HBTQI-lektioner införs i skolorna i Skottland
Skottland blir det första landet i världen som som gör det obligatoriskt med undervisning om HBTQI på skolschemat, rapporterar The Guardian.
Tanken är att eleverna ska få lära sig om homosexuellas, bisexuellas, transpersoners, queeras och intersexpersoners rättigheter och historia samt lära sig mer om homofobi och transfobi.
– Det här är en monumental seger för vår kampanj och ett historiskt ögonblick för vårt land, säger Jordan Daly, medgrundare till arbetsgruppen Time for Inclusive Education, som drivit fram beslutet.
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Time for Inclusive Education
Wikipedia (en)
Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) is a campaign group, with charitable status (SC048713), which has a stated aim of addressing issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) visibility within the Scottish education system. The group put their case to the public petitions committee of the Scottish Parliament, however, despite finding some support their petition was rejected in January 2016. The group have received the backing of leading Scottish political figures, including Nicola Sturgeon, Patrick Harvie, Willie Rennie and Mhairi Black. At their 2016 Spring conference, the Scottish National Party moved a resolution to support the campaign and, during the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, all major parties adopted the group's calls for improved teacher training in their election manifestoes. The campaign is currently ongoing, with its founders expressing that their work will not be over "until we live in a society where we are no longer required". TIE has the support of the Scottish Parliament, after a majority of MSPs signed the group's campaign pledge and committed to supporting their strategic proposals to advance LGBT inclusive education. The Scottish Government have agreed to form a joint working group with TIE, in order to implement the proposals outlined in the group's campaign pledge. The campaign was shortlisted for Public Campaign of the Year at the 2016 Scottish Politician of the Year awards, and won Charity of the Year at the 2017 Icon Awards.
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