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Reproduction
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Object numberCARCM:2020.28
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Section 28 was part of a Local Government Act. Enacted in 1988 it stated that a local authority “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”. It resulted in many council education staff becoming reluctant to discuss gay issues with students and many support groups in schools and colleges were closed. The campaign for its repeal argued that Section 28 discriminated against homosexuals, and that it was an intolerant and unjust law. The law was repealed in 2000 in Scotland and 2003 in the rest of the UK.
“…All the teachers, I think it was about 1998, they had an annual conference in Cardiff and they had a debate on the motion that they would set up a gay committee, I think it was and it got passed and I went there and I met people and decided, I got to do something. So I set up a South Wales gay teachers group in the year about 1997 I think. That collapsed. It had a couple of meetings. People were just afraid to come. They thought one of the teachers would recognise them.”
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Physical descriptionWhite badge with an image of an easel with blackboard. Text on the blackboard reads ‘TEACHERS AGAINST SECTION 28’.
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Production period20th Century
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Object nameBadge
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MaterialMetal, Plastic
