Section 28

Theatre

After The Act Section 28 Thatcher

After The Act is the daring Section 28 musical with abseiling lesbians and a dragged-up Thatcher

Mar 28
4 min read

History

Collage of photos showing Michael Cashman, Margaret Thatcher and a banner calling for the end of Section 28

How Section 28 lit a fire under Britain’s LGBTQ+ rights movement

Feb 22
7 min read

Margaret Thatcher

History

LGBT History Month: The bold, very British resistance to Section 28

Feb 05
3 min read

The Boys Are Kissing

Arts

The Boys Are Kissing brilliantly skewers the moral panic over LGBTQ-inclusive education

Feb 01
3 min read

section 28 Margaret Thatcher

UK

The terrible, brutal history of Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s homophobic Section 28

Nov 18 2022
4 min read

George White

Religion

Trans Catholic teacher explains why having LGBTQ+ people in schools is so crucial

Nov 11 2022
4 min read

A graphic depicting Liz Truss in front of LGBTQ+ advocates

Politics

LGBTQ+ activists fear Tories will try to ‘cement their power’ with new version of Section 28

Sep 18 2022
6 min read

Suella Braverman wears an off-white blazer with a pin on top of a white outfit

UK

Spirit of Section 28 lives on in chilling anti-trans speech by attorney general Suella Braverman

Aug 11 2022
4 min read

Politics

Prime Minister Tony Blair and Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett

Tony Blair was warned about Section 28 repeal by his education secretary David Blunkett

Jul 19 2022
1 min read

News

Margaret Thatcher statue vandalised with hammer and sickle weeks after being egged

May 30 2022
1 min read

Activism

Protesters who fought Thatcher’s Section 28 explain what we can still learn from vile law today

May 24 2022
4 min read

Margaret Thatcher

UK

34 years since Thatcher’s Section 28 came into law and LGBTQ+ people are still under attack

May 24 2022
4 min read

Miriam Cates MP

UK

Tory MP Miriam Cates’ ‘worrying’ call for trans schools inquiry dubbed ‘new Section 28’

Nov 23 2021
2 min read

News

18 years after Section 28, one in five teachers still feel uncomfortable with LGBT+ topics

Nov 18 2021
4 min read

Protesters holding placards saying 'some poeple are gay/bi/trans, get over it'

UK

Stonewall leaders on beating the bullies and the LGBT+ movement’s inevitable reckoning

Oct 15 2021
10 min read

Russell Tovey section 28

Culture

Russell Tovey says he and others in his generation have ‘Section 28 in their blood’

Aug 12 2021
1 min read

thousands protest outside Hungary's parliament against a bill which has now passed, banning the mention of LGBT+ people in schools

World

Hungary passes chilling anti-LGBT+ law putting the UK’s Section 28 to shame

Jun 15 2021
2 min read

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Politics

It’s been 33 years since Section 28 came into law, and the LGBT+ community remains under attack

May 24 2021
4 min read

Margaret Thatcher

UK

Margaret Thatcher’s head on a spike appears in place of controversial 20ft statue

Feb 24 2021
1 min read

UK

‘The SNP has failed trans people. If elected Scottish Labour leader, I’ll stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the community’

Feb 24 2021
6 min read

Margaret Thatcher

UK

21 years ago today, the Tories celebrated ‘a victory for common sense’ when Thatcher’s homophobic Section 28 was saved

Feb 07 2021
3 min read

Margaret Thatcher

UK

A 20ft Margaret Thatcher statue is bad enough, but the bill for its unveiling ceremony is eye-watering

Feb 03 2021
1 min read

Michael Cashman

Trans

Michael Cashman says LGB people who attack trans rights ‘learned nothing’ from the AIDS crisis

Feb 02 2021
2 min read

LGBT protestors, one wearing a 'bum boys against Boris' t-shirtm another holding a rainbow Pride flag

Politics

Labour is still miles ahead with LGB voters, study finds – and Boris Johnson isn’t helping matters

Jan 05 2021
2 min read

New York Pride Parade 1989, LGBT history, Stonewall

UK

LGBT+ History Month 2021: When is it, what resources are available and what events are taking place

Jan 05 2021
2 min read

A child with rainbow LGBT+ Pride flag face paint on each of her cheeks

Community

LGBT+ people are sharing powerful images of their younger selves to show growing up queer is still unacceptably tough

Dec 11 2020
2 min read

Tory review of Human Rights Act puts LGBT rights at risk, warns Amnesty

UK

Tories axe vital funding to protect LGBT+ kids from bullying. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson just green-lit billions in defence spending

Nov 19 2020
1 min read

Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown

Culture

Gillian Anderson reveals how she distanced herself from Margaret Thatcher’s hateful actions to play her in The Crown

Nov 05 2020
2 min read