Section 28 is a bleak reminder of the UK's history of LGBT+ rights and laws. Instated during Margret Thatcher's Conservative government back in 1988, the infamous piece of legislation stopped almost every aspect of LGBT+ culture being 'promoted' across Britain.
Perhaps unbelievably, the legislation remained in place until as recently as 2000 in England and Wales. A key part of the legislation included banning local authorities and schools from 'promoting homosexuality'. As a result, young people living in the UK at the time were deprived of seeing likeminded people and others they felt they could relate to in day-to-day life.
Ultimately, at a fundamental period in their lives, LGBT+ people were forced to rely on themselves due to the lack of support available for them. Read more: The Swansea bar that's re-opening as an LGBT+ venue
