o dear. the video is slightly comical but it is needed



my gcse biology teacher (Who was head of bio at the school) was a strict catholic (who refused to teach evolution) and always taught us 'life lessons of morality' like "stick with your wife boys" and "gay isn't good". But he was a fat polish man who looked like a walrus and spoke like a little britain character. and his name was mook (seriously!) so never took him too seriously

-- Edited by Ditzy_fck at 01:28, 2007-06-02

Ha ha, this is funny! But homophobia does have to be tackled in schools. I had a crappy school experience where teachers weren't so much homophobic but ignored the whole issue and any abuse I used to get in class. There was a complete lack of any information or support in my school even though homophobia amougst pupils was rife, for instance there was a policy on racism but no policy or mention in guidelines of homophobia or transphobia. When I wrote to the headteacher she cited section 28 as preventing this - but this had already been repealed a year ago and never really prevented discussion or guidance anyway.

I think that the most effective way to tackle homophobia and transphobia in schools is for pupils to take action themselves, perhaps a Stonewall campaign encouraging pupils to ask teachers for policies on homophobia and transphobia and to set up American style Gay - straight alliances would be more affective.

Exactly, at end of day we all want equality, but to get it n best demonstrate that we want it, every part of LGBT has to be seen and treated equally. Otherwise it just sends out a message that pidgeonholing one minority is fine.

Its all still along the same lines as a sliding scale of sexual orientation. The LGBT campaigns are inclusive of all these and should be. It is not for anyone to say that another group deserves more or the 'first' coverage.

After all if there's infighting and inequality within our campaigns and groups how the hell can we expect anyone to make efforts to include us. Gotta practice what u preach, unfortunately there are parts of LGBT communities which fail to understand/realise this. This needs tackling before anything else. Lead by example not by bias or prejudice.