his year marks the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28. An abhorrent law brought in under Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government in 1988, it banned all teaching – or even the mere mention – of LGBTQ+ identities, experiences and history in schools under the guise of ‘protecting impressionable young children’. The repeal of Section 28 was long and challenging, with LGBTQ+ people being used as a political football by right-wing commentators spouting dangerous misinformation on how learning about LGBTQ+ life would somehow ‘brainwash’ young people to believe they are themselves part of the community. Ultimately its repeal did lead to more openly
