![]() ![]() ![]() In the UK, this ignorance is due in no small part to legislation such as Section 28 which, from 1988 to 2000 in Scotland and 2003 in England and Wales, prohibited schools from teaching anything which would suggest the validity of queer relationships, and which (even after its abolition) created a culture of fear in schools when it comes to discussing sexuality and LGBT+ history. The global COVID-19 pandemic has reopened some of the wounds from this period of history, especially around issues of government neglect for the health of people who are less valued by society much has also been written about the ignorance of the younger generation when it comes to the struggles of the 1980s and 1990s. As well as the loss of much of an older generation, the safe sex practices and many of the legal protections which are now commonplace developed directly out of the AIDS activist movement, while the stigma associated with HIV still shapes how some sections of society think about the gay community. The HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s had a defining impact on the development of LGBT+ communities and identities, an impact still felt today. ![]()
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