This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Keep LGBTQ education in schools, including the No Outsiders project.
In an increasingly more diverse society not just in terms of sexuality but also in terms or race, culture and religion it is of crucial importance that our children learn about respect, tolerance and kindness towards people who are different from themselves.
Schools are the best place to do this.
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From Nursery onwards our children are taught to be respectful of different cultures, colours and religions. Why be silent about sexuality? No matter what background we are from our children are going to meet people different from themselves, even LGBTQ people. Education causes no harm but ignorance does. LGBQ children will benefit from knowing they have the same rights and are entitled to the same respect as everyone else.
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This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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We can't accept your petition because the No Outsiders scheme isn't a Government scheme. It's a decision for individual schools whether they wish to adopt it, not the UK Government or Parliament as a whole.
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