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Originally posted by ParentPride:

As an organisation called Parent Pride we are proud to say that we are currantly working constructively and jointly with our local council, schools, youth clubs and the police constabulary to put together anti homophobic polices in our local schools.

We have already secured funds to have Anti Homophobic bullying posters made and distributed in our local schools and colleges!

We are also looking into putting together a training programme that can be brought into schools to raise awareness around sexual orintation and homophobic bullying.

Overall we wish to make sure that schools have a clear and strict policy toward homophobic bullying and that polices are set in place in order to support young gay people within the education system.

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Originally posted by fluffiebuggie:


There are far more relevant topics to discuss when it comes to sexuality. The primary one being the Kinsey Scale and the research behind it.
Explaining something like the Kinsey Scale would show that sexuality exists as a wider spectrum, it's not about being gay, bi and straight. Perhaps if teenagers were taught that these terms are just labels, it would increase awareness and understanding.

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Originally posted by fluffiebuggie

To show teenagers such a stereotypical freak show of characters would do more harm than good.

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Originally Posted By Affected

We all need to get away from hard and fast rules of sexuality where we feel that we must fit in a particular box and conform to the sexual identity of that label.

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Originally posted by neverbeensurer:
How many of you were openly gay in school? I was. Something HAS to be done about it.

Stonewall's Schools Report

http://www.stonewall.org.uk/documents/school_report.pdf

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Originally posted by dilzaaa:

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Originally posted by neverbeensurer:
How many of you were openly gay in school? I was. Something HAS to be done about it.

Stonewall's Schools Report

http://www.stonewall.org.uk/documents/school_report.pdf

That report makes for quite interesting reading. Thank you.

I wasn't openly gay in school.

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Originally posted by neverbeensurer:
How many of you were openly gay in school? I was. Something HAS to be done about it.

Stonewall's Schools Report

http://www.stonewall.org.uk/documents/school_report.pdf

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Originally posted by Affected:

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Originally posted by neverbeensurer:
How many of you were openly gay in school? I was. Something HAS to be done about it.

Stonewall's Schools Report

http://www.stonewall.org.uk/documents/school_report.pdf

Fairly depressing reading. What's worse, although I work in school (albeit primary), this is the first time I've seen the report. There should be a copy in every staff room.

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Originally posted by neverbeensurer:
I had this discussion with someone the other day. There are the stats. The advice. The plan! But where is the action? I am going to send a copy to the schools in my home town. I live in Brighton so it's a different story here. It was bad for me in Hastings though. I'd urge everyone to do the same.

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Originally posted by dilzaaa:
I found Clapham Junction to be both an amazing piece of drama and utterly shocking in it's portayal of homophobia.

Drama such as this should be shown in secondary schools with other dramas of its kind. I admit some of the more explicit sexual elements should be removed but the message is there without it having to be spoonfed. Perhaps "shock" tactics like these would educate our more misaligned youngsters into behaving in a socially acceptable way when older.

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Originally posted by fluffiebuggie:
Sorry, no this shouldn't be shown in schools.

To show teenagers such a stereotypical freak show of characters would do more harm than good.

There are far more relevant topics to discuss when it comes to sexuality. The primary one being the Kinsey Scale and the research behind it.
Explaining something like the Kinsey Scale would show that sexuality exists as a wider spectrum, it's not about being gay, bi and straight. Perhaps if teenagers were taught that these terms are just labels, it would increase awareness and understanding.