30 years ago today, in the tolerant UK, Section 28 was introduced, banning the "promotion" of homosexuality. This legislation was bigoted in conception and execution, a sadistic response to initiatives that were starting to make life easier for some LGB youth*. It gave tacit legal and establishment approval to a poisonous atmosphere of crude anti-gay bigotry in the media and in society in general. It wasn't repealed until 2003. Here are two good articles on the subject.
The generally wonderful Another Angry Woman writes about her experience of school and adolescence during this regime.
Bigmouth goes through some of the unremarkable press of the time.
Both writers make the connection between the media of the time and the mundanely transphobic media of today. All the same shit - dangerous to children, perverted freaks, kids can't know what they're talking about, blah blah - gets slung at us, usually by journalists you'd think might know better, or controversialists who almost certainly DO know better but don't give a fuck cos they're making money.
Anyway, it was good of Mr. Corbyn to state that the Labour Party unequivocally regards trans women as women earlier this week.
Just remembered that phrase "pretended family relationships." How disgusting are the people who did this? How many are still in Parliament?
*Worth pointing out that most schools at this time didn't need legislation to ignore the existence of LGBT pupils
EDIT - thread title does not refer to my birthday. My birthday was fine.
The generally wonderful Another Angry Woman writes about her experience of school and adolescence during this regime.
Bigmouth goes through some of the unremarkable press of the time.
Both writers make the connection between the media of the time and the mundanely transphobic media of today. All the same shit - dangerous to children, perverted freaks, kids can't know what they're talking about, blah blah - gets slung at us, usually by journalists you'd think might know better, or controversialists who almost certainly DO know better but don't give a fuck cos they're making money.
Anyway, it was good of Mr. Corbyn to state that the Labour Party unequivocally regards trans women as women earlier this week.
Just remembered that phrase "pretended family relationships." How disgusting are the people who did this? How many are still in Parliament?
*Worth pointing out that most schools at this time didn't need legislation to ignore the existence of LGBT pupils
EDIT - thread title does not refer to my birthday. My birthday was fine.
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