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History - Conservatives 1990-1997 - Major's Government > Social Developments: Homosexuals, Transsexuals, Disabled people, Aging Population, Divorce > Flashcards

Social Developments: Homosexuals, Transsexuals, Disabled people, Aging Population, Divorce Flashcards

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1
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What made negative attitudes towards Homosexuals worse in the 1980s?

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The AIDS outbreak

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How did the media label the AIDS outbreak?

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“The gay plague”

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What year did the first AIDS case appear?

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1981

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What was the loony left accused of doing with gay groups?

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Funding their meetings

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5
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Name a book that caused media outrage over its homosexual content

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Jenny lives with Eric and Martin

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When did the media report on Jenny lives with Eric and Martin?

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1986

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What piece of legislation was influenced by media opposition to the children’s book on homosexuality?

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The 1988 Local Government Act

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

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Banned the discussion of homosexuality in schools

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Name an anti-homosexual pressure group

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Outrage

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What did the “Outrage!” pressure group threaten to do?

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Expose clergymen for being gay

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Which organisation campaigned for the homosexual age of consent for men to be lowered?

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Stonewall

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What was the homosexual male age of consent before 1994?

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21

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What was the homosexual male age of consent after the Stonewall campaign success?

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18 years old

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14
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How many marriages out of 1000 ended in divorce in the 1950s?

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2 in 1000 marriages

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How many marriages out of 1000 ended in divorce in the 1960s?

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10 in 1000 marriages

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16
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What percentage of men were divorced in the 1970s?

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1%

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17
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What percentage of men were divorced by 2000?

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8%

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18
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When was the Child Support Act passed?

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1993

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19
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Who had created the Child Support Act?

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Thatcher

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20
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What was an issue with the Child Support Act?

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Thatcher had done little research into it

21
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What happened with the Child Support Act in 1991?

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It was rejected by the House of Lords

22
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How did the 1993 Chlld Support Act prove to be in the end?

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Expensive and ineffective

23
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What campaign did Victoria Gillick lead?

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A campaign to stop allowing girls from getting contraceptives without telling their parents

24
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What was the initial ruling of Gillicks campaign aim?

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It would come into effect

25
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What was ruled in 1985 with Gillicks campaign aim?

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It was abolished

26
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Which organisation was created in 1992 to get trans people gender reassignment rights?

A

Press for Change

27
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What year was a transsexual woman successful in a European court case?

A

1994

28
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How can it be seen that struggles for transsexuals continued?

A

Male to female transsexuals were unable to draw from their pension at the female age of 60

29
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Name a group that fought for gay acceptance

A

Stonewall

30
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When was an amendment to the Housing Bill proposed to be more inclusive for same sex couples?

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1996

31
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Who proposed the amendment to the Housing Bill to be more inclusive?

A

Labour MP Glenda Jackson

32
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What did the House of Commons do to the 1996 Housing Bill Amendment?

A

They rejected it

33
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How many unsuccessful disabled equal rights bills were there from 1982 to 1993?

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15

34
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How did disabled employment rights relate to the EU by the 1990s?

A

The EU was pressing for Britain to make disabled equality legislation

35
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How many letters were sent to MP’s to support the 1992 Disabled Employment Bill?

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250,000

36
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What would be the cost of implementing accommodation for disabled people in employment?

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£17 billion

37
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What happened to the 1992 Disabled Employment Bill?

A

It did not go through

38
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What did the 1996 Community Care Act allow local councils to do?

A

Fund services for disabled people

39
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What was a limitation of council funding of disabled people services?

A

They had little financial flexibility to make them efficient for disabled people

40
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How old were you expected to live in 1995 if you were already 65 years old?

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Live to 80 years old

41
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When was 16% of the population made up of people over 65?

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1995

42
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What percentage of UK pensioners lived in poverty?

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40%

43
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What was happening to many older employees?

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They were being laid off

44
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What did research show about the mental capabilities of a smart 60 year old?

A

They were better than that of an average 25 year old’s mental capabilities

45
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When was the Scottish Pensioners Forum created?

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1992

46
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When was the Campaign Against Age Discrimination created?

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1988

47
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What year was the Disability Discrimination Act created?

A

1995

48
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What did the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act do?

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Made it so that people could not be discriminated against in jobs

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