In 1988, a group of lesbians stormed a BBC TV news studio, in protest of section 28. Section 28 outlawed the “promotion” of homosexuality in public institutions. Lawley continued to announce the headlines as the activists could be heard crying out “stop Section 28!” Her co-presenter Nicholas Witchell, now a Royal Correspondent, sat on a protester and placed his hand over her mouth. The previous year, women protesters abseiled from the public gallery onto the floor of the House of Lords during a debate on the bill. Section 28 was passed in parliament the following day, but eventually repealed in Scotland in June 2000, 3 years before England. #lgbt #lesbian #bbc #section28 #ukgovernment #uk #gayrights