How to fight homophobia in schools

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How to fight homophobia in schools
Filed by: Alex Blaze
October 26, 2010 12:30 PM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/10/how_to_fight_homophobia_in_schools.php


    A north London school which has developed lessons on gay historical figures who suffered persecution claims to have succeeded in "more or less eliminating homophobic bullying" in its classrooms and playgrounds over the last five years.

    The life story of the wartime code-breaker Alan Turing is among those being used to tackle homophobia. Authors Oscar Wilde and James Baldwin and artist Andy Warhol also feature.

    Now Stoke Newington secondary plans to share the lessons with hundreds of primary and secondary school teachers. By the summer, it will have trained more than a hundred teachers in how to "educate and celebrate" being gay.