LGBT+ teachers need training and support for the challenges they are likely to face.
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A teacher reflects on how Section 28 affected her career and the young people she taught.
Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act prevented teachers in schools from promoting the acceptability of homosexuality as a ‘pretended family relationship’.
LGBTQ+ education is still recovering from the effects of 1988’s Section 28.
The UK’s homophobic law was repealed in 2003, but its impact on LGBTQ+ students and teachers has lingered.
Opposition to the controversial law reflected the British national character, reminiscent of comedies like the Carry On films.
Teaching during the Section 28 era has left a damaging legacy for those LGBT teachers who lived through it.
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Professor of Inclusive Education, PVC Dean Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Visiting Fellow in Education, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD Candidate in the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow in the Department of Social Work and Social Care, University of Birmingham