Thatcher’s Section 28, which banned the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, was the landmark legislation that silenced a generation, offered a global blueprint for LGBTQ+ oppression and galvanised a movement. Showing at Brighton Dome in November, After the Act: A Section 28 Musical is funny, camp and unapologetically queer but also a clear-eyed exposure of […]
Brighton LGBTQIA+ History Club is to present a new show from theatre maker Tom Marshman, Section 28 And Me, which weaves personal material and explores queer stories on past invisibility and shame. Part autobiographical, part community archive, the show, which is at the Old Courtroom in Brighton on Sunday, September 22, attempts to explore the […]
Gary Clarke Company, the pioneering dance theatre company, is seeking people from the LGBTQ+ community to take part in a workshop to share experiences and memories around Section 28. This workshop, which will take place in Anita’s Room at Brighton Dome on Thursday, November 30 from 6pm, will inform the company’s next major work DETENTION, following the […]
The Lord of the Rings and X Men star reflected in an interview with Variety on the pivotal moment in his life. McKellen came out as gay during a 1988 radio broadcast in an act of protest against Section 28, which barred the “promotion of homosexuality”.
“For a large part of my adolescence, queer sex was shrouded in taboo and uncertainty.”
A new documentary musical from Breach Theatre – After the Act – examines the dark period of UK history when Section 28 prohibited the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality in schools, and the knock-on effect on the queer community today.
Conservative MP Miriam Cates has argued that children are being “brainwashed” by the teaching of trans identities in schools.
To mark 18 years since Section 28 was repealed, Just Like Us has released a report on teachers’ attitudes to LGBTQ+ inclusive education.
Brian Butler wonders if we’re out of the woods with more shows opening and looks into what delights await LGBTQ+ audiences this autumn across London’s theatres
Brian Butler talks to Tom Abell , co-founder of the LGBTQ+ Peccadillo Pictures
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