marcsalmonds:

strangegiraffeman:

bdigfreakingwooper:

andrewwolfe:

northern-punk-lad:

Did the tories really have the put lgbt conservatives in Section 28

I GUARANTEE you that was deliberate. The fuckers are proud of what they are and what they’ve done.

From Wikipedia:

Section 28 or Clause 28[note 1] were a series of laws across Britain that prohibited the “promotion of homosexuality” by local authorities. Introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government, it was in effect from 1988 to 2000 (in Scotland) and 2003 (in England and Wales). It caused many organisations such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student support groups to close or limit their activities or self-censor.

In practice that meant that teachers couldn’t come out to or even mention lgbtq+ people existing to their students without risking losing their jobs, it meant that schools could not support lgbtq+ students or tackle anti lgbtq+ bullying for risk of being punished for it

Section 28 shaped an entire generation of lgbtq+ peoples’ lives and is arguably responsible (at least in part) for the rise of anti-trans sentiment in mainstream politics and media in the UK right now

Lgbtq+ activists protested the law and fought for it to be revoked. The charity Stonewall UK was one of the main organisations behind the law being retracted. Stonewall UK are currently being attacked by UK politicians and press for supporting trans people

And I’ll just leave you with this quote from former conservative prime minister (one current tory pm Boris Johnson seems to greatly admire) Margaret Thatcher:

section 28 was devastating and a lot of the homophobic reasoning in favour of it, and coverage from the press is almost word for word being reproduced against transgender people right now. I wouldn’t be suprised if they created a new one specifically for us. And a lot of the people who agreed with this are in the gender critical movement because despite what they say they are at their core anti ALL lgbt, shown by the mp (too many names to remember in this issue but I’m sure you could find her) who voted against gay marriage getting involved.