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IAN MCKELLEN FEARS RETURN OF SECTION 28: ‘THERE WOULD BE REVOLUTION IN THE STREETS’ Exclusive: "If you'd asked me six hours ago, I'd have said no," replied McKellen when asked if he fears a new government ban on LGBTQ discussions in schools Sir Ian McKellen has admitted he fears a return of Section 28 in a new interview with Attitude, calling the prospect “dreadful.” The original law banning ‘promotion of homosexuality’ in schools was introduced by Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1988. Oscar-nominated actor McKellen famously came out publicly as gay in response to the legislation. He also co-founded LGBTQ rights campaigning group Stonewall alongside Lisa Power and Michael Cashman, among others, to protest it. READ MORE UK GOVERNMENT BLASTED FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ FAILURE TO BAN ‘CONVERSION THERAPY’ "This Tory government clearly cannot be trusted to do the right thing" Protestors have marked nearly 2,000 days since a ‘conversion therapy’ ban was first promised by delivering 2,000 postcards to the Prime Minister. At the same time, Attitude has spoken to one MP who blasted the government for its “disgraceful” inaction. Led by Stonewall, members of the public, the Ban Conversion Therapy (BCT) Coalition, LGBTQ personalities, and Parliamentarians delivered the postcards to 10 Downing Street before taking to Parliament Square for a protest on Thursday (14 September). READ MORE ATTITUDE’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CLIFF JOANNOU TO HOST PANEL ON TRANS ISSUES IN THE MEDIA The event will take place on Monday 25 September 2023 at the Rosewood London. RUFHOUSE MAGAZINE ISSUE 10 VOL 3 IS THE PERFECT CURE FOR THE SUMMER BLUES Issue 10 may consist of just four short photo essays, but it will make a big impact. GRINDR LOSES HALF OF ITS WORKFORCE AFTER RETURN TO OFFICE ULTIMATUM 82 out of 178 employees — 46% of the staff — were let go after rejecting the mandate. MEET THE QUEENS OF RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE UK SEASON FIVE The queens have been ru-vealed! THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA TO STRUT ONTO LONDON’S WEST END "That's all" ATTITUDE SEP/OCT OUT NOW Meet Heartstopper Season 2’s extended family! PLUS: Jimbo, Adore Delano, I Kissed A Boy, Róisín Murphy, the first gay rights protest in Cold War Berlin, Dr Ranj on anxiety…

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