Submitted on Wednesday 10th February 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 17th February 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Include mandatory LGBTQIA+ sex education in Scottish secondary schools
Secondary schools across the UK rarely include LGBTQIA+ people in sex education in schools, this leads to many queer youths going without any education on sexual health. Provide the resources for teachers to educate pupils about Queer sexual health and relationships and make it mandatory to do so.
As a Queer person in school I was taught nothing about queer relationships or sexual health. There are little to no LGBTQ+ resources in school and teachers are expected to support queer students with no knowledge or experience. This leaves Queer youth to educate themselves and can lead to them feeling isolated in an environment that only supports heterosexual sex education. Many teachers do not have the resources or choose not to provide this education and that choice should not be up to them.
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