UK Schools Should Do Right by LGBT Students

Expand Rainbow flags symbolizing LGBT rights. © 2017 Reuters Debate is growing in the UK over schools teaching children about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) identities and relationships. When a Birmingham school started the “No Outsiders” program, lessons aimed at teaching kids about inclusion, including about ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, it sparked weekly protests by some parents, and hundreds of children were pulled from classes. Despite the body responsible for monitoring education approving the classes as age-appropriate, a trust that manages a group of schools…

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