Section 28: A Poisonous Law and Legacy

Tuesday, 01 May 2018

LGBT+ and human rights activist, Peter Tatchell.

Please join us on Thursday 24 May for the 2018 Wolfenden Lecture, which will this year explore the controversial Section 28 law. 

Internationally renowned LGBT+ and human rights activist Peter Tatchell will present a special lecture on “Section 28: A Poisonous Law and Legacy”, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the enactment of Section 28 in English, Welsh and Scottish law.

The amendment of the Act stated that a local authority “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.”

Event details

Section 28: A Poisonous Law and Legacy

Thursday 24 May, 7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)

G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights campus

Admission is free, but places are limited – to book your place, please visit our event listing page. 

About the Wolfenden series

The Wolfenden lecture series is named in memory of Lord Wolfenden, who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading from 1950–64. Lord Wolfenden chaired a committee that wrote the 1957 ‘Wolfenden Report’, a key milestone in LGBT+ history in the UK.