Catalogue Number
NMLH.2007.32
Object Name
Poster
Title
'North West Campaign For Lesbian And Gay Equality . Never Going Underground. Lesbian And Gay Men Out And Proud'
Place
Manchester
People
Chris Fox, Ian Wilmot,
Margaret Thatcher, Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Equality
Events
Section 28 protests
Date
around 1988
Description
A white poster using the iconic London Underground logo reading "NEVER GOING UNDERGROUND" Text at the top reads "N.O.R.T.H.W.E.S.T CAMPAIGN FOR LESBIAN & GAY EQUALITY" and text at the bottom reads "LESBIANS & GAY MEN OUT AND PROUD"
This poster was produced around the time that then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brought in Section 28, a law that made it illegal to 'promote homosexuality' in all local government funded spaces including schools, hospitals, libraries, media, etc. The result of this law was an increase in hate crime, and isolating LGBTQIA+ people from their communities, as well as reducing access to safer sex education during the HIV and AIDS crisis.
Section 28 was introduced in 1988, and wasn't repealed in England and Wales until 2003.
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