Q: Why is there such a focus on LGBT issues? What’s it got to do with my teaching?
LGBT people are part of our shared history, something often overlooked or forgotten. LGBT+ people have always been in human history. Always.
Half of all LGBT+ pupils face bullying at school for being LGBT+, more than four in five trans young people have self-harmed and LGBT+ youth are four times more likely to kill themselves than their heterosexual, cis-gender (non-trans) counterparts. Through education and appropriate support, we can prevent this.
If a young person can be themselves, and are supported with mental/emotional/social difficulties that may arise, then they will more easily access learning, raise their achievement and progress levels.
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