Peter Tatchell knows exactly who is responsible for the recent protests about relationships and sex education outside primary school gates: it’s the government’s fault, he says. With religious extremists trying to “hijack the issue”, a culture of fear around mentioning LGBT orientation has sprung up. The school’s award-winning equality lessons were suspended in March after weekly demonstrations by Muslim parents and activists. Tatchell lived through the oppression of the 1980s when Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government made it illegal for schools to “promote” homosexuality. “The feedback is that once parents understand what these lessons actually involve and their purpose, the opposition is far, far diminished.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2019 06:01 UTC