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REVIEWSEXUALY TN CLUDG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) ISSU SCHOOLS
Comprehensive and clive sex tn that begs at a young age n prevent child sex abe, crease rat of domtic vlence and timate partner vlence, and rce homophobic tn texts play a val role. It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said.
Rearch om Stonewall, the anisatn that mpaigns for LGBT rights, shows that nearly half of lbian, gay, bisexual and trans stunts have been bullied at school, and ightengly, one eight have tried to take their own life. In fact, Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act 1988 explicly forba schools om the ‘promotn of homosexualy’, and although was revoked 2003, many schools ntued to shy away om LGBT matters. ’ Tacklg homophobic and transphobic bullygAll schools have a duty to addrs bullyg, cludg homophobic, biphobic, transphobic and genr related bullyg.
A particular issue is the e of homophobic slurs the school environment, for example, pupils referrg to a boy who don’t like sport as ‘gay’.