victor mukasa there on the fight against discrimination in uganda. next, on 23 may 1988, a group of lesbians invaded a live bbc news studio in london. they were protesting new laws limiting lgbt rights in the uk. booan temple was one of the women there. voiceover: the six o'clock news from the bbc, with sue lawley and nicholas witchell. it's six o'clock. shouting in studio. stop section 28! in the house of lords, a vote is taking place now on a challenge to the poll tax. tory rebels have said that the tax... we‘re protesting about rights for lesbian and gay people. in general, britain was quite a hostile environment in the 19805 for the lgbt community. about 75% of people, when surveyed, said that it was mostly or always wrong to be gay. simply by walking down the street, if somebody identified you as lesbian or gay, you could get abuse and you could be violently attacked, just for being. i obviously don't want children taught that the gay and lesbian lifestyle is natural or normal. it is not, it never has been, and it never will be. yes, my overri