The Shadow Of Section 28

Thirty years ago Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 became law. This short clause - less than 200 words - impacted upon the education of millions of British people. It prevented schools from “promoting” homosexuality or teaching “the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”.No school or individual was ever prosecuted under the law. The Department for Education emphasised that Section 28 did “not prevent the objective discussion of