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6 July 2012
Essex: Head praises ‘greatly loved’ trans teacher 17 A transgender teacher has been praised for her courage and popularity by staff and pupils at a secondary school in Essex ahead of her transition this summer.
5 July 2012
Report: 99 percent of gay pupils hear homophobic language in school 31 A report launched today has found that 55 per cent of lesbian, gay and bisexual pupils in Britain’s secondary schools experience homophobic bullying, while 99 percent hear the word 'gay' being used disparagingly at their schools.
5 July 2012
Comment: More inclusive media would help tackle homophobic bullying in schools 8 A recent report by Ofsted ‘No place for bullying’ found that the least effective schools at tackling bullying were the ones which did not effectively develop pupils’ understanding about diversity, or help them empathise with each other to the fullest extent.
22 June 2012
Stonewall updates gay-friendly university guide 20 Gay rights charity Stonewall has updated its guide to the gay-friendly credentials of the UK's 150 universities.
19 June 2012
Ofsted report: Schools should do more to tackle anti-gay language 35 An Ofsted report into school approaches to bullying has suggested teachers do not always feel able to tackle issues like homophobic bullying and derogatory language and that most schools are not 'sharp' enough on their analysis of bullying behaviour.
2 May 2012
Anti-bullying charity reports 95 percent success in improving pupils’ LGBT views 10 Diversity Role Models, a charity launched last year to tackle homophobic bullying in schools, announced today 94.5 percent of students who took part in a workshop with a positive role model said they would treat LGBT people better as a result.
1 May 2012
Catholic group: Objections to anti-gay marriage petition in schools are ‘sinister and illogical’ 68 A religious group unofficially representing the Catholic Church in the media has said questions over the legality of promoting the Coalition for Marriage anti-equality petition to schoolchildren are 'illogical and sinister'.
27 April 2012
Editorial: Catholic schools anti-gay petition scandal shows faith school system must be overhauled 38 Wednesday's revelation by PinkNews.co.uk that the Catholic Education Service has asked more than 359 state funded Catholic secondary schools to promote anti-gay petitions to children as young as 11 has clearly demonstrated that there is the need for a root and branch review of the way that state funded schools tackle homosexuality and transgender identities.
26 April 2012
Row over legality of Coalition for Marriage presentations in Catholic state schools 44 A row has erupted over correspondence issued by the Catholic Education Service to nearly 400 Catholic schools in England and Wales which asked them to 'draw the attention' of pupils to the Coalition for Marriage's anti-equality petition, first revealed by PinkNews.co.uk yesterday.
25 April 2012
Exclusive: Catholic school ‘urged pupils as young as 11 to sign anti-gay marriage petition’ 656 Students at a Catholic state school in south London have been shown a presentation on religious opposition to the government's proposal to allow gay couples to marry in civil ceremonies which, it is claimed, encouraged them to sign the Coalition for Marriage's petition against the move.
17 April 2012
Teacher who took gay student out of pageant ‘temporarily removed from campus’ 14 A Californian vice principal who removed a gay student from a school pageant for veering off-script and saying he wanted to marry a man has been temporarily removed from his campus while the student in question has backed the educator.
16 April 2012
Saudi Arabia: Schools ‘ban tomboys and gays’ 51 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned gays and tomboys from its schools citing efforts to tackle the two 'phenomena'.
13 March 2012
Former gay porn actor cleared to return to teaching 81 A former gay porn actor who was fired from his post as a substitute teacher in Florida when the school found out about his past has been cleared for reinstatement.
12 March 2012
Current guidance ‘could let schools promote bigotry’ 4 Classroom equality campaigners Schools Out have said today that the state of current rules on anti-gay materials means schools may be given "a licence to promote bigotry".
8 March 2012
Utah senate votes to stop discussion of homosexuality in schools 33 Utah's state legislature has passed a bill this week making sex education lessons optional and prohibiting the discussion of homosexuality or instructions on how to use contraception.
6 March 2012
TUC: Some texts ‘almost impossible’ to teach without gay discrimination 16 The TUC has called on the government to issue clearer guidance on anti-gay texts in schools, saying there are some materials which it may not be possible to teach without disadvantaging gay students.
22 February 2012
Comment: It’s time to put vulnerable people ahead of religious interests, Mr Gove 30 For at least five years, no decision-maker in education could fail to be aware of the epidemic proportions of homophobic bullying in UK schools, Adrian Tippetts writes, and now it is time for serious action.
21 February 2012
Gove urged to clarify position on anti-gay texts in schools 61 Michael Gove's reported response to an enquiry about homophobic leaflets being shown to schoolchildren in Lancashire has prompted confusion over when pupils can legally be shown anti-gay texts.
10 February 2012
Report: The Schools OUT conference 2012 (part one) + The first in a two-part report of the 2012 Schools OUT conference, Educating OUT Prejudice through the LGBT Lens.
24 January 2012
‘Homophobic’ teacher struck off 43 A substitute teacher who verbally and physically abused his students, including using homophobic language, has been struck off, and is banned from teaching indefinitely.

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