Social Developments: Homosexuals, Transsexuals, Disabled people, Aging Population, Divorce Flashcards
What made negative attitudes towards Homosexuals worse in the 1980s?
The AIDS outbreak
How did the media label the AIDS outbreak?
“The gay plague”
What year did the first AIDS case appear?
1981
What was the loony left accused of doing with gay groups?
Funding their meetings
Name a book that caused media outrage over its homosexual content
Jenny lives with Eric and Martin
When did the media report on Jenny lives with Eric and Martin?
1986
What piece of legislation was influenced by media opposition to the children’s book on homosexuality?
The 1988 Local Government Act
What did Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act do?
Banned the discussion of homosexuality in schools
Name an anti-homosexual pressure group
Outrage
What did the “Outrage!” pressure group threaten to do?
Expose clergymen for being gay
Which organisation campaigned for the homosexual age of consent for men to be lowered?
Stonewall
What was the homosexual male age of consent before 1994?
21
What was the homosexual male age of consent after the Stonewall campaign success?
18 years old
How many marriages out of 1000 ended in divorce in the 1950s?
2 in 1000 marriages
How many marriages out of 1000 ended in divorce in the 1960s?
10 in 1000 marriages
What percentage of men were divorced in the 1970s?
1%
What percentage of men were divorced by 2000?
8%
When was the Child Support Act passed?
1993
Who had created the Child Support Act?
Thatcher
What was an issue with the Child Support Act?
Thatcher had done little research into it
What happened with the Child Support Act in 1991?
It was rejected by the House of Lords
How did the 1993 Chlld Support Act prove to be in the end?
Expensive and ineffective
What campaign did Victoria Gillick lead?
A campaign to stop allowing girls from getting contraceptives without telling their parents
What was the initial ruling of Gillicks campaign aim?
It would come into effect
What was ruled in 1985 with Gillicks campaign aim?
It was abolished
Which organisation was created in 1992 to get trans people gender reassignment rights?
Press for Change
What year was a transsexual woman successful in a European court case?
1994
How can it be seen that struggles for transsexuals continued?
Male to female transsexuals were unable to draw from their pension at the female age of 60
Name a group that fought for gay acceptance
Stonewall
When was an amendment to the Housing Bill proposed to be more inclusive for same sex couples?
1996
Who proposed the amendment to the Housing Bill to be more inclusive?
Labour MP Glenda Jackson
What did the House of Commons do to the 1996 Housing Bill Amendment?
They rejected it
How many unsuccessful disabled equal rights bills were there from 1982 to 1993?
15
How did disabled employment rights relate to the EU by the 1990s?
The EU was pressing for Britain to make disabled equality legislation
How many letters were sent to MP’s to support the 1992 Disabled Employment Bill?
250,000
What would be the cost of implementing accommodation for disabled people in employment?
£17 billion
What happened to the 1992 Disabled Employment Bill?
It did not go through
What did the 1996 Community Care Act allow local councils to do?
Fund services for disabled people
What was a limitation of council funding of disabled people services?
They had little financial flexibility to make them efficient for disabled people
How old were you expected to live in 1995 if you were already 65 years old?
Live to 80 years old
When was 16% of the population made up of people over 65?
1995
What percentage of UK pensioners lived in poverty?
40%
What was happening to many older employees?
They were being laid off
What did research show about the mental capabilities of a smart 60 year old?
They were better than that of an average 25 year old’s mental capabilities
When was the Scottish Pensioners Forum created?
1992
When was the Campaign Against Age Discrimination created?
1988
What year was the Disability Discrimination Act created?
1995
What did the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act do?
Made it so that people could not be discriminated against in jobs
