How Do You Eradicate Homophobia In Schools? With Gay History Lessons Apparently..
Stoke Newington School, a secondary school in north London, has said that it has nearly managed to completely eradicate homophobic bullying from the school by introducing gay history lessons. Using these lessons to teach pupils Read more...
Stonewall Release New Guide On Supporting LGBT Youth
One of the biggest problems we hear about is the lack of support that young lesbian, gay and bisexual people feel they have, so we’re very happy to announce the release of Stonewall’s latest guide Read more...
Sex Education Bill That Would Have Educated About Homosexuality Hampered By Conservatives
The government has been forced to backtrack on a plan to make sex education compulsory for students over the age of 15 in order to make sure that the legislation was able to become law Read more...
Students Force School To Recognise Issue Of Homophobic Bullying
A group of students in Wembley have forced their school to recognise the issue of homophobia by making them adapt their bullying policy to cover homophobia specifically. Talking about the achievement, Grace Organ, who is Read more...
Councillor Calls For Local Authority To Wipe Out Homophobic Bullying In It’s Educational Institutions
Homophobic bullying is a big issue in schools and colleges around the country, and whilst many towns and cities take a far from proactive role in challenging that Reading, in Berkshire, is one bucking the Read more...
Gay Sportsman Gareth Thomas Becomes Patron of LGBT History Month
Gareth Thomas, the Welsh rugby player who came out as gay at the end of last year has been announced as the patron of LGBT History Month. Having represented Wales in over 100 international rugby Read more...
Stonewall Produce First Anti Homophobia Feature Film To Be Distributed To All Secondary Schools
[tweetmeme] Stonewall, the gay equality organisation will in February send every secondary school a copy of it’s new DVD FIT, which is the first feature film made for schools with the aim of tackling homophobic Read more...
British Schools Must Record All Cases Of Homophobic Bullying
The Schools Minister, Vernon Coaker, has announced today that schools within the UK will be required to record any racist, sexist of homophobic bullying that occurs on school grounds. Saying that the changes would be Read more...
Stonewall Release Guide To Help Teachers Curb Homophobic Language And Abuse
Research by YouGov for Stonewall has shown 95% of secondary school staff, and three quarters of primary school staff, have heard children using phrases such as ‘you’re so gay’ or ‘that’s so gay’. The research Read more...
LGBT History Month North West Pre Launch To Be Held At The University Of Salford
The University of Salford is to host the first North West launch event to celebrate next year’s LGBT History Month, a concept which itself comes from School’s Out, a campaigning organisation of LGBT people involved Read more...
