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Articles about Section 28

11 April 2012
Challenge to release correspondence behind Brian Souter’s knighthood 37 A further challenge is to be made to release the correspondence behind the knighthood of Sir Brian Souter, who donated £1 million in an effort to keep Section 28 on the statute books.
23 March 2012
Stonewall unveils Facebook Timeline of key gay events since 1989 4 Stonewall had relaunched its Facebook page utilising the new timeline facility to record key moments for the gay community's struggle for equality since its foundation in 1989.
7 March 2012
Francis Maude: Tories must back equal marriage or risk becoming ‘unelectable’ 111 Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is expected to warn today that the Tories must modernise and approve measures including equal marriage or risk being seen as 'unacceptable and unelectable'.
13 June 2011
Knighthood for Section 28 backer Brian Souter 109 Brian Souter, the Stagecoach co-founder who gave £1 million to a 2000 campaign to uphold Section 28, has been honoured with a knighthood.
24 May 2011
Tennessee governor signs bill to wipe out gay legal protection 70 The governor of Tennessee has signed a bill which gay rights campaigners say will wipe out all any laws which protect LGBT people from discrimination.
21 May 2011
Tennessee Senate approves ‘don’t say gay’ bill 629 Tennessee’s Senate has passed a bill that proposes to introduce a ban of discussing homosexuality within schools.
9 May 2011
Gay MP Nigel Evans ‘in denial’ when he voted for Section 28 73 Gay Conservative MP Nigel Evans says he was in denial and going through a "neanderthal phase" when he voted for Section 28.
28 April 2011
Anger over Tennessee’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill 195 The US Senator who introduced a bill to ban discussion of homosexuality in schools says he has received hundreds of angry letters from parents around the world.
21 April 2011
Tennessee Senate panel approves school gay ban bill 67 A Senate education panel in Tennessee has approved a bill to prevent students from learning about homosexuality in public elementary and middle schools.
1 March 2011
Tennessee proposes bill to ban gay awareness in schools 9 Republicans in Tennessee are proposing a bill that would prevent students from learning about homosexuality in public elementary and middle schools.
7 September 2010
New book to examine history of homosexuality in the Conservative Party 10 A book detailing the history of homosexuality in the Conservative Party and how its attitudes to it have changed over the decades is to be published by Biteback Publishing next year.
27 August 2010
Breaking news: Tory minister Crispin Blunt reveals he is gay 85 Tory justice minister Crispin Blunt admitted he is gay and has separated from his wife.

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