Clause 28 laid bare
Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education
Paul Baker/Reaktion Books
Outrageous! tells the peculiarly British tale of Section 28, aka Clause 28. Introduced by Thatcher’s Conservative government in 1988, it was a nefarious, censoring set of laws that prohibited the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ by local authorities and forbid the ‘teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship’.
It would subjugate and isolate gay pupils and teachers, have a stifling effect upon the arts and society generally, while inspiring
