Scotland has scripted history by becoming the first country in the world to make LGBTQIA+ history in schools mandatory.
The school staff was given access to a toolkit of LGBTQIA+-inclusive teaching resources from the week commencing 20 September. They will also be required to take a mandatory basic? awareness e-learning course.
LGBTQ+ history and topics will now be taught explicitly in Scotland, as well as being integrated into everyday learning where possible.
There will also be an array of inclusive lesson plans and support materials made available to those working in education.
In practice, this will include things as simple as a maths problem about a child trying to figure out how much money they need to buy Father¡¯s Day cards for their two dads.
There will also be exercises on combating discrimination, which hopefully will bring down bullying.
¡°Scotland is already considered one of the most progressive countries in Europe for LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex] equality,¡± John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Education Secretary said.
¡°Scotland is already considered one of the most progressive countries in Europe for LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex] equality,¡± he said in a statement.
¡°I am delighted to announce we will be the first country in the world to have LGBTI inclusive education embedded within the curriculum.¡±
LGBTQ+ youth in the UK are twice as likely to have been bullied in the past year than their straight, cisgender classmates, according to a June study released by the youth advocacy group Just Like Us.