Articles about Sex Education

3 May 2013
UKIP candidate who published homophobic and biphobic flyers defeated in Staffordshire contest 21 UKIP candidate David Nixon, who distributed leaflets claiming legalising same-sex marriage would lead to explicit “Homosexual Sex Education”, has failed to be elected as the councillor for Stone Rural in Staffordshire.
26 April 2013
US State Department bars Raul Castro’s daughter from visiting Philadelphia to pick up LGBT rights award 15 The daughter of Cuba’s president is being prevented by the US State Department from visiting Philadelphia in order to pick up an LGBT rights award.
2 April 2013
NUT urges for sex education to be made statutory in order to tackle homophobic bullying 8 The government’s decision to maintain sex education as a non-statutory subject has been criticised by the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers.
21 March 2013
US: University pulls state funding from sex education week following Fox News ‘lesbian bondage’ complaint 14 The University of Tennessee (UT) has made the decision to pull state funding from a week-long sex education event, following a complaint by a Fox News radio host who claimed that it was giving the money to a "lesbian bondage" expert.
21 March 2013
UK: Government criticised for failing to mention LGBT youngsters in sex education report 4 The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.”
15 March 2013
Labour MP Diane Abbott: ‘The government has run out of ideas on sexual health’ 9 Shadow public health minister Diane Abbott has dismissed the government’s new sexual health framework which is designed to lower rates of sexually transmitted infections and HIV.
20 February 2013
Comment: The dark side of gay dating sites 57 Although gay dating sites provide a useful platform in allowing men to meet each other, Christopher Halton writes for PinkNews of how they can also put some gay men at risk.
15 February 2013
US: Sex education bill to recognise LGBT students and reject ‘gender stereotypes’ 1 A new sex eduction bill introduced in the US on Thursday would provide five year grants to programs rejecting gender stereotypes and embracing LGBT students.
21 January 2013
Peter Tatchell: The UK should look at lowering the age of consent to 14 124 Peter Tatchell sets out reasons why consideration should be given to reducing the age of consent - providing it is accompanied by earlier, better quality sex and relationship education:
13 December 2012
Baroness Warsi: ‘do churches need legal support’ in case of equal marriage ‘challenges’? 43 In a letter voicing her concerns with recently announced plans to bring forward legislation to allow marriage equality, Sayeeda Warsi has warned of potential "unintended consequences" if the law were to change.
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.
24 May 2011
Terrence Higgins Trust receives £200,000 government grant 11 HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has been granted £203,528 of government funding to run a sex education programme in schools and youth clubs in England.
21 April 2011
Tennessee Senate panel approves school gay ban bill 66 A Senate education panel in Tennessee has approved a bill to prevent students from learning about homosexuality in public elementary and middle schools.

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