1988 - Section 28 protests
a series of laws across Britain that prohibited the “promotion of homosexuality” by local authorities
It caused many organisations such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student support groups to close, limit their activities or self-censor
1988 - Section 28 protests - Albert Square
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2024 - (race) riots - Holiday Inn (0:53 min) • 1779 - Luddite movement - Beswick Street (0:54 min) • 1990 - Strange ways prison riot (0:56 min) • 1931 - The Battle of Bexley Square (0:55 min) • 1867 - First permanent women’s suffrage society - Jackson's Row (0:35 min) • 1903 - Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) - Free Trade Hall (0:53 min) • 2021 - The People’s Assembly march against the Conservative party conference MCCC (0:36 min) • 1819 - Peterloo Massacre - St Peter's Square (0:57 min) • 1913 - Suffragettes attack on Manchester Art Gallery (0:44 min) • 1821 - Manchester Guardian - Market Street (0:51 min) • 2020 - George Floyd protests - Piccadilly Gardens (0:46 min) • 1981 - Moss Side riots - Moss Side Police Station (0:56 min) • Whitworth Park • Pankhurst Centre (0:59 min)
