The new relationships and sex education subjects should be ‘LGBT-inclusive’, the Minister for Equalities said in a PinkNews article in August.
Nick Gibb also promised a wide-reaching consultation on the plans, which cover English schools. Ministers have denied parents the right to withdraw their children from the primary-level classes on Relationships Education, but the right is set to remain at the secondary-level.
Homosexual lobby group Stonewall said it will be pressing the government to ensure that LGBT issues are ‘reflected in updated guidance for schools’.
