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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.
29 February 2012
Debate on anti-gay texts in schools reaches Lords 40 The questions about whether and in what way children can be shown anti-gay texts in schools continued with an exchange in the House of Lords yesterday.
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.
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.
9 February 2012
Report: The Schools OUT conference 2012 (part two) + The second in a two-part report of the 2012 Schools OUT conference, Educating OUT Prejudice through the LGBT Lens.
2 September 2011
Alabama school backs down over student’s gay rights t-shirt 475 A school in the US state of Alabama has backed down after telling a student she could not wear a gay rights t-shirt.
25 August 2011
Murakami novel dropped from reading list for lesbian sex mention 26 Norwegian Wood, which has sold over 12 million copies internationally, was dropped after parents complained about a female character's reference to sex with a 13 year old girl.
25 August 2011
US teacher returns after anti-gay rant “did not violate code of conduct” 79 High school teacher who "almost threw up" on hearing about gay marriage legislation did not "disrupt" the school districts processes.
18 August 2011
Florida teacher suspended for Facebook anti-gay remarks 69 A Florida teacher who wrote on Facebook that he "almost threw up" when New York legalised gay marriage has been suspended.
17 August 2011
Gay rights group sues Missouri school district over website blocks 7 A school district in Missouri, US, is being sued by a gay rights group for restricting access to informative gay websites.
18 July 2011
Gay controversy opera goes ahead 5 A community opera which was nearly derailed in a row over a gay character has gone ahead in Bridlington, East Yorkshire.
15 July 2011
‘More teacher training’ needed to tackle homophobic bullying 17 Teachers should be given more training to deal with anti-gay bullying, the House of Lords heard yesterday. The House also heard that Ofsted should inspect the manner in which schools tackle the issue.
4 July 2011
Billy Elliot author’s opera pulled after school objects to gay character 72 A community opera by the author of Billy Elliot has been pulled after a primary school demanded that a gay character be written out.
21 June 2011
University of Winchester to record gay staff and students 45 A lecturer at the University of Winchester hopes to persuade LGBT staff and students to join an online list of who is out.
30 May 2011
Irish minister Ruairi Quinn launches guidelines on safe and supportive schools for lesbian and gay students 16 Irish Labour Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn, today launches the new publication Guidelines for Principals on Including Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students in School Policies.
26 May 2011
California first-graders learn about marriage equality 56 First-graders at a California school celebrated Harvey Milk Day last week by learning about marriage equality.
26 May 2011
Schools minister Nick Gibb says lack of HIV education is ‘unforgivable’ 72 Schools minister Nick Gibb says the government is "hugely concerned" about figures which suggest one in four children is not learning about HIV and AIDS at school.
26 May 2011
Brazil’s president suspends school anti-homophobia campaign 72 Brazil's president has suspended an anti-homophobia campaign in schools because she thought the DVDs and leaflets were not appropriate for children.

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