— “When homophobic bullying took place at schools, teachers felt unable to step in or talk about it.” Day, Harvey, ‘Section 28: What was it and how did it affect LGBT+ people?’, BBC News website, 1 November 2019: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cacc0b40-c3a4-473b-86cc-11863c0b3f30

— “Due to a general perception that members of Culture Club and Pet Shop Boys were gay, there was at least one instance of their music being banned from school discos.”

Wollaston, Sam, ’Dining across the divide: ‘I thought I was going to meet an awful Tory – but it was wonderful, we swapped numbers’’, The Guardian website, 23 March, 2023: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/23/dining-across-the-divide-james-melissa

— “Mercury looked back at the audience having already experienced symptoms associated with HIV.” Anderson-Minshall, Diane, ‘Freddie Mercury's Life Is the Story of HIV, Bisexuality, and Queer Identity’, Advocate, 23 November 2016: https://www.advocate.com/hiv/2016/11/23/freddie-mercurys-life-story-hiv-bisexuality-and-queer-identity