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21st June 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament abolishing (repealing) “section 28”. Section 28 was the law, introduced by the Thatcher government in 1988, that banned “the promotion of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”.
How did section 28 come about, and what was involved in repealing it?
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