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A rainbow flag, a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements, flies at St John the Baptist church in Felixstowe, Suffolk, December 17, 2023
A CHARITY has launched a new guide to help parents of LGBT+ children become better allies in response to a “resurgence of homophobia in schools.”
LGBT+ young people’s charity Just Like Us released the guide, which offers advice on how families can support their children if they come out.
The resource was created in response to a rise in anti-LGBT+ language among primary school-aged children and what the charity describes as an “increasingly damaging public discourse around LGBT+ lives.”
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
What’s behind the stubborn gender gap in Stem disciplines ask ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT in their column Science and Society