Section 28

Section 28 was a controversial anti-gay amendment to the United Kingdom's 1988 Local Government Act, enacted on 24 May 1988 and finally repealed on 18 November 2003. The amendment stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship"http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880009_en_5.htm#mdiv28.

References

• {{Web reference | title=Local Government Act (1988) | work=Section 28 | URL=http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880009_en_5.htm#mdiv28 | date=February 9 | year=2005}} (Full text of the section)
• {{Web reference | title=Knitting Circle | work=Section 28 1989 Gleanings | URL=http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/gleanings2889.html | date=February 21 | year=2005}} (Newspaper clippings from 1989 demonstrating use of Section 28 to close LGBT student groups and cease distribution of material exploring gay issues)
• {{Web reference | title=The Guardian (31 January 2000) | work=Jenny, Eric, Martin . . . and me | URL=http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/childrenandteens/story/0,6000,130836,00.html | date=February 9 | year=2005}} (article on Section 28 and the book that caused the controversy, Jenny lives with Eric and Martin, by author, Susanne Bosche)
• {{Web reference | title=Knitting Circle (9 August 2001) | work=Section 28 | URL=http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~stafflag/lawsection28.html | date=February 21 | year=2005}} (History of Section 28 with notes on attempted legislation that led up to the final amendment)
• {{Web reference | title=Gay and Lesbian Humanist Society | work=Section 28 | URL=http://www.galha.org/glh/section28.html | date=February 28 | year=2005}} (Notes and links on Section 28 from a humanist perspective, with notes on usage of the Section 2a name.)
• {{Web reference | title=BBC News (20 January 2000) | work=When gay became a four-letter word | URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/611704.stm | date=June 4 | year=2005}} (Potted history of Section 28 from 2000)
• {{Web reference | title=USSU National Policy Issues (28 January 1988) | work=Section 5.2.1 Stop Clause 28 (of Local Government Bill) | URL=http://www.ussu.info/index.cfm?PRIMARY_ID=1&SECONDARY_ID=288&TERTIARY_ID=895| date=June 29 | year=2005}} (USSU National Policy Issues detialing notes on heigtened violence against gays and lesbians in the lead-up to Section 28 enactment)
• {{Web reference | title=BBC News (2 August 2000) | work=Tory adviser defects to Labour | URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/862683.stm | date=February 21 | year=2005}} (Report of gay Conservative Ivan Massow's defection to the Labour Party)
• {{Web reference | title=Scotsman.com News | work=Nicholas Witchell: A Celebration | URL=http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4333511 | date=May 18 | year=2005}} (Nicholas Witchell's encounter with Section 28 protesters)
• {{Web reference | title=National Union of Teachers (5 April 2003) | work=NUT campaign to repeal Section 28 | URL=http://www.teachers.org.uk/story.php?id=2320 | date=February 9 | year=2005}} (Statement by the NUT on the controversy of applicability of Section 28)
• {{Web reference | title=The Sunday Times (London) (29 May 1988) | work=Schools Escape Clause 28 in 'Gay Ban' Fiasco | URL=http://briandeer.com/social/clause-28.htm | date=February 9 | year=2005}} (Knight's response to the controversy of applicability of Section 28)
• {{Web reference | title=BBC News (30 May 2000) | work=Poll supports S28 retention | URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/768882.stm | date=February 19 | year=2005}} (Brian Souter's Keep the Clause campaign runs unofficial poll to discredit reformers)
• {{Web reference | title=Indymedia (6 January 2005) | work=Gays win fight against Kent's S28 but... | URL=http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/303498.html | date=February 9 | year=2005}} (Report of repeal of Kent Section 28)
• {{Web reference | title=The Christian Institute | work=Briefing Paper - Section 28 | URL=http://www.christian.org.uk/briefingpapers/section28.htm | date=May 9 | year=2005}} (Summary of points in support of Section 28)