Update: Ofsted to mark down schools that exclude LGBTQ+ education
New regulations about LGBTQ+ inclusive education means UK schools that fail to teach students about LGBTQ+ matters risk being marked down by Ofsted inspectors.
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Celebrating the bisexual+ community: #BiWeek 2020
September 16 – 23 is the global Bisexual Awareness Week, founded by GLAAD, the Bisexual Resource Centre and Still Bisexual.
New equality ruling protects gender non-conforming people
A new addition to the UK Equality Act will provide greater protection to the gender non-conforming community by recognising non-binary identities.
Companies urge UK Government to ‘make progress for the trans community’
A consortium of trans and LGBTQ+ charities and organisations – Mermaids, Cool2BeTrans, MindOut, Gendered Intelligence and Stonewall – announces that close to 200 major UK employers have come together in a show of support for trans communities.
Nearly half of UK parents oppose LGBTQ+ inclusive education
A recent survey by research company Kantar found four in ten would not want young children to be taught LGBTQ+ inclusive lessons.
CBBC airs first trans centric show
CBBC makes history by airing the first show on the channel that has a transgender protagonist: First Day.
Ride with Pride in the South East!
Pride Out, an inclusive LGBTQ+ cycling group, launches a branch in London and South East England