This audio montage was created by Abigail Ward to mark the 30th anniversary of Manchester’s anti-Clause 28 march, 1988. Attended by 20,000 people, the protest was a seminal moment in UK LGBT+ history. The piece seeks to evoke the sounds & emotions experienced on that day through interviews with marchers, fragments of archive and music. It was also conceived as a tribute to the LGBT+ activists who organised and took part in the demonstration.
The title comes from the chant, “we’re here, we’re queer and we’re not going shopping”.
Section 28 formed part of the Local Government Act 1988 . It stated that:
(1) A local authority shall not:
a) intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality
b) promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship
Contributors:
Angela Cooper
David Hoyle
Kath McDermott
Louise Wallwein MBE
Luchia Fitzgerald
Paul Fairweather
This piece was commissioned by Manchester Pride and Superbia. Special thanks to Greg Thorpe.
superbia.org.uk/
It forms part of the Queer Noise exhibition:
www.mdmarchive.co.uk/exhibition/id/77...
Abigail Ward is a curator, musician and DJ. Her work explores the place at which music, politics and protest meet. For 10 years she has been documenting the history of LGBT+ music and club life in Greater Manchester through her digital heritage project, Queer Noise. She is a co-founder of Manchester Digital Music Archive.
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