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Monday, 4 February 2019

Faith should be no barrier to schools teaching respect for LGBT rights | Masuma Rahim

Some parents may not be happy about it, but programmes like No Outsiders are important and should be expanded

Recently we’ve seen several clashes between local communities and education leaders over the application of the Equality Act in Britain’s schools. Shraga Stern, the Orthodox Jewish activist, warned earlier this year that Haredi Jews would “leave the UK” if faiths schools were forced to teach children about same-sex relationships and gender reassignment. And last month, the headteacher of a school in Birmingham was petitioned to do away with a pilot programme called No Outsiders, which is centred around inclusion and diversity as part of sex and relationship education. Although the programme addresses issues as broad as gender, race, ageism, faith and disability, the spotlight has, inevitably, fallen on the teaching of LGBT identities.

Children will naturally have questions … but it is dangerous to assume they will all be able to ask their parents

Related: School defends LGBT lessons after religious parents complain

Related: Sex education rules could force Haredi Jews into home schooling

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