Her statements reflected the harsh reality that LGBTQ+ people are still under attack, despite the repeal of Section 28, the much hated and discredited legislation from the 1980's that banned local authorities and schools from either promoting or discussing homosexuality.

In her opinion it is not “age-appropriate” for children to learn about LGBTQ+ identities or information about the queer community from educational facilities, a view that takes us back to the days of Section 28. That cruel legislation brought in by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1988, was singly responsible for the bullying of many young children in school, whether they were gay, or just thought to be gay.

It claimed the lives of many young people, particularly young men, who committed suicide as a result of them realising they were gay and them being unable to face the prejudice of their every day lives. It gave bigots and thugs all the excuses they needed to verbally and physically attack LGBTQ+ people, in particular young people.

The Conservative Party capitalised on this anti-gay sentiment. In the run-up to the 1987 general election, they issued posters claiming that the Labour Party wanted LGBT+ friendly books like Young, Gay and Proud and The Milkman's on His Way to be read in schools. In 1987, a British Social Attitudes Survey found that three-quarters of the population thought homosexuality was "always or mostly wrong". Just 11 per cent of the UK population in those days said it was "never wrong".

Labour MP Kali Mountford pointed to the redundancy of Section 28 by pointing out that it is a myth that Section 28 has had any role in protecting children when she said: "The protection is in the good sense of the parents, teachers and governors on the governing bodies."

Commenting on the vote, Stonewall's Director of Parliamentary Affairs Sacha Deshmukh said: "The Commons has voted overwhelmingly for Section 28 to go. They understand that there is no place for a law that is offensive and completely redundant."

Two Conservative amendments were tabled for debate. The first called for the retention of Section 28. The second, supported by the Tory leadership, sought to modify the management of sex education classes in schools. Both amendments were overwhelmingly defeated.

Sacha Deshmukh added: "The Conservative leadership's amendment was rightly defeated by a huge vote. They proposed adding layers of pointless bureaucracy in every school and wanted to set up complicated ballots that would have turned every school into an electoral battleground. Their proposals were completely unnecessary and unworkable."

"The bigots who wanted to keep Section 28 have been shown to be a small, sad and isolated axis of prejudice."

"Tory modernisers who backed the straightforward repeal of Section 28 deserve congratulations. People like John Bercow, Michael Portillo and Archie Norman realised long ago that the Conservative party will only have a future if it rejects hate and stops trying to stigmatise different sections of society." That was of course said long before the Johnson era, and the current band of Conservative politicans who have abandoned any hope of social justice and inclusion from the ranks of the Tory party.

Ben Summerskill, Stonewall chief executive, said: "Section 28 was a pernicious piece of legislation deliberately framed in order to stigmatise a minority group. We're delighted that the House of Lords has demonstrated a willingness to listen to reason at last.

"Stonewall has worked long and hard to have this deeply offensive law overturned. Today's vote was a triumph for twenty-first century tolerance over nineteenth century prejudice."

"A noisy minority of politicians have defended this indefensible totem for far too long. I suspect that many voters around the country hope they will now turn their attention to issues such as schools and hospitals."

A Conservative amendment to allow parental vetting of sex education classes was very convincingly defeated. Sex education in England and Wales continued to be regulated by the Learning and Skills Act. The Section 28 repeal did not change the regulation of sex education in schools in any way.

Gay rights campaigners at the time described it as "Section 28 by the back door", and as we said the Conservative move was totally unsuccessful. Strangely, Cameron made himself absent for the vote on the eventual repeal Section 28. It was an issue he would be forced to come back to some years later.

All that happened before the current group of Conservative Politicans gained power. It's clear that some, like Attorney General Suella Braverman, now want to try and reverse some of the reforms that have been achieved in parliament by the LGBTQ+ community.