controversial Section 28 rule which bans the promotion of homosexuality by local councils - including schools - was heavily defeated in the House of ...

An event is being held to mark 20 years since a law which banned places like schools and libraries from "promoting homosexuality" was scrapped. Section 28 of the Local Government Act was repealed in ...

For those who don’t know, Section 28 was a law that banned the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ in schools (Picture: Steve Eason/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) With a heavy heart and tears in my eyes, I ...

To mark LGBTQ+ History Month, Helen Randall recalls the damage Section 28 did to the lives of lawyers and teachers 'When we did our weekly shop together, we drove to a supermarket the other side of ...

Today marks 30 years since Section 28 was introduced – a crushing piece of legislation that banned local authorities from “promoting homosexuality”. Teachers were effectively stopped from talking ...

The oily tendrils of government infiltrate all our lives. Usually, they are invisible and odourless, but nonetheless impact our existence every single day. But for LGBTQ people in their thirties or ...

Marchers at Pride in 1998 – one bearing a ‘scrap Section 28’ placard. (Picture: Steve Eason/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) There are two things I remember vividly about secondary school. The first is ...

It is debatable who was more damaged by the notorious Section 28 – young gays, or the Conservative Party. It is claimed that while it was in force it did lasting damage to adolescents trying to come ...

Craig was bullied a lot in secondary school because he was gay. "There was only one member of staff who ever spoke to me about it, my drama teacher," he says. "And I wasn't aware at the time that she ...