Did Section 28 Hurt Lesbians as Much as It Hurt Gay Men?

I find it curious that one of the first mainstream films to tackle the evils of Section 28, the notoriously homophobic Tory Party legislation that criminalised the discussion of homosexuality in schools, and similar contexts, under the pretext that openly LGBTQ+ people were 'promoting homosexuality' (as if anyone can 'promote' a sexuality people are born with), is tackling the legislation from a lesbian perspective rather than a gay male one.

No doubt I'll be accused of 'misogyny' for highlighting this point, but whilst I am aware that many lesbian women have experienced homophobic violence for their identities, lesbianism was never criminalised in contrast to buggery/sodomy (i.e. homosexual male relations), and a large portion of the rampant homophobia that characterised the 1980s and 1990s, stemmed from the spectre of AIDS, for which gay men were blamed and demonised as a consequence of.

I'm not saying that anti-lesbian prejudice wasn't a part of Section 28, in view of its parameters concerning the 'promotion of homosexuality,' but I genuinely get the impression that *gay men* were its intended target, and that there is still a stigma attached to gay men (who are often characterised as weak and ineffectual and/or predatory and weird) that doesn't apply to the same degree to lesbians.

This is important, because we're now seeing the same prejudice being directed towards trans women, on account of them being perceived as 'dangerous' and 'predatory' 'men cosplaying as women' (and I'm sorry to say, some of this rhetoric is coming from some lesbians). As an aside, it's also worth noting the Shaun Woodward MP famously defected from the Tories to Labour, thus consolidating the latter's power, because he objected to Section 28 on account of his *trans sister*.

And yet, today, some self-identifying 'leftists' and lesbians, as well as a few gay men, think it's 'acceptable' to hate on trans women. *sigh* Imagine, exploiting 'feminism' and crying 'misogyny' to marginalise another oppressed group. *eyeroll*