The gay scene was quite small and I knew the owners of the local venues well. No one in the group had organised such a large event before, but a core group had been very active in the gay movement since the early 1970s. What we were doing was completely illegal.
We were in a local government office, organising a demonstration against the government to try to stop legislation being presented. We had a secret office in the town hall attic where more than 100 people would meet every week. I had also helped to set up the North West Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Equality, the group responsible for orchestrating the Manchester demonstration. I think it says a lot about the state of things that this is as believable as it is.Paul Fairweather … ‘There was a sense that the whole community was under threat.’ Photograph: Joel GoodmanĪt the time that section 28 was being discussed in parliament, I was one of Manchester city council’s gay men’s officers, working on issues such as employment, service delivery and developing community groups. If you feel it infringes on your right to practice your religion, let me ask you, why should someone who doesn't follow your faith have to follow the rules of your faith? If your god(s) that weak that they're less godly when two men have sex, I dont think your god was very godly to begin with and as such doesnt deserve your devotionĮdit the second: turns out the story isn't true. You dont lose any rights when a gay man marries his boyfriend, you dont lose any rights when a trans person dresses however they choose to that makes life more bearable, you don't lose rights. To anyone who feels that LGBTQ+ rights infringe on your rights, they do not. They're human rights because the LGBTQ+ community wants the same rights and privileges as everyone else, and to be able to go about their days without suffering abuse. If human rights sits on a specific side of the political compass then that tells you our “compass” is fucking off balance and you know which “side” is worse than the other.įTFY because LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.
#BBC PICTURE GAY PRIDE HAT CRACK#
You could bet that if an RAF pilot or a hospital nurse had a massive Twitter audience, the government would try to crack down on it there too.
#BBC PICTURE GAY PRIDE HAT TV#
The BBC are just coming under flak for this because the average army cadet or paramedic only has an audience on Twitter of a few dozen people, whereas your average TV host has a Twitter audience of several hundred thousand and the government doesn't want people with such a large following to be able to offer views that run counter to the governments official position, such as suggesting that we feed children, or not allow people to die if we can prevent it, and the government is worried that your average voter is going to take the views of a celebrity who has nothing to gain pushing for the government to change it's agenda, more favourably than that of a Tory government. Doctors aren't allowed to refuse treatment to anyone, either those on the LGBTQ+ spectrum or bigots, yet the NHS still promotes LGBTQ+ issues with no problems. The moderators of r/unitedkingdom reserve the right to moderate posts and comments at their discretion, with regard to their perception of the suitability of said posts and comments for this subreddit. If you think your post has been removed or filtered, please contact the mods. Users/General:įor the detailed rules please visit the wiki here. S4 – No surveys, polls, petitions, fundraising, or solicitation. S3 - No image posts which are political, bad quality, or memes. S2 – Article submissions must retain the source headline. Do not dehumanise, be racist, attack vulnerable groups or otherwise display prejudice. r/UK enforces the Reddit Content Policy. /r/ukvisa for immigration/travel advice./r/AskUK for generic/tourist questions.For the United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) and Northern Ireland News, Politics, Economics, Society, Business, Culture, discussion and anything else UK related.