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2024-01-15 16:48:49 UTC - HELPFUL
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Society did not accept gay people in the 90s. Section 28 was not repealed until 2003. Civil unions were not legalized until 2004, and gay marriage was not legalized until 2013. There were no laws protecting gay people from discrimination until the 2000s. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cacc0b40-c3a4-473b-86cc-11863c0b3f30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-discrimination_law#United_Kingdom
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