This article provis an overview of the UK ernment policy relatn to relatnships and sex tn schools. It foc on the latt statutory guidance which requir primary and sendary schools England to teach pupils about different typ of relatnships, cludg same-sex relatnships. We outle the current policy ameworks and prent a ratnale for why Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ+) inti and relatnships should be prent the curriculum. We crilly terrogate the ernment rponse and we prent a amework to support the implementatn of a whole school approach to LGBTQ+ cln. We draw on Meyer's mol of mory strs to explore risks to children and young people if they are not provid wh an LGBTQ+ curriculum.
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MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
* homosexuality in british public schools *
Whout any regnn or cln, and wh teachers sentially banned om reprimandg those who ed homophobic slurs, bullyg flourished and srred a generatn of young people. Schools uldn’t even acknowledge the existence of gay people, let alone talk about the challeng we faced – I felt totally isolated and aaid of beg found out.
All the while, the media wrote stori about lbian, gay and bi people argug that children would be “turned” gay if they were tght about same-sex relatnships.