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Attitudes to sex in the 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog11 months ago11 months ago08 mins

Attitudes to sex in the 1980s were more liberal than is sometimes assumed. But the decade was very different from the liberated 1960s and rebellious 1970s. The AIDS pandemic and rise of political conservatism impacted how young people viewed sex. Despite a climate of fear and repression, a survey in 1986 had very surprising results….

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Grim times for LGBT people in the 1980s

The 70s 80s 90s Blog8 years ago6 years ago06 mins

Margaret Thatcher is sometimes presented as a gay icon, but in the 1980s she led an onslaught on LGBT rights at the height of the HIV crisis

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Terry Dicks – an 80s Tory politician

The 70s 80s 90s Blog13 years ago6 years ago25 mins

Terry Dicks was a Conservative politician active from the 1970s to 1990s who took far right positions on immigration, LGBT rights and other issues

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