Four More Schools in Birmingham Cease LGBT+ Lessons

Four more schools in Birmingham have decided to stop LGBT-inclusive lessons, while several primary schools in Manchester have received complaints, reports the BBC.

The lessons are part of the “No Outsiders” programme which aims to teach children about the Equality Act and the protections it ensures. The proposed lessons would teach children that there are different kinds of families, some with same-sex parents, and that it’s not okay to bully or discriminate against those people.

The Birmingham schools have predominantly Muslim families, they have claimed such lessons would go against their religious beliefs.

The Leigh Trust, which governs the four Birmingham primary schools, sent a letter out to parents that the LGBT-inclusive lessons have been stopped“until we are able to have meaningful and open discussions with the parents of all children in our schools.

“We would like these meeting to be arranged in small groups to enable all parents to have the opportunity for open dialogue and to ensure a positive way forward with the delivery of the Equality Act.”

They have proposed these discussions start after the end of Ramadan.

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