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Petition launched to keep LGBTQ+ content taught in schools

Petition launched to keep LGBTQ+ content taught in schools

This counter petition is in response to a Parliamentary petition to have LGBTQ+ issues removed from the Relationship and Sex Education curriculum, which harks back to the dark days of Section 28 – a legislative designation for a series of laws across the UK that prohibited the ‘promotion of homosex

Divina De Campo backs Just Like Us campaign highlighting issues LGBTQ+ young people face this winter

Divina De Campo backs Just Like Us campaign highlighting issues LGBTQ+ young people face this winter

Divina De Campo, Ian ‘H’ Watkins from Steps, Char Bailey, Cairo Leon, Dom&Ink and Benjy Kusi and Maxine Heron have backed the campaign, calling for donations to make sure LGBTQ+ young people have safer, more accepting school environments.

Department for Education removes trans rights charity Mermaids from mental health and wellbeing resources for schools

Department for Education removes trans rights charity Mermaids from mental health and wellbeing resources for schools

DfE removed a reference to the Mermaids advice line from its list of mental health and wellbeing resources for schools or those working with children and young people.

Birmingham charity Saving Lives co-founds new video series for schools

Birmingham charity Saving Lives co-founds new video series for schools

The series stars Saving Lives’ own Naomi Sutton and GP Becky Foljambe, and is hosted by the charity You Before Two, of which Becky is the founder.

Pride in Education conference set to ‘combat prejudice and champion LGBTQ+ inclusion’

Pride in Education conference set to ‘combat prejudice and champion LGBTQ+ inclusion’

The programme aims to support anyone working or with an interest in making the education sector more inclusive, from primary to university with a focus on LGBTQ+ lives and issues.

Good Law Project publishes expert legal advice about trans children’s rights at school

Good Law Project publishes expert legal advice about trans children’s rights at school

The advice is to help schools in England and Wales understand their responsibilities, and parents and children to understand their rights

Report: 1 in 5 teachers “uncomfortable” discussing LGBTQ+ topics

Report: 1 in 5 teachers “uncomfortable” discussing LGBTQ+ topics

To mark 18 years since Section 28 was repealed, Just Like Us has released a report on teachers’ attitudes to LGBTQ+ inclusive education.

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