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Section 28 refers to a part of the Local Government Act 1988, which stated that local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales "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 ...
The United Kingdom Local Government Act 1988 (c. 9) is an act of the United Kingdom Parliament.It was famous for its controversial section 28.This section prohibited local authorities from promoting, in a specified category of schools, "the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship".
repeal Section 28 of the Local Government Act in England and Wales (2003). recognition of anti-gay hate crimes through the Criminal Justice Act 2003 . introduction of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 , which gave gay and lesbian couples a legal framework equivalent to civil marriage.
In 1988, Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 enacted as an amendment to the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1986, on 24 May 1988 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 ...
Section 28 was a mass-shaming levelled at some of the most vulnerable people in the country (Getty Images) Exactly 34 ago, as AIDS tore through the UK’s queer community, Section 28 came into force.
This is an incomplete list of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom in 2008. ... Finance Act 2008, Section 28 (Appointed Day) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1929)
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1992. Acts passed since 1963 are cited by calendar year, [ 1 ] as opposed to the convention used for earlier acts of citing the regnal year(s) in which the relevant parliamentary session was held. [ 2 ]
An Act to provide that the supply of gas to any premises at an annual rate in excess of 25,000 therms shall be subject to the special agreement of the British Gas Corporation and that charges for therms supplied to any premises in excess of 25,000 therms a year may be fixed by the Corporation under section 25(3) of the Gas Act 1972 [l] without ...