Section 28 may be long-repealed but it doesn’t feel like that for trans people
It’s A Sin on Channel 4 unfold.Seeing the immense impact the HIV crisis had on gay men in particular dramatised in such a way was incredibly powerful, and a harrowing reminder of how people were treated because of their sexual orientation only a few decades ago.During the show, the passing of Section 28 is portrayed back in 1988.
For those who don’t know, Section 28 was a law that banned the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ in schools, meaning that neither teachers nor students could talk openly about being gay or bisexual (or transgender for that matter).The arguments behind Section 28 focused on gay people being a threat to children and to the fundamental norms of society as they were — or as former journalist and current Prime Minister Boris.
