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'My partner had to hide upstairs in our own home': Baroness Debbie Wilcox of Newport reflects on Section 28 and 'the dark time in our educational history

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Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Section 28 was a dark time in our educational history, leaving many teachers forced inside the closet.

The Tory policy, introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government in 1988, prohibited “the promotion of homosexuality” by local authorities, including schools.

Baroness Debbie Wilcox of Newport was a teacher throughout Section 28, and continuously challenged the anti-LGBT+ legislation during her time in the classroom.

In the latest episode of The Out Crowd podcast , the Labour peer discusses her experiences of being a lesbian during her 30 years in education.

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