Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.292
Object Name
badge
Title
PROMOTE ME!
Events
Section 28
Description
Small white circular badge with a pink triangle on the left side, containing the text in black "PROMOTE ME!" On the right side, a thick black line intersects with the point of the pink triangle. âPromote me!â was a humorous reference to Section 28.
Section 28 (also known as Clause 28) was a law that prohibited the âpromotion of homosexualityâ by local authorities, covering schools, hospitals, libraries, and other publicly funded places. It was introduced by Margaret Thatcherâs Conservative government in 1988, and was repealed by the Labour Party, in Scotland in 2000, and in England and Wales in 2003. It further marginalised LGBTQIA people by isolating them from their communities and allowed negative attitudes and misinformation to spread as it prohibited LGBTQIA education in schools.
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