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THE EXPERIENC OF TEACHERS WHO INTIFY AS LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR OR QUEER (LGBTQ+)
To his close iends and fay he was a young gay man a steady relatnship, while at the primary school where he worked his home life was a secret. It sentially forba schools and lol thori om acknowledgg that gay people existed, and even today high-profile s of gay teachers beg hound by relig groups create a climate of fear.
Robson, who had hidn her own sexualy when she started teachg the 1980s, started the Courageo Lears programme bee she believed LGBT teachers were missg out on promotn, as they were aaid to put their heads above the year-long programme volv three days of face-to-face trag, cludg lectur, gut speakers and workshops, wh the aim of stillg learship skills and boostg nfince through sharg experienc and mutual summaris the succs a new book, Courage the Classroom, that clus chapters by lbian, gay and transgenr teachers about overg prejudice and learng to be themselv. “Then we put on thgs such as the big gay bake sale and really took off and attracted girls of all ag and their iends, who me to support them, ” she says.
“The biggt thg for me was the very first five mut of the first day when I found myself a room full of gay teachers for the first time. It stated that: “A lol thory shall not (a) tentnally promote homosexualy or publish material wh the tentn of promotg homosexualy; (b) promote the teachg any mataed school of the acceptabily of homosexualy as a pretend fay relatnship.