Moving words chosen to highlight LGBTQ+ History Month Award
A thought-provoking and moving poem by student nurse Mac McClelland has been chosen as the winner of Teesside University’s 2024 Allison Rosewood LGBTQ+ History Month Award.Mac composed the poem for a writing competition, organised by the University’s LGBTQ+ Focus Group, as part of LGBTQ+ History Month. Competition entries were based on the idea of a world where Section 28 never existed. In the UK, Section 28 was a law, which was in place between 1988 and 2003, to ‘prohibit the promotion of homosexuality’ by local authorities including local councils, social workers, and schools. This