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 a student at Queen’s Park Community School, told the Wembley and Kingsbury Times:
“We’ve had friends who were victims of sustained homophobic [...]

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 trend.

And one man in particular is leading that change – Councillor Tim Harris. A Conservative MP for the city, Harris [...]

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 matches, Thomas who now plays for the Cardiff Blues became the first British rugby player to come out as gay last [...]

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 bullying.
Powerful, intelligent and very entertaining, the storyline combines hip-hop, humour and cool street fashion with writing similar to that  Skins [...]

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 implemented from the beginning of the new school year in September, Coaker say that “Bullying can make children’s lives a misery. [...]

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 also highlighted that eight in ten at secondary level, and two in five at primary level have heard homophobic [...]

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 in education, who have took their inspiration from the US who have been running one in schools since 1994.
Due to [...]

Stonewall Release Trailer for New Film Tackling Homophobic Bullying In Schools

Stonewall have just released a trailer for their new DVD, FIT, which will released as part of Anti-Bullying week which runs from the 16th-20th November 2009. Made in association with Rikki Beadle-Blair and Team Angelica, this film is based up on the already successful play which tackles the issue of homophobic bullying in school, [...]

Why The Compulsory Teaching Of Homosexuality In Sex Education In State Schools Is Nothing To Be Celebrated

Like most people in the UK I spent the whole of my education, from the age of 5 to 18, in state education system in mixed schools. At the time I didn’t pay much attention to the type of schooling I had assuming all other schools worked in a similar way. In the years that have [...]

Gay Teenager Speaks Out About Homophobia In Schools And How It Lead Him To Suffer From An Eating Disorder

A 17 year old Somerset teenager has been speaking out about how coming out, whilst still at school, lead to him suffering from homophobic bullying and anorexia.
Talking about his experience, he said that it was not just him that was subject to such bullying but also other gays and lesbians in his school, and spoke [...]