Catalogue Number
NMLH.2026.17.1
Object Name
poster
Title
Lesbian & Gay Rights Are HUman Rights!
Place
Manchester, Albert Square, All Saint's, Free Trade Hall
People
Jimmy Somerville, Erasure, Northwest Campaign for Lesbian & Gay Equality
Events
Section 28
Date
1988
Description
Black, white and pink poster advertising a rally, march and festival on 20 February 1988 in opposition to Section 28. The main design of the poster is a series of black and pink downward pointing triangles, snaking over the body of the poster as if on a march. Above this is a black rectangle with white text printed inside 'LESBIAN & GAY RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS'. The main information is printed in black inside pink triangles. At the bottom, a black rectangle with white text notes the date 'SAT. 20TH FEB. 1998'. The logo of Northwest Campaign for Lesbian & Gay Equality is beneath this. The march began at 1pm at All Saint's on Oxford Road. The Rally at 3pm at Albert Square, Manchester. The Festival at the Free Trade Hall from 4.30-8pm. The acts listed for the festival include Erasure, 'Colin' Eastenders, 'Sheila' Brookside, Gill Cox and Jimmy Somerville.
The poster notes that there will be a signer, and that disabled access is limited.
Section 28 (also known as Clause 28) was a law that prohibited the 'promotion of homosexuality' by local authorities, covering schools, hospitals, libraries, and other publicly funded places. It was introduced by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government in 1988, and was repealed by the Labour Party, in Scotland in 2000, and in England and Wales in 2003.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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