Social Developments: Developments for Gay people from 1979-1990

Question 1

Why did Gay Equality Movements increase in popularity in the 1980s?

Answer 1

They were trying to fight against the AIDS crisis

Question 2

How were Gays targeted in the AIDS crisis?

Answer 2

They were labelled as the people who spread AIDS

Question 3

Who caught AIDS first in Britain?

Answer 3

Homosexuals

Question 3

What did the issue over gay people not being able to see their partners in hospital raise demands for?

Answer 3

Legislation to accept gay partnerships

Question 3

When was the first death from AIDS in Britain?

Answer 3

1982

Question 4

How many people in Britain had died from AIDS by 1983?

Answer 4

3 people

Question 5

What was an issue in relation to gay partnerships with AIDS?

Answer 5

Gay partnerships were not officially recognised so they could not see their partners in hospital

Question 6

What did Fowler do to combat AIDS?

Answer 6

He designed a media campaign to talk about it

Question 7

What was the main way Fowler spread the message about AIDS?

Answer 7

Through leaflets

Question 8

How many leaflets were given to the British public?

Answer 8

20 million

Question 9

When did Fowler run his AIDS campaign?

Answer 9

1986

Question 9

How did Fowler justify talking about AIDS in an explicit way?

Answer 9

People would not understand the disease otherwise

Question 10

Why did Thatcher shut down Fowler’s campaign?

Answer 10

An increase in AIDS cases did not happen

Question 10

When did AIDS diagnoses start to experience a decline?

Answer 10

1983 onwards

Question 11

Name a royal figure who was important in reducing the stigma against AIDS

Answer 11

Princess Diana

Question 12

What was significant about how Princess Diana interacted with AIDS patients?

Answer 12

She shook hands with them and did not wear any protective equipment

Question 12

How many times did Princess Diana visit an AIDS hospital throughout her life?

Answer 12

15 times

Question 13

What year was ACT-UP formed?

Answer 13

1989

Question 14

What was ACT-UP?

Answer 14

A group protesting against people not being allowed to see their partners who had AIDS

Question 15

What percentage of people felt gay people should be able to hold positions of authority in 1985?

Answer 15

53%

Question 16

What percentage of people felt gay people should be able to hold positions of authority in 1989?

Answer 16

58%

Question 17

What percentage of people thought homosexuals should be allowed to adopt children in 1985?

Answer 17

6%

Question 18

What percentage of people thought homosexuals should be allowed to adopt children in 1989?

Answer 18

10%

Question 19

What did Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act say?

Answer 19

Schools were not allowed to portray homosexual relationships as legitimate

Question 20

What year was the Local Government Act passed?

Answer 20

1988

Question 21

How many people participated in a protest to Section 28?

Answer 21

40,000 people

Question 22

What was the case with Section 28?

Answer 22

It was never enforced

Question 23

To what extent was Section 28 enforced?

Answer 23

Books talking about homosexuality were banned in libraries

Question 24

What did Peter Tatchell run for in 1983?

Answer 24

A by-election

Question 24

What was the situation for the seat that Tatchell was campaigning for?

Answer 24

It was a safe seat for Labor

Question 25

Who was Peter Tatchell?

Answer 25

A gay Labour MP

Question 26

What did some people say about why Tatchell lost the by-election?

Answer 26

He had left-wing Labour views

Question 27

How can it be seen that the left-wing of the Labour party were opposed in 1983 in terms of their manifesto?

Answer 27

Their 1983 Manifesto was very radical