Outrageous! The Story of Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT Education

Name: Outrageous!
Brand: Paul Baker
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Auteur: Paul Baker

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Hardcover
9781789145618
01 februari 2022
336 pagina's

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On 23 May 1988, Paul Baker sat down with his family to eat cake on his sixteenth birthday while The Six O'Clock News played in the background. But something was not quite right. There was muffled shouting - 'Stop Section 28!' - and a scuffle. The morning papers would announce: 'Beeb Man Sits on Lesbian'. The next day Section 28 passed into law, forbidding local authorities from teaching 'the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship'. It would send shockwaves through British society, silencing gay pupils and teachers while galvanizing mass protests and the formation of the LGBTQ+ rights groups OutRage! and Stonewall. Now available in paperback, Outrageous! tells the full story: the background to the Act, how the press fanned the flames and what politicians said during debates, how protestors fought back to bring about the repeal of the law in the 2000s, and its eventual legacy. Based on detailed research, interviews with key figures - including Ian McKellen, Michael Cashman and Angela Mason - and personal recollection, it is an impassioned, warm, often moving account of unthinkable prejudice enshrined within law, and of the power of community to overcome it. 'Baker's chatty, tart tone and personal asides serve to throw the heady extremes of a not-so-distant era into even sharper relief.' - BBC History Magazine 'Peppered with wry asides and anecdotes.' - History Revealed magazine 'An important and fascinating deep dive into one of the most damaging pieces of legislation in modern history.' - Matthew Todd, author of Straight Jacket and Pride 'A lovely conversational social history.' - Paul Flynn, author of Good As You

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 februari 2022
Aantal pagina's: 336
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Paul Baker
Hoofduitgeverij: REAKTION BOOKS

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Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 138 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 216 mm
Verpakking lengte: 216 mm

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