Your Issues
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DEALING
WITH HOMOPHOBIC AND TRANSPHOBIC BULLYING
THROUGH TEACHING
ABOUT LGBT ISSUES
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causes permanent damage to young people
and blights the schools and colleges where it takes place.
One
of the most invisible forms is homophobic bullying.
But it’s not just a gay issue.
Homophobia affects all pupils and students – lesbian, gay,
bisexual and straight
- Stonewall:
Education
for All
New
survey reveals that
Homophobic bullying 'almost epidemic' in Britain's schools - 150,000 victims
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to find out about Stonewalls 2007 report |
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| ‘I
used to be physically ill at the thought of going to school…
I would get my
books and pretend to go off to school,
but the minute
I turned the corner I was off to a secret place I could hide.’
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©Amnesty
International 2007
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Schools have an important
role to play in providing safe and secure environment for every
one of their students.
Even though schools will have many LGBT young people among their
student population they will, more often than not, be invisible.
They will be apprehensive of ‘coming out’, and this
is the main obstacle to young LGBT growing up feeling part of
their community and to making a better start in life.
Schools, and teachers need to make sure that every LGBT young
person reaches their full potential. Teachers should know about
policy, procedures and relevant content, facts and issues in order
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"It should be a basic expectation that all
pupils in our schools should be able to complete their studies without
experiencing the problem of bullying. Many young people are denied the
opportunity to achieve their academic potential because of homophobic
bullying, exclusion and harassment.”
"Pupils should not be bullied because of their sexual orientation
or because of their perceived sexual orientation.”
-Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London.
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Working
to address homophobia and tackle homophobic bullying will help you to
meet your legal obligations:
a) The five outcomes for children
as described in Every Child Matters and the Children Act, 2004
b) The behaviour and attendance strand of the Key Stage 3 Strategy
c) The Primary National Strategy and the primary behaviour and attendance
pilot.
d) State schools have a duty of care to ensure the safety and to protect
the emotional well-being of every person in their care. -Children Act
1989.
e) Head teachers are required to develop policies and procedures to
prevent all forms of harassment. -Schools Standards and Framework Act
1998.
Useful Resources
to begin tackling Homophobia
and Homophobic Bullying
Click on logos and links for more information
| Video
clip
from Lib Dem MP Stephen Williams.
Links
to more video clips on homophobia. |
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Anti-discrimination
legislation
Governing Bodies need to ensure that personnel
practices in their school take full account of these
new legal requirements, alongside their established
arrangements for promoting diversity and avoiding
discrimination on grounds of sex, race or disability.
Click
for Extract from legislation |
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Them
and Us
A step by step guide to help you address
homophobia and homophobic bullying in School.
Includes anti-homophobia policies and examples of good practice
in secondary schools.
Download
the PDF |
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Click
here for teachers resources |
Stand
up for us is a Wired for Health initiative
aiming to help schools tackle homophobic bullying,
in the context of developing an inclusive, safer
and more successful school environment for all. |
The
Sex and Relationship Education Guidance (0116/2000)
states that sex and relationship education
(SRE) should be firmly rooted within the
framework for personal, social and health
education (PSHE) and citizenship. |
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 The
first charity in the UK established specifically
to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse.
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Anti-bullying
Charter
You can use this charter to agree that the
school will not tolerate bullying. Click
here
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Click above to download PDF |
Legislation and DfEE Guidance on Tackling Homophobia
in schools.
Click
here |
Click above to download PDF |
Useful
Websites to take the issue further
Click on logo or link for more information
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 NATURE
vs NURTURE: Is sexual orientation determined at birth?
This
site presents in a simple, nonpartisan pro-con format, responses
to this core
question. They have divided
questions about the topic into the issues and sub-issues. All
individuals
and organizations quoted on our site are ranked based upon
our unique credibility scale.
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 Offers
resources and research for primary schools |
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Education for All is a joint campaign developed by
Stonewall, FFLAG and LGBT Youth Scotland. The aim of Education
for All is to ensure that all young lesbian, gay and bisexual
(LGB) people can fulfil their potential, and that the UK’s
schools and education systems can deal appropriately with
homophobia and homophobic bullying.
Click
to download the teaching document
Click
for more resources
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For
resources on bullying
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Used as a teaching resource in schools and youth
organisations. The schools’ section has lots of information
for head teachers, teachers, school ancillary workers and
youth organisations.
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Helps thousands of pupils and their parents deal with
school
bullying every year.
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“Spell
it OUT”
is a DVD resource for teachers to help them better understand
and tackle homophobia and homophobic bullying in schools
from the Mayor of London and Stonewall.
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Teacher's TV
has a range of resources and film clips to help you introduce
the subject of Homophobic Bullying and other issues.
There are 38 film clips
for 'homphobic bullying' under the Programmes tab Click
here
Schools need to promote equality of opportunity for all
students and staff regardless of their sexual orientation,
and include this in their policies on equal opportunities,
behaviour and the curriculum.
Click
here for resources on homophobia
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They work
with students of all ages using theatre-in-education to focus
on the impact  of
inappropriate attitudes and behaviours. Support and advice
for staff is also provided. For more information about Chinwag
Theatre contact:
info@chinwagtheatre.com
 An
independent charity where teachers and lecturers can get
confidential support 24/7. They offer
telephone counselling, coaching via email, financial assistance,
information and referrals to relevant organisations.
It also helps LGBT teachers experiencing
Homophobia at work by refering incidents of discrimination
and harassment to the unions.
Support Line: 08000 562
561
See their other pages for more resources:
InfoCentre of over 1000 searchable factsheets
Books & resources
LGBT History
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This theatre company has been
working in secondary schools for nearly 5 years, tackling
homophobia through theatre performance and workshops. They
have produced:
BURNING,
a unique and practical resource for teachers to tackle homophobic
bullying in schools. |
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The CHRYSALIS
team is composed of women and men with personal and professional
experience of diversity issues. They provide awareness and/or
equality training workshops on all 6 Equality areas for front
line staff and managers.
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Further
Reading
Preventing
Sexual Harassment and Bullying Policy Statement from NUT |
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Human
Rights for All?
A global view of lesbian and gay oppression and liberation. An innovative
pack with case studies from all over the world and activities which encourage
discussion of the issues raised and strategies for action.
Imaginative and engaging educational resources with
a theme of raising global awareness, developing skills, attitudes and
values which enable students to take action for change from RISC Reading
International Solidarity Centre. |
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