Pretended: Schools and Section 28 - Historical, Cultural and Personal Perspectives (Paperback)

Pretended is a vivid historical, political and cultural account of schools and teaching under Section 28, a law that banned schools in the UK from promoting homosexuality as a 'pretended family relationship'. Catherine Lee was a teacher in schools for each of the 15 years that Section 28 was law (between 1988 and 2003). In Pretended, she considers the landscape for lesbian and gay teachers leading up to, during and after Section 28. Drawing on her diary entries from the Section 28 era, Lee poignantly recalls the challenges and incidents affecting her and thousands of other teachers during this period of state-sanctioned homophobia. She reveals how these diaries led to her involvement in the 2022 feature film Blue Jean, and describes how this unexpected opportunity helped her to make peace with Section 28. Pretended will resonate with every lesbian and gay teacher who experienced Section 28 and will shock those who previously knew nothing about this law. Crucially, Pretended will explain to those who were lesbian and gay students during Section 28 why they never saw people like them in the curriculum, never had a role model and never had an adult in school to talk to about their identity.

General

Imprint:	John Catt Educational Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2023
Authors:	Catherine Lee
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-915261-69-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN:	1-915261-69-4
Barcode:	9781915261694

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