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Schools Out Conference
08 Feb 2010
Schools Out conference a great success
Yesterday’s Schools Out conference attracted 100 teachers, young people, youth workers, policymakers, researchers and community activists to The Drill Hall theatre in London.
A highlight for many was the London launch of The Homophobia Project – a provocative 30 minute film portraying the ‘heterophobia’ faced by straight teenagers in a gay world.
Speakers from Barnardos, the NSPCC and the Albert Kennedy Trust explained how their charities were supporting young LGBT people.
A panel of young people from youth groups in the South West shared
their experiences of rural LGBT life. Isolation was a major issue, with
many of them travelling huge distances to attend their groups.
At last year’s conference, treasurer David Watkins launched A Day In
Hand (ADIH)– a campaign to promote Same-Sex Hand Holding (SSHH) on the last Saturday
of every month. He proudly presented a selection of photos from the
website and outlined how it had taken off so quickly and was already
receiving worldwide attention.
David Watkins, ADIH Founder
Participants chose from workshops on how to engage schools in LGBT issues, trans issues in education, how to use The Homophobia Project film and LGBT Youth North West’s quality assurance framework.
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Further Information
Sue Sanders (co chair) 020 7635 0476 07960 493544 chairs@schools-out.org.uk
Tony Fenwick (co chair) 01582 451424 07877 194751 chairs@schools-out.org.uk
Nigel Tart (media officer) 01273 298299 07929 271977 media@schools-out.org.uk
Photos
Please contact Nigel Tart for high resolution photos from the event.
Note to Editors
Schools Out has been continuously campaigning for LGBT equality in education since it was established in 1974, as the London Gay Teachers’ Group. We believe this makes us the longest running such group in the world.
In February 2004, we launched LGBT History Month, our first major project since the repeal of Section 28, to reclaim our position in the curriculum and in wider society.
www.schools-out.org.uk
www.lgbthistorymonth.org.uk
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